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But leave nothing alive in the cities of the land the Lord your God is giving you.

Completely destroy these people: the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, as the Lord your God has commanded.

Otherwise, they will teach you what they do for their gods, and if you do these hateful things, you will sin against the Lord your God.

Suppose someone is found murdered, lying in a field in the land the Lord your God is giving you as your own, and no one knows who killed the person.

The priests, the sons of Levi, should come forward, because they have been chosen by the Lord your God to serve him and to give blessings in the Lord 's name. They are the ones who decide cases of quarreling and attacks.

But don't leave his body hanging on the tree overnight; be sure to bury him that same day, because anyone whose body is displayed on a tree is cursed by God. You must not ruin the land the Lord your God is giving you as your own.

A woman must not wear men's clothes, and a man must not wear women's clothes. The Lord your God hates anyone who does that.

But the Lord your God would not listen to Balaam. He turned the curse into a blessing for you, because the Lord your God loves you.

The Lord your God moves around through your camp to protect you and to defeat your enemies for you, so the camp must be holy. He must not see anything unclean among you so that he will not leave you.

Do not bring a male or female prostitute's pay to the Temple of the Lord your God to pay what you have promised to the Lord , because the Lord your God hates prostitution.

You may charge foreigners, but not fellow Israelites. Then the Lord your God will bless everything you do in the land you are entering to take as your own.

If you make a promise to give something to the Lord your God, do not be slow to pay it, because the Lord your God demands it from you. Do not be guilty of sin.

You must do whatever you say you will do, because you chose to make the promise to the Lord your God.

In either case, her first husband who divorced her must not marry her again, because she has become unclean. The Lord would hate this. Don't bring this sin into the land the Lord your God is giving you as your own.

Remember what the Lord your God did to Miriam on your way out of Egypt.

Give the coat back at sunset, because your neighbor needs that coat to sleep in, and he will be grateful to you. And the Lord your God will see that you have done a good thing.

Remember that you were slaves in Egypt, and the Lord your God saved you from there. That is why I am commanding you to do this.

When you are gathering your harvest in the field and leave behind a bundle of grain, don't go back and get it. Leave it there for foreigners, orphans, and widows so that the Lord your God can bless everything you do.

You must have true and honest weights and measures so that you will live a long time in the land the Lord your God is giving you.

The Lord your God hates anyone who is dishonest and uses dishonest measures.