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I am the Lord your God, and you must obey my teachings.

Don't sacrifice your children on the altar fires to the god Molech. I am the Lord your God, and that would disgrace me.

If any of you do these vulgar, disgusting things, you will be unclean and no longer belong to my people. I am the Lord your God, and I forbid you to follow their sickening way of life.

to say to the community of Israel: I am the Lord your God. I am holy, and you must be holy too!

Respect your father and your mother, honor the Sabbath, and don't make idols or images. I am the Lord your God.

Don't strip your grapevines clean or gather the grapes that fall off the vines. Leave them for the poor and for those foreigners who live among you. I am the Lord your God.

Do not misuse my name by making promises you don't intend to keep. I am the Lord your God.

I am the Lord your God, and I command you not to make fun of the deaf or to cause a blind person to stumble.

to me, the Lord God. Do this, and in the fifth year, those trees will produce an abundant harvest of fruit for you to eat.

Instead, treat them as well as you treat citizens and love them as much as you love yourself. Remember, you were once foreigners in the land of Egypt. I am the Lord your God.

Use honest scales and don't cheat when you weigh or measure anything. I am the Lord your God. I rescued you from Egypt,

to say to the community of Israel: Death by stoning is the penalty for any citizens or foreigners in the country who sacrifice their children to the god Molech.

Dedicate yourselves to me and be holy because I am the Lord your God.

I am the Lord your God, and I have promised you their land that is rich with milk and honey. I have chosen you to be different from other people.

I am the Lord , the holy God. You have been chosen to be my people, and so you must be holy too.

And if you marry your sister-in-law, neither of you will ever have any children. Obey my laws and teachings. Or else the land I am giving you will become sick of you and throw you out. The nations I am chasing out did these disgusting things, and I hated them for it, so don't follow their example. I am the Lord your God, and I have promised you their land that is rich with milk and honey. I have chosen you to be different from other people. That's why you must make a difference between animals and birds that I have said are clean and unclean—this will keep you from becoming disgusting to me. I am the Lord , the holy God. You have been chosen to be my people, and so you must be holy too. If you claim to receive messages from the dead, you will be put to death by stoning, just as you deserve.

I am the Lord your God, and I have chosen you alone to offer sacrifices of food to me on the altar. That's why you must keep yourselves holy.

because I am holy. And so, you must be treated with proper respect, since you offer food sacrifices to me, the God of holiness.

to say to Aaron and his sons: I am the Lord God, and I demand that you honor my holy name by showing proper respect for the offerings brought to me by the people of Israel.

Eat all of the meat that same day and don't save any for the next day. I am the Lord your God!