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It will be eaten the same day you give it, and the next day. But what is left until the third day will be burned with fire.

Do not say bad things against a man who cannot hear. Do not put something in the way of a man who cannot see. But fear your God. I am the Lord.

‘In your heart do not hate someone from your own country. You may speak sharp words to your neighbor, but do not sin because of him.

Do not hurt someone who has hurt you. Do not keep on hating the sons of your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the Lord.

If a man lies with a woman who is a servant, promised to another man, but has not been paid for or made free, they must be punished. But they will not be put to death, because she was not free.

But in the fourth year all their fruit will be holy, a gift of praise to the Lord.

But I have said to you, "Their land will belong to you. I Myself will give it to you for your own, a land flowing with milk and honey." I am the Lord your God, Who has set you apart from all other peoples.

He should not marry a woman whose husband has died, or a divorced woman, or one who has made herself sinful by selling the use of her body. But he should marry a woman from his own people, who has never had a man.

But he should not come near the curtain or the altar, because he has something wrong with him, and so he may not sin against My holy places. For I am the Lord Who makes them holy.'"

‘But no one who is not a religious leader may eat the holy gift. One who is visiting the religious leader or working for him must not eat of the holy gift.

But a person whom the religious leader buys to work for him with his own money may eat of it. And those who are born in his house may eat of his food.

But if a religious leader's daughter loses her husband by death or divorce, and has no child and returns to her father's house as when she was young, she may eat of her father's food. But no stranger may eat of it.

You may give for a free-will gift a bull or lamb which has some part too long or too short. But it will not be received if it is to pay a promise.

But do not kill a cow or female sheep and her young on the same day.

Work may be done for six days. But the seventh day is the Day of Rest, a holy meeting when you do no work at all. It is the Day of Rest to the Lord in all your homes.

But you will give a gift by fire to the Lord for seven days. On the seventh day is a holy meeting. You will not do any hard work.'"

Do not do any hard work. But give a gift by fire to the Lord.'"

So the one who kills an animal will pay for it with an animal. But the one who kills a man will be put to death.

But the seventh year will be a Year of Rest for the land, a Year of Rest to the Lord. You will not plant seeds in your field or take care of your vines.

Do not do wrong to one another, but fear your God. I am the Lord your God.