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'You are to perform My judgments and keep My statutes, to live in accord with them; I am the LORD your God.

'You shall not give any of your children to offer them to Molech, nor shall you profane the name of your God; I am the LORD.

'So you are to keep your commitment to Me not to practice any of the abominable customs which have been practiced before you, so that you do not defile yourselves with them; I am the LORD your God.'"

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

'Every one of you shall revere his mother and his father, and you shall keep My Sabbaths; I am the LORD your God.

'Do not turn to idols or make for yourselves cast metal gods; I am the LORD your God.

'And you shall not glean your vineyard, nor shall you gather the fallen grapes of your vineyard; you shall leave them for the needy and for the stranger. I am the LORD your God.

'And you shall not swear falsely by My name, so as to profane the name of your God; I am the LORD.

'You shall not curse a person who is deaf, nor put a stumbling block before a person who is blind, but you shall revere your God; I am the LORD.

'But in the fifth year you shall eat its fruit, so that its yield may increase for you; I am the LORD your God.

'Do not turn to mediums or spiritists; do not seek them out to be defiled by them. I am the LORD your God.

'You shall stand up in the presence of the grayheaded and honor elders, and you shall fear your God; I am the LORD.

'The stranger who resides with you shall be to you as the native among you, and you shall love him as yourself, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt; I am the LORD your God.

'You shall have accurate balances, accurate weights, an accurate ephah, and an accurate hin; I am the LORD your God, who brought you out from the land of Egypt.

'You shall consecrate yourselves therefore and be holy, for I am the LORD your God.

'So I have said to you, "You are to take possession of their land, and I Myself will give it to you to possess, a land flowing with milk and honey." I am the LORD your God, who has singled you out from the peoples.

'They shall be holy to their God and not profane the name of their God, because they present the offerings by fire to the LORD, the food of their God; so they shall be holy.

'They shall not take a woman who is a prostitute and profaned, nor shall they take a woman divorced from her husband; for he is holy to his God.

'You shall consecrate him, therefore, because he offers the food of your God. He shall be holy to you; for I the LORD, who sanctifies you, am holy.

nor shall he leave the sanctuary nor profane the sanctuary of his God, for the consecration of the anointing oil of his God is on him; I am the LORD.