Study Desk

Don't pick all the grapes in your vineyards or pick up the grapes that fall to the ground. You must leave those things for your poor people and for people traveling through your country. I am the Lord your God.

You must not use my name to make false promises. If you do that, you will show that you don't respect the name of your God. I am the Lord !

"You must not curse anyone who is deaf. You must not do anything to make a blind person fall. But you must respect your God. I am the Lord .

You must not go around spreading false stories against other people. Don't do anything that would put your neighbor's life in danger. I am the Lord .

Forget about the wrong things people do to you. Don't try to get even. Love your neighbor as yourself. I am the Lord .

Then, in the fifth year, you can eat the fruit from that tree. And the tree will produce more and more fruit for you. I am the Lord your God.

You must not cut your body as a way to remember the dead. You must not make any tattoo marks on yourselves. I am the Lord .

"You must not work on my special days of rest. You must honor my holy place. I am the Lord .

"Do not go to mediums or wizards for advice—they will only make you unclean. I am the Lord your God.

"Show honor to old people. Stand up when they come into the room. And show respect to your leaders. I am the Lord .

You must treat them the same as you treat your own citizens. Love them as you love yourselves. Remember, you were foreigners in Egypt. I am the Lord your God!

Your baskets should be the right size. Your jars should hold the right amount of liquids. Your weights and balances should weigh things correctly. I am the Lord your God. I brought you out of the land of Egypt.

"You must remember all my laws and rules. And you must obey them. I am the Lord ."

"Be special. Make yourselves holy, because I am the Lord your God.

Remember and obey my laws. I am the Lord . And I have made you my special people.

"You must remember all my laws and rules. And you must obey them. I am leading you to your land. You will live in that country. If you obey my laws and rules, that land will not vomit you out.

I am forcing other people to leave that country because they committed all those sins. I hate those sins! So don't live the way those people lived.

But I have told you that you will get their land. I will give their land to you. It will be your land! It is a land filled with many good things. I am the Lord your God. "I have treated you differently from other people.

I have separated you from other nations to be my own special people. So you must be holy because I am the Lord , and I am holy.

A priest serves God in a special way. So you must treat him in a special way, because he carries holy things. He brings the holy bread to me, and I am holy. I am the Lord , and I make you holy.