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If a man has intercourse with his daughter-in-law, they shall both be put to death. They have committed incest and are responsible for their own death.

If a man has sexual relations with another man, they have done a disgusting thing, and both shall be put to death. They are responsible for their own death.

If a woman tries to have sexual relations with an animal, she and the animal shall be put to death. They are responsible for their own death.

If a man has intercourse with his aunt, both of them must suffer the consequences for incest.

"Any man or woman who consults the spirits of the dead shall be stoned to death; any of you that do this are responsible for your own death."

to tell Aaron, "None of your descendants who has any physical defects may present the food offering to me. This applies for all time to come.

If any of your descendants, while he is ritually unclean, comes near the sacred offerings which the people of Israel have dedicated to me, he can never again serve at the altar. This applies for all time to come. I am the Lord .

When a calf or a lamb or a kid is born, it must not be taken from its mother for seven days, but after that it is acceptable as a food offering.

the following regulations for the religious festivals, when the people of Israel are to gather for worship.

You have six days in which to do your work, but remember that the seventh day, the Sabbath, is a day of rest. On that day do not work, but gather for worship. The Sabbath belongs to the Lord , no matter where you live.

On the fifteenth day the Festival of Unleavened Bread begins, and for seven days you must not eat any bread made with yeast.

On the first of these days you shall gather for worship and do none of your daily work.

Offer your food offerings to the Lord for seven days. On the seventh day you shall again gather for worship, but you shall do none of your daily work.

Do not eat any of the new grain, whether raw, roasted, or baked into bread, until you have brought this offering to God. This regulation is to be observed by all your descendants for all time to come.

The priest shall present the bread with the two lambs as a special gift to the Lord for the priests. These offerings are holy.

On that day do none of your daily work, but gather for worship. Your descendants are to observe this regulation for all time to come, no matter where they live.

When you harvest your fields, do not cut the grain at the edges of the fields, and do not go back to cut the heads of grain that were left; leave them for poor people and foreigners. The Lord is your God.

On the first day of the seventh month observe a special day of rest, and come together for worship when the trumpets sound.

The tenth day of the seventh month is the day when the annual ritual is to be performed to take away the sins of the people. On that day do not eat anything at all; come together for worship, and present a food offering to the Lord .

Do no work on that day, because it is the day for performing the ritual to take away sin.