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"‘Be my holy people. Be holy because I am the Lord your God.

"‘I have told you that you will get their land, which I will give to you as your very own; it is a fertile land. I am the Lord your God, and I have set you apart from other people and made you my own.

They must be holy to their God and show respect for God's name, because they present the offerings made by fire to the Lord , which is the food of their God. So they must be holy.

"‘A priest must not marry an unclean prostitute or a divorced woman, because he is holy to his God.

Treat him as holy, because he offers up the food of your God. Think of him as holy; I am the Lord who makes you holy, and I am holy.

"Tell Aaron: ‘If any of your descendants have something wrong with them, they must never come near to offer the special food of their God.

"‘If one of Aaron's descendants has something wrong with him, he cannot come near to make the offerings made by fire to the Lord . He has something wrong with him; he cannot offer the food of his God.

I brought you out of Egypt to be your God. I am the Lord ."

Until the day you bring your offering to your God, do not eat any new grain, roasted grain, or bread made from new grain. This law will always continue for people from now on, wherever you live.

"‘When you harvest your crops on your land, do not harvest all the way to the corners of your field. If grain falls onto the ground, don't gather it up. Leave it for poor people and foreigners in your country. I am the Lord your God.'"

On the first day you will take good fruit from the fruit trees, as well as branches from palm trees, poplars, and other leafy trees. You will celebrate before the Lord your God for seven days.

so that all your descendants will know I made Israel live in shelters during the time I brought them out of Egypt. I am the Lord your God.'"

Tell the people of Israel this: ‘If anyone curses his God, he is guilty of sin.

"‘The law will be the same for the foreigner as for those from your own country. I am the Lord your God.'"

You must not cheat each other, but you must respect your God. I am the Lord your God.

Do not charge him any interest on money you loan to him, but respect your God; let the poor live among you.

I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt to give the land of Canaan to you and to become your God.

You must not rule this person cruelly, but you must respect your God.

This is because the people of Israel are servants to me. They are my servants, whom I brought out of Egypt. I am the Lord your God.

"‘Don't make idols for yourselves or set up statues or memorials. Don't put stone statues in your land to bow down to, because I am the Lord your God.