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"Speak to the children of Yisra'el, and say to them, 'I am the LORD your God.

You shall do my ordinances, and you shall keep my statutes, and walk in them: I am the LORD your God.

"'You shall not give any of your children to sacrifice to Molekh; neither shall you profane the name of your God: I am the LORD.

Therefore you shall keep my charge, that you do not practice any of these abominable customs, which were practiced before you, and that you do not defile yourselves with them: I am the LORD your God.'"

Speak to all the congregation of the children of Yisra'el, and tell them, You shall be holy; for I the LORD your God am holy.

You shall fear every man his mother, and his father; and you shall keep my Shabbatot: I am the LORD your God.

Don't turn to idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I am the LORD your God.

You shall not glean your vineyard, neither shall you gather the fallen fruit of your vineyard; you shall leave them for the poor and for the sojourner: I am the LORD your God.

You shall not swear by my name falsely, and profane the name of your God: I am the LORD.

You shall not curse the deaf, nor put a stumbling block before the blind; but you shall fear your God: I am the LORD.

In the fifth year shall you eat of the fruit of it, that it may yield to you the increase of it: I am the LORD your God.

Don't turn to those who have familiar spirits, nor to the wizards; don't seek them out, to be defiled by them: I am the LORD your God.

You shall rise up before the gray head, and honor the face of the old man, and you shall fear your God: I am the LORD.

The stranger who sojourns with you shall be to you as the home-born among you, and you shall love him as yourself; for you were sojourners in the land of Mitzrayim: I am the LORD your God.

Just balances, just weights, a just efah, and a just hin, shall you have: I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Mitzrayim.

Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be holy; for I am the LORD your God.

But I have said to you, You shall inherit their land, and I will give it to you to possess it, a land flowing with milk and honey: I am the LORD your God, who has separated you from the peoples.

They shall be holy to their God, and not profane the name of their God; for the offerings of the LORD made by fire, the bread of their God, they do offer: therefore they shall be holy.

They shall not take a woman that is a prostitute, or profane; neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband: for he is holy to his God.

You shall sanctify him therefore; for he offers the bread of your God: he shall be holy to you: for I the LORD, who sanctify you, am holy.