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'You are to perform My judgments and keep My statutes, to live in accord with them; I am the LORD your God.

'So you shall keep My statutes and My judgments, by which a man may live if he does them; I am the LORD.

'None of you shall approach any blood relative of his to uncover nakedness; I am the LORD.

'You shall not give any of your offspring to offer them to Molech, nor shall you profane the name of your God; I am the LORD.

'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 practice any of the abominable customs which have been practiced before you, so as not to defile yourselves with them; I am the LORD your God.'"

"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 reverence his mother and his father, and you shall keep My sabbaths; I am the LORD your God.

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

'Nor shall you glean your vineyard, nor shall you gather the fallen fruit of your vineyard; you shall leave them for the needy and for the stranger. I am the LORD your God.

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

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

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

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

'In the fifth year you are to eat of its fruit, that its yield may increase for you; I am the LORD your God.

'You shall not make any cuts in your body for the dead nor make any tattoo marks on yourselves: I am the LORD.

'You shall keep My sabbaths and revere My sanctuary; I am the LORD.

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

'You shall rise up before the grayheaded and honor the aged, and you shall revere your God; I am the LORD.

'The stranger who resides with you shall be to you as the native among you, and you shall love him as yourself, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt; I am the LORD your God.