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'When you reap the harvest of your land, moreover, you shall not reap to the very edges of your field nor gather the gleaning of your harvest; you are to leave them for the needy and the stranger. I am the LORD your God.'"

"On exactly the tenth day of this seventh month is the Day of Atonement; it shall be a holy convocation for you, and you shall humble yourselves and present an offering by fire to the LORD.

"You shall not do any work on this very day, for it is a Day of Atonement, to make atonement on your behalf before the LORD your God.

"As for any person who does any work on this very day, that person I will eliminate from among his people.

"It is to be a Sabbath of complete rest for you, and you shall humble yourselves; on the ninth of the month at evening, from evening until evening, you shall keep your Sabbath."

"Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, 'On the fifteenth of this seventh month is the Feast of Booths for seven days to the LORD.

'For seven days you shall present an offering by fire to the LORD. On the eighth day you shall have a holy convocation and present an offering by fire to the LORD; it is an assembly. You shall not do any laborious work.

'On exactly the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when you have gathered in the crops of the land, you shall celebrate the feast of the LORD for seven days, with a rest on the first day and a rest on the eighth day.

'Now on the first day you shall take for yourselves the foliage of beautiful trees, palm branches and branches of trees with thick branches and willows of the brook, and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God for seven days.

'So you shall celebrate it as a feast to the LORD for seven days in the year. It shall be a permanent statute throughout your generations; you shall celebrate it in the seventh month.

'You shall live in booths for seven days; all the native-born in Israel shall live in booths,

"Command the sons of Israel that they bring to you clear oil from beaten olives for the light, to make a lamp burn continually.

"You shall put pure frankincense on each row so that it may be a memorial portion for the bread, an offering by fire to the LORD.

"Every Sabbath day he shall set it in order before the LORD continually; it is an everlasting covenant for the sons of Israel.

"And it shall be for Aaron and his sons, and they shall eat it in a holy place; for it is most holy to him from the LORD'S offerings by fire, his portion forever."

Then they put him in custody, waiting for Moses to give them a clear decision in accordance with the command of the LORD.

"You shall also speak to the sons of Israel, saying, 'If anyone curses his God, then he will bear the responsibility for his sin.

'But the one who takes the life of an animal shall make restitution, life for life.

fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; just as he has injured a person, so shall it be inflicted on him.

'There shall be only one standard for you; it shall be for the stranger as well as the native, for I am the LORD your God.'"