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'You shall not sleep with a male as one sleeps with a female; it is an abomination.

'Also you shall not have sexual intercourse with any animal to be defiled with it, nor shall any woman stand before an animal to mate with it; it is a perversion.

'But as for you, you are to keep My statutes and My judgments, and you shall not do any of these abominations, neither the native, nor the stranger who resides among you

'For whoever does any of these abominations, those persons who do so shall be cut off from among their people.

"Speak to all the congregation of the sons of Israel and say to them, 'You shall be holy, for I the LORD your God am holy.

'Every one of you shall revere his mother and his father, and you shall keep My Sabbaths; I am the LORD your God.

'Now when you offer a sacrifice of peace offerings to the LORD, you shall offer it so that you may be accepted.

'It shall be eaten on the same day you offer it, and on the next day; but what remains until the third day shall be burned with fire.

'And everyone who eats it will bear the consequences for his guilt, because he has profaned the holy thing of the LORD; and that person shall be cut off from his people.

'Now when you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap to the very edges of your field, nor shall you gather the gleanings of your harvest.

'And you shall not glean your vineyard, nor shall you gather the fallen grapes of your vineyard; you shall leave them for the needy and for the stranger. I am the LORD your God.

'You shall not steal, nor deal falsely, nor lie to one another.

'And you shall not swear falsely by My name, so as to profane the name of your God; I am the LORD.

'You shall not oppress your neighbor, nor rob him. The wages of a hired worker are not to remain with you all night until morning.

'You shall not curse a person who is deaf, nor put a stumbling block before a person who is blind, but you shall revere your God; I am the LORD.

'You shall not do injustice in judgment; you shall not show partiality to the poor nor give preference to the great, but you are to judge your neighbor fairly.

'You shall not go about as a slanderer among your people; and you are not to jeopardize the life of your neighbor. I am the LORD.

'You shall not hate your fellow countryman in your heart; you may certainly rebuke your neighbor, but you are not to incur sin because of him.

'You shall not take vengeance, nor hold any grudge against the sons of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself; I am the LORD.

'You are to keep My statutes. You shall not cross-breed two kinds of your cattle; you shall not sow your field with two kinds of seed, nor wear a garment of two kinds of material mixed together.