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Leviticus - ch 19 v 1 - 20
- Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- "Speak to all the congregation of the children of Israel, and tell them, 'You shall be holy; for I Yahweh your God am holy.
- "'Each one of you shall respect his mother and his father. You shall keep my Sabbaths. I am Yahweh your God.
- "'Don't turn to idols, nor make molten gods for yourselves. I am Yahweh your God.
- "'When you offer a sacrifice of peace offerings to Yahweh, you shall offer it so that you may be accepted.
- 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.
- If it is eaten at all on the third day, it is an abomination. It will not be accepted;
- but everyone who eats it shall bear his iniquity, because he has profaned the holy thing of Yahweh, and that soul shall be cut off from his people.
- "'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.
- 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 Yahweh your God.
- "'You shall not steal; neither shall you deal falsely, nor lie to one another.
- "'You shall not swear by my name falsely, and profane the name of your God. I am Yahweh.
- "'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.
- "'You shall not curse the deaf, nor put a stumbling block before the blind; but you shall fear your God. I am Yahweh.
- "'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.
- "'You shall not go up and down as a slanderer among your people; neither shall you stand against the life1 of your neighbor. I am Yahweh.
- "'You shall not hate your brother in your heart. You shall surely rebuke your neighbor, and not bear sin because of him.
- "'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 Yahweh.
- "'You shall keep my statutes. "'You shall not crossbreed different kinds of animals. "'you shall not sow your field with two kinds of seed; "'neither shall there come upon on you a garment made of two kinds of material.
- "'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.
- literally, "blood"
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