ראשוןRishon
The Torah gives laws concerning Hebrew servants, including their release after six years, as well as laws about marriage, murder, kidnapping, and physical injuries.
שניSheni
The Torah continues with laws about injuries to servants and others, property damage caused by animals or uncovered pits, theft, and self-defense against a thief.
שלישיShlishi
Laws are given concerning damages caused by fires, responsibilities for guarding or borrowing property, and the seduction of a young woman. The Torah also prohibits sorcery, idolatry, mistreating vulnerable people, and charging interest to the poor.
רביעיRevi'i
The Torah prohibits cursing judges or leaders, consuming improperly slaughtered meat, perjury, and corrupt judgment. It also commands agricultural tithes, the sanctification of firstborn sons, returning lost animals, and helping unload an overloaded animal.
חמישיChamishi
The Torah prohibits bribery and introduces the laws of Shemitah and Shabbat. It commands observing Passover, Shavuot, and Sukkot, making pilgrimages for the festivals, and prohibits cooking a young animal in its mother’s milk.
שישיShishi
G-d promises to send an angel to lead the Israelites into the Promised Land and commands them to obey and remove idolatry from the land. In return, G-d promises to defeat their enemies and bless their food and health.
שביעיShvi'i
G-d promises further blessings and warns the Israelites not to make treaties with the Canaanites or allow them to remain in the land. Moses records G-d’s laws, the people enter a covenant through sacrifices, and Moses ascends Mount Sinai for forty days and nights.