Study Desk

“When you offer a fellowship sacrifice to the Lord, sacrifice it so that you may be accepted.

If a man marries a woman and her mother, it is depraved. Both he and they must be burned, so that there will be no depravity among you.

“You are to keep all my statutes and all my ordinances, and do them, so that the land where I am bringing you to live will not vomit you out.

He is not to make himself unclean for those related to him by marriage and so defile himself.

so that he does not corrupt his bloodline among his people, for I am the Lord who sets him apart.”

“Tell Aaron and his sons to deal respectfully with the holy offerings of the Israelites that they have consecrated to me, so they do not profane my holy name; I am the Lord.

When you sacrifice a thank offering to the Lord, sacrifice it so that you may be accepted.

He will present the sheaf before the Lord so that you may be accepted; the priest is to present it on the day after the Sabbath.

so that your generations may know that I made the Israelites live in shelters when I brought them out of the land of Egypt; I am the Lord your God.”

So Moses declared the Lord’s appointed times to the Israelites.

Place pure frankincense near each row, so that it may serve as a memorial portion for the bread and a fire offering to the Lord.

After Moses spoke to the Israelites, they brought the one who had cursed to the outside of the camp and stoned him. So the Israelites did as the Lord had commanded Moses.

“You are to count seven sabbatical years, seven times seven years, so that the time period of the seven sabbatical years amounts to forty-nine.

“You are to keep my statutes and ordinances and carefully observe them, so that you may live securely in the land.

Then the land will yield its fruit, so that you can eat, be satisfied, and live securely in the land.

I will appoint my blessing for you in the sixth year, so that it will produce a crop sufficient for three years.

But if he cannot obtain enough to repay him, what he sold will remain in the possession of its purchaser until the Year of Jubilee. It is to be released at the Jubilee, so that he may return to his property.

“If your brother becomes destitute and cannot sustain himself among you, you are to support him as an alien or temporary resident, so that he can continue to live among you.

I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, so that you would no longer be their slaves. I broke the bars of your yoke and enabled you to live in freedom.

I will turn against you, so that you will be defeated by your enemies. Those who hate you will rule over you, and you will flee even though no one is pursuing you.