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Speak to Aaron and say: No one of your offspring throughout their generations who has a blemish may approach to offer the food of his God.

No descendant of Aaron the priest who has a blemish shall come near to offer the Lord 's offerings by fire; since he has a blemish, he shall not come near to offer the food of his God.

He may eat the food of his God, of the most holy as well as of the holy.

nor shall you accept any such animals from a foreigner to offer as food to your God; since they are mutilated, with a blemish in them, they shall not be accepted in your behalf.

I who brought you out of the land of Egypt to be your God: I am the Lord .

You shall eat no bread or parched grain or fresh ears until that very day, until you have brought the offering of your God: it is a statute forever throughout your generations in all your settlements.

When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap to the very edges of your field, or gather the gleanings of your harvest; you shall leave them for the poor and for the alien: I am the Lord your God.

and you shall do no work during that entire day; for it is a day of atonement, to make atonement on your behalf before the Lord your God.

On the first day you shall take the fruit of majestic trees, branches of palm trees, 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 made the people of Israel live in booths when I brought them out of the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.

And speak to the people of Israel, saying: Anyone who curses God shall bear the sin.

You shall have one law for the alien and for the citizen: for I am the Lord your God.

You shall not cheat one another, but you shall fear your God; for I am the Lord your God.

Do not take interest in advance or otherwise make a profit from them, but fear your God; let them 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, to be your God.

You shall not rule over them with harshness, but shall fear your God.

For to me the people of Israel are servants; they are my servants whom I brought out from the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.

You shall make for yourselves no idols and erect no carved images or pillars, and you shall not place figured stones in your land, to worship at them; for I am the Lord your God.

And I will walk among you, and will be your God, and you shall be my people.

I am the Lord your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be their slaves no more; I have broken the bars of your yoke and made you walk erect.