¹ The Israelite foremen went and cried out to Pharaoh, “Why are you treating ²  your servants this way?

He must be with the one who bought him ¹  like a yearly hired worker. ²  The one who bought him ³  must not rule over him harshly in your sight.

This is how you are to deal with all those cities located far from you, those that do not belong to these nearby nations.

But I will be different now to this remnant of my people from the way I was in those days,’ says the Lord who rules over all,

“Bring trouble ¹  to the Midianites, and destroy them,

Honor ¹  widows who are truly in need. ² 

My own brothers treat me like a stranger; they act as if I were a foreigner. ¹ 

He does not deal with us as our sins deserve; ¹  he does not repay us as our misdeeds deserve. ² 

¹ Moses said to Hobab son of Reuel, the Midianite, Moses’ father-in-law, ²  “We are journeying to the place about which the Lord said, ‘I will give it to you.’ Come with us and we will treat you well, ³  for the Lord has promised good things ⁴  for Israel.”

You must sanctify him because he presents the food of your God. He must be holy to you because I, the Lord who sanctifies you all, ¹  am holy.

“Tell Aaron and his sons that they must deal respectfully with the holy offerings ¹  of the Israelites, which they consecrate to me, so that they do not profane my holy name. ²  I am the Lord.

In the day he divides his inheritance ¹  he must not appoint as firstborn the son of the favorite wife in place of the other ²  wife’s son who is actually the firstborn.

Why are you ¹  scorning my sacrifice and my offering that I commanded for my dwelling place? ²  You have honored your sons more than you have me by having made yourselves fat from the best parts of all the offerings of my people Israel.’

If ¹  he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. If ²  he refuses to listen to the church, treat him like ³  a Gentile ⁴  or a tax collector. ⁵ 

Masters, ¹  treat your slaves ²  the same way, ³  giving up the use of threats, ⁴  because you know that both you and they have the same master in heaven, ⁵  and there is no favoritism with him.

He must be with you as a hired worker, as a resident foreigner; ¹  he must serve with you until the year of jubilee,

You are to eat it as a most holy offering; every male may eat it. It will be holy to you.

When someone approached to bow before him, Absalom ¹  would extend his hand and embrace him and kiss him.

You must change ¹  the way you have been living and do what is right. You must treat one another fairly. ² 

For by the standard you judge you will be judged, and the measure you use will be the measure you receive. ¹