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And he said to them, "Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, ‘Every man among you put his sword upon his thigh, and go back and forth from gate to gate in the camp, and kill every man his brother and every man his friend and every man his neighbor.'"

Then Yahweh passed by in front of him and called out, "Yahweh, Yahweh God, compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in lovingkindness and truth;

Then God said, "Behold, I am going to cut a covenant. Before all your people I will do wondrous deeds which have not been created in all the earth nor among any of the nations; and all the people among whom you live will see the working of Yahweh, for it is a fearful thing that I am going to do with you.

—for you shall not worship any other god, for Yahweh, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God—

Three times a year all your males are to appear before the Lord Yahweh, the God of Israel.

For I will dispossess nations before you and enlarge your borders, and no man shall covet your land when you go up three times a year to appear before Yahweh your God.

"You shall bring the very first of the first fruits of your ground into the house of Yahweh your God. "You shall not boil a young goat in its mother's milk."

And He has filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom, in discernment, and in knowledge, and in all craftsmanship;

Every grain offering of yours, moreover, you shall season with salt, so that the salt of the covenant of your God shall not be lacking from your grain offering; with all your offerings you shall bring salt near.

‘When a leader sins and unintentionally does any one of all the things which Yahweh his God has commanded not to be done, and he becomes guilty,

For I am Yahweh your God. Therefore, set yourselves apart as holy and be holy, for I am holy. And you shall not make yourselves unclean with any of the swarming things that move on the earth.

For I am Yahweh who brought you up from the land of Egypt to be your God; thus you shall be holy, for I am holy.'"

"Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘I am Yahweh your God.

You are to do My judgments and keep My statutes, to walk in them; I am Yahweh your God.

And you shall not give any of your seed to pass them over to Molech, nor shall you profane the name of your God; I am Yahweh.

Thus you are to keep My charge, that you do not do any of the abominable statutes which have been done before you, so as not to defile yourselves with them; I am Yahweh your God.'"

"Speak to all the congregation of the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘You shall be holy, for I, Yahweh your God, am holy.

Every one of you shall fear his mother and his father, and you shall keep My sabbaths; I am Yahweh your God.

Do not turn to idols or make for yourselves molten gods; I am Yahweh your God.

Nor shall you glean your vineyard, nor shall you gather the fallen fruit of your vineyard; you shall leave them for the afflicted and for the sojourner. I am Yahweh your God.