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As for the nakedness of the daughter of your father's wife, she is your sister, a relative of your father; you must not expose her nakedness.

You must not turn to idols, and you must not make for yourselves gods of cast metal; I am Yahweh your God.

"‘And when you sacrifice a sacrifice of fellowship offerings to Yahweh, you must sacrifice it for your acceptance.

And you must not glean your vineyard, and you must not gather your vineyard's fallen grapes; you must leave them behind for the needy and for the alien; I am Yahweh your God.

"‘You must keep my statutes: as for your domestic animals, you shall not cause two differing kinds to breed; as for your field, you shall not sow two differing kinds of seed; and, a garment of two differing kinds of woven material should not be worn on you.

And he shall bring his guilt offering to Yahweh at the tent of assembly's entrance: a ram for a guilt offering.

And the priest shall make atonement for him before Yahweh with the ram of the guilt offering for his sin that he committed, and so his sin that he committed shall be forgiven him.

"‘And when you have come into the land and you plant any tree for food, you shall regard its fruit as unharvestable; for three years it shall be forbidden for you; it shall not be eaten.

But in the fourth year all its fruit shall be holy, offerings of praise for Yahweh.

And in the fifth year you shall eat its fruit to increase its yield for you; I am Yahweh your God.

And you shall not make a slash in your body for a dead person, nor shall you make on yourselves a tattoo's mark; I am Yahweh.

"‘Before old age you shall get up, and you shall show respect for an old person; and you shall revere your God; I am Yahweh.

As for the person who turns to the mediums and the soothsayers to prostitute after them, I will set my face against that person, and I will cut him off from the midst of his people.

"‘As for a man who commits adultery with a man's wife, who commits adultery with his neighbor's wife, both the man who commits adultery and the woman who commits adultery shall surely be put to death.

As for a man who lies with his father's wife, he has exposed his father's nakedness; both of them shall be put to death—their blood is on them.

As for a man who lies with his daughter-in-law, both of them shall be put to death; they have committed a perversion—their blood is on them.

"‘As for the man who lies with a male as lying with a woman, they have committed a detestable thing; they shall surely be put to death—their blood is on them.

"‘As for a man who marries a woman and her mother, that is depravity; they shall burn him and them, so that it shall not become depravity in the midst of you all.

"‘As for a man who has sexual relations with an animal, he shall surely be put to death, and you must kill the animal.

As for a woman who approaches any animal to copulate with it, you shall kill the woman and the animal; they shall surely be put to death—their blood is on them.