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‘None of you shall approach any blood relative of his to uncover nakedness; I am Yahweh.

And you shall not give any of your seed to pass them over to Molech, nor shall you profane the name of your God; I am Yahweh.

‘So do not defile yourselves by any of these things; for by all these the nations which I am casting out before you have become defiled.

Thus you are to keep My charge, that you do not do any of the abominable statutes which have been done before you, so as not to defile yourselves with them; I am Yahweh your God.'"

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

Every one of you shall fear his mother and his father, and you shall keep My sabbaths; I am Yahweh your God.

Do not turn to idols or make for yourselves molten gods; I am Yahweh your God.

Nor shall you glean your vineyard, nor shall you gather the fallen fruit of your vineyard; you shall leave them for the afflicted and for the sojourner. I am Yahweh your God.

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

You shall not curse a deaf man nor place a stumbling block before the blind, but you shall fear your God; I am Yahweh.

You shall not go about as a slanderer among your people, and you shall not stand against the life of your neighbor; I am Yahweh.

You shall not take vengeance, and you shall not keep your anger against the sons of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself; I am Yahweh.

Now in the fifth year you shall eat of its fruit, that its produce may increase for you; I am Yahweh your God.

And you shall not make any cuts in your body for the dead nor make any tattoo marks on yourselves: I am Yahweh.

You shall keep My sabbaths and fear My sanctuary; I am Yahweh.

‘Do not turn to mediums or spiritists; do not seek them out to be defiled by them. I am Yahweh your God.

‘You shall rise up before the gray-haired and honor the aged, and you shall fear your God; I am Yahweh.

The sojourner who sojourns with you shall be to you as the native among you, and you shall love him as yourself, for you were sojourners in the land of Egypt; I am Yahweh your God.

You shall have just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin; I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out from the land of Egypt.

You shall thus keep all My statutes and all My judgments and do them; I am Yahweh.'"