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28 either go on coals, and his feet be not burnt? (or go upon coals, and his feet not be burned?)
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Can a man walk on hot coals without his feet being scorched?
29 So he that entereth to the wife of his neighbour; (he) shall not be clean, when he hath touched her.
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So is he who sleeps with another man’s wife; no one who touches her will go unpunished.
30 It is no great sin, when a man stealeth; for he stealeth to fill an hungry soul.
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People do not despise a thief if he steals to satisfy his hunger when he is starving.
31 And he taken shall yield the seventhfold (And if he is caught, he shall give back sevenfold); and he shall give all the chattel of his house, and (so he) shall deliver himself.
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Yet if he is caught, he must pay sevenfold, though it costs him all the wealth of his house.
32 But he that is an adulterer, shall lose his soul, for the poverty of heart, that is, (for the) wanting of reason.
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But a man who commits adultery has no sense; whoever does so destroys himself.
33 He gathereth filth, and scandal to himself; and his shame shall not be done away.
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Blows and disgrace are his lot, and his shame will never be wiped away.
34 For the fervent love and strong vengeance of the man shall not spare in the day of vengeance, (For the husband's fervent love, and desire for revenge, shall not spare him on the day of vengeance,)
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For jealousy arouses a husband’s fury, and he will show no mercy when he takes revenge.
35 neither shall (the husband) assent to the prayers of any; neither he shall take many gifts for ransom (nor shall he take any number of gifts for recompense).
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He will not accept any compensation; he will refuse a bribe, however great it is.
Copyright © 2001 by Terence P. Noble. For personal use only.
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