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1 Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Speak
to all the congregation of the children of Israel, and tell them, ‘You shall be
holy; for I, Jehovah your God, am holy.  
3 “‘Each one of you shall respect his mother and
his father. You shall keep my Sabbaths. I am Jehovah your God.  
4 “‘Don’t turn to idols, nor make molten gods for
yourselves. I am Jehovah your God.  
5 “‘When you offer a sacrifice of peace offerings
to Jehovah, you shall offer it so that you may be accepted. 6 It shall be
eaten the same day you offer it, and on the next day: and if anything remains
until the third day, it shall be burned with fire. 7 If it is eaten at all
on the third day, it is an abomination. It will not be accepted; 8 but
everyone who eats it shall bear his iniquity, because he has profaned the holy
thing of Jehovah, and that soul shall be cut off from his people.  
9 “‘When you reap the harvest of your land, you
shall not wholly reap the corners of your field, neither shall you gather the
gleanings of your harvest. 10 You shall not glean your vineyard, neither
shall you gather the fallen grapes of your vineyard. You shall leave them for
the poor and for the foreigner. I am Jehovah your God.  
11 “‘You shall not steal.  
“‘You shall not lie.  
“‘You shall not deceive one another.  
12 “‘You shall not swear by my name falsely, and
profane the name of your God. I am Jehovah.  
13 “‘You shall not oppress your neighbor, nor rob
him.  
“‘The wages of a hired servant shall not remain with
you all night until the morning.  
14 “‘You shall not curse the deaf, nor put a
stumbling block before the blind; but you shall fear your God. I am Jehovah.  
15 “‘You shall do no injustice in judgment. You
shall not be partial to the poor, nor show favoritism to the great; but you
shall judge your neighbor in righteousness.  
16 “‘You shall not go up and down as a slanderer
among your people.  
“‘You shall not endanger the life of your neighbor. I
am Jehovah.  
17 “‘You shall not hate your brother in your
heart. You shall surely rebuke your neighbor, and not bear sin because of him.  
18 “‘You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any
grudge against the children of your people; but you shall love your neighbor as
yourself. I am Jehovah.  
19 “‘You shall keep my statutes.  
“‘You shall not cross-breed different kinds of
animals.  
“‘You shall not sow your field with two kinds of seed;
 
“‘Don’t wear a garment made of two kinds of material.  
20 “‘If a man lies carnally with a woman who is a
slave girl, pledged to be married to another man, and not ransomed, or given
her freedom; they shall be punished. They shall not be put to death, because
she was not free. 21 He shall bring his trespass offering to Jehovah, to
the door of the Tent of Meeting, even a ram for a trespass offering. 22 The
priest shall make atonement for him with the ram of the trespass offering
before Jehovah for his sin which he has committed: and the sin which he has
committed shall be forgiven him.  
23 “‘When you come into the land, and have
planted all kinds of trees for food, then you shall count their fruit as
forbidden.  Three years they shall be forbidden to you. It shall not be eaten. 24 But
in the fourth year all its fruit shall be holy, for giving praise to Jehovah. 25 In
the fifth year you shall eat its fruit, that it may yield its increase to you.
I am Jehovah your God.  
26 “‘You shall not eat any meat with the blood
still in it. You shall not use enchantments, nor practice sorcery.  
27 “‘You shall not cut the hair on the sides of
your head or clip off the edge of your beard.  
28 “‘You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh
for the dead, nor tattoo any marks on you. I am Jehovah.  
29 “‘Don’t profane your daughter, to make her a
prostitute; lest the land fall to prostitution, and the land become full of
wickedness.  
30 “‘You shall keep my Sabbaths, and reverence my
sanctuary; I am Jehovah.  
31 “‘Don’t turn to those who are mediums, nor to
the wizards. Don’t seek them out, to be defiled by them. I am Jehovah your God.
 
32 “‘You shall rise up before the gray head, and
honor the face of an old man, and you shall fear your God. I am Jehovah.  
33 “‘If a stranger lives as a foreigner with you
in your land, you shall not do him wrong. 34 The stranger who lives as a
foreigner with you shall be to you as the native-born among you, and you shall
love him as yourself; for you lived as foreigners in the land of Egypt. I am Jehovah
your God.  
35 “‘You shall do no unrighteousness in judgment,
in measures of length, of weight, or of quantity. 36 You shall have just
balances, just weights, a just ephah,  and a just hin. I am Jehovah your God,
who brought you out of the land of Egypt.  
37 “‘You shall observe all my statutes, and all
my ordinances, and do them. I am Jehovah.’”  
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