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But suppose the slave loves his wife and children so much that he won't leave without them.

In fact, I will get so angry that I will kill your men and make widows of their wives and orphans of their children.

Your women will give birth to healthy children, and everyone will live a long life.

I keep my promises to my people forever, but I also punish anyone who sins. When people sin, I punish them and their children, and also their grandchildren and great-grandchildren."

Don't sacrifice your children on the altar fires to the god Molech. I am the Lord your God, and that would disgrace me.

to say to the community of Israel: Death by stoning is the penalty for any citizens or foreigners in the country who sacrifice their children to the god Molech.

If you have sex with your uncle's wife, neither you nor she will ever have any children.

And if you marry your sister-in-law, neither of you will ever have any children.

And if you marry your sister-in-law, neither of you will ever have any children. Obey my laws and teachings. Or else the land I am giving you will become sick of you and throw you out. The nations I am chasing out did these disgusting things, and I hated them for it, so don't follow their example. I am the Lord your God, and I have promised you their land that is rich with milk and honey. I have chosen you to be different from other people. That's why you must make a difference between animals and birds that I have said are clean and unclean—this will keep you from becoming disgusting to me. I am the Lord , the holy God. You have been chosen to be my people, and so you must be holy too. If you claim to receive messages from the dead, you will be put to death by stoning, just as you deserve.

But if she returns to your home, either widowed or divorced, and has no children, she may join in the meal. Only members of a priestly family can eat this food,

so they and their children may return home to their families and property.

You can own them, and even leave them to your children when you die, but do not make slaves of your own people or be cruel to them.

If you cannot gain your freedom in any of these ways, both you and your children will still be set free in the Year of Celebration.

I'll send wild animals to attack you, and they will gobble down your children and livestock. So few of you will be left that your roads will be deserted.

In fact, you will be so desperate for food that you will eat your own children.

If the woman has been unfaithful, the water will immediately make her unable to have children, and she will be a curse among her people.

But if she is innocent, her body will not be harmed, and she will still be able to have children.

but they're not my children. You told me to nurse them along and to carry them to the land you promised their ancestors.

Is the Lord leading us into Canaan, just to have us killed and our women and children captured? We'd be better off in Egypt."

that you love to show mercy and kindness. And you said that you are very patient, but that you will punish everyone guilty of doing wrong—not only them but their children and grandchildren as well.