For the thing is very near you – it is in your mouth and in your mind so that you can do it.

You must not return an escaped slave to his master when he has run away to you.

You must stand outside and the person to whom you are making the loan will bring out to you what he is offering as security.

Suppose a prophet or one who foretells by dreams should appear among you and show you a sign or wonder,

and the sign or wonder should come to pass concerning what he said to you, namely, “Let us follow other gods” – gods whom you have not previously known – “and let us serve them.”

the gods of the surrounding people (whether near you or far from you, from one end of the earth to the other).

However, if the servant says to you, “I do not want to leave you,” because he loves you and your household, since he is well off with you,

The Lord will cause your enemies who attack you to be struck down before you; they will attack you from one direction but flee from you in seven different directions.

You go near so that you can hear everything the Lord our God is saying and then you can tell us whatever he says to you; then we will pay attention and do it.”

When the Lord heard you speaking to me, he said to me, “I have heard what these people have said to you – they have spoken well.

But as for you, remain here with me so I can declare to you all the commandments, statutes, and ordinances that you are to teach them, so that they can carry them out in the land I am about to give them.”

If the owner does not live near you or you do not know who the owner is, then you must corral the animal at your house and let it stay with you until the owner looks for it; then you must return it to him.