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You must treat them as holy because they offer up food to your God. You must consider them holy because I, the Lord , am holy, and I make you holy.

He must not defile the sanctuary of his God by leaving it to attend to a dead person, for he has been made holy by the anointing oil of his God. I am the Lord .

"Give the following instructions to Aaron: In all future generations, none of your descendants who has any defect will qualify to offer food to his God.

No descendant of Aaron who has a defect may approach the altar to present special gifts to the Lord . Since he has a defect, he may not approach the altar to offer food to his God.

However, he may eat from the food offered to God, including the holy offerings and the most holy offerings.

and you must not accept such an animal from foreigners and then offer it as a sacrifice to your God. Such animals will not be accepted on your behalf, for they are mutilated or defective."

It was I who rescued you from the land of Egypt, that I might be your God. I am the Lord ."

Do not eat any bread or roasted grain or fresh kernels on that day until you bring this offering to your God. This is a permanent law for you, and it must be observed from generation to generation wherever you live.

"When you harvest the crops of your land, do not harvest the grain along the edges of your fields, and do not pick up what the harvesters drop. Leave it for the poor and the foreigners living among you. I am the Lord your God."

Do no work during that entire day because it is the Day of Atonement, when offerings of purification are made for you, making you right with the Lord your God.

On the first day gather branches from magnificent trees—palm fronds, boughs from leafy trees, and willows that grow by the streams. Then celebrate with joy before the Lord your God for seven days.

This will remind each new generation of Israelites that I made their ancestors live in shelters when I rescued them from the land of Egypt. I am the Lord your God."

Say to the people of Israel: Those who curse their God will be punished for their sin.

"This same standard applies both to native-born Israelites and to the foreigners living among you. I am the Lord your God."

Show your fear of God by not taking advantage of each other. I am the Lord your God.

Do not charge interest or make a profit at his expense. Instead, show your fear of God by letting him live with you as your relative.

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.

Show your fear of God by not treating them harshly.

For the people of Israel belong to me. They are my servants, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt. I am the Lord your God.

"Do not make idols or set up carved images, or sacred pillars, or sculptured stones in your land so you may worship them. I am the Lord your God.