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"Speak to Aaron, saying, 'No man of your offspring throughout their generations who has a defect shall approach to offer the food of his God.

'No man among the descendants of Aaron the priest who has a defect is to come near to offer the LORD'S offerings by fire; since he has a defect, he shall not come near to offer the food of his God.

'He may eat the food of his God, both of the most holy and of the holy,

nor shall you accept any such from the hand of a foreigner for offering as the food of your God; for their corruption is in them, they have a defect, they shall not be accepted for you.'"

who brought you out from the land of Egypt, to be your God; I am the LORD."

'Until this same day, until you have brought in the offering of your God, you shall eat neither bread nor roasted grain nor new growth. It is to be a perpetual statute throughout your generations in all your dwelling places.

'When you reap the harvest of your land, moreover, you shall not reap to the very corners of your field nor gather the gleaning of your harvest; you are to leave them for the needy and the alien. I am the LORD your God.'"

"You shall not do any work on this same day, for it is a day of atonement, to make atonement on your behalf before the LORD your God.

'Now on the first day you shall take for yourselves the foliage of beautiful trees, palm branches and boughs of leafy trees and willows of the brook, and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God for seven days.

so that your generations may know that I had the sons of Israel live in booths when I brought them out from the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.'"

"You shall speak to the sons of Israel, saying, 'If anyone curses his God, then he will bear his sin.

'There shall be one standard for you; it shall be for the stranger as well as the native, for I am the LORD your God.'"

'So you shall not wrong one another, but you shall fear your God; for I am the LORD your God.

'Do not take usurious interest from him, but revere your God, that your countryman may live with you.

'I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt to give you the land of Canaan and to be your God.

'You shall not rule over him with severity, but are to revere your God.

'For the sons of Israel are My servants; they are My servants whom I brought out from the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.

'You shall not make for yourselves idols, nor shall you set up for yourselves an image or a sacred pillar, nor shall you place a figured stone in your land to bow down to it; for I am the LORD your God.

'I will also walk among you and be your God, and you shall be My people.

'I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt so that you would not be their slaves, and I broke the bars of your yoke and made you walk erect.