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For it is his only covering; it is the clothing for his body. What will he sleep in? And if he cries out to me, I will listen because I am gracious.

“I am going to send an angel before you to protect you on the way and bring you to the place I have prepared.

And they will know that I am the Lord their God, who brought them out of the land of Egypt, so that I might dwell among them. I am the Lord their God.

“Tell the Israelites: You must observe my Sabbaths, for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations, so that you will know that I am the Lord who consecrates you.

And the Lord responded: “Look, I am making a covenant. I will perform wonders in the presence of all your people that have never been done in the whole earth or in any nation. All the people you live among will see the Lord’s work, for what I am doing with you is awe-inspiring.

Observe what I command you today. I am going to drive out before you the Amorites, Canaanites, Hethites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.

For I am the Lord your God, so you must consecrate yourselves and be holy because I am holy. Do not defile yourselves by any swarming creature that crawls on the ground.

For I am the Lord, who brought you up from the land of Egypt to be your God, so you must be holy because I am holy.

“When you enter the land of Canaan that I am giving you as a possession, and I place a mildew contamination in a house in the land you possess,

“Speak to the Israelites and tell them: I am the Lord your God.

Do not follow the practices of the land of Egypt, where you used to live, or follow the practices of the land of Canaan, where I am bringing you. You must not follow their customs.

You are to practice my ordinances and you are to keep my statutes by following them; I am the Lord your God.

Keep my statutes and ordinances; a person will live if he does them. I am the Lord.

“You are not to come near any close relative for sexual intercourse; I am the Lord.

“You are not to sacrifice any of your children in the fire to Molech. Do not profane the name of your God; I am the Lord.

“Do not defile yourselves by any of these practices, for the nations I am driving out before you have defiled themselves by all these things.

The land has become defiled, so I am punishing it for its iniquity, and the land will vomit out its inhabitants.

You must keep my instruction to not do any of the detestable customs that were practiced before you, so that you do not defile yourselves by them; I am the Lord your God.”

“Speak to the entire Israelite community and tell them: Be holy because I, the Lord your God, am holy.

“Each of you is to respect his mother and father. You are to keep my Sabbaths; I am the Lord your God.