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But I have promised you, ‘You will possess their land because I will give it to you as your possession—a land flowing with milk and honey.' I am the Lord your God, who has set you apart from all other people.

You must be holy because I, the Lord , am holy. I have set you apart from all other people to be my very own.

You must treat them as holy because they offer up food to your God. You must consider them holy because I, the Lord , am holy, and I make you holy.

He must not defile the sanctuary of his God by leaving it to attend to a dead person, for he has been made holy by the anointing oil of his God. I am the Lord .

so that he will not dishonor his descendants among his clan, for I am the Lord who makes him holy."

Yet because of his physical defect, he may not enter the room behind the inner curtain or approach the altar, for this would defile my holy places. I am the Lord who makes them holy."

"Tell Aaron and his sons to be very careful with the sacred gifts that the Israelites set apart for me, so they do not bring shame on my holy name. I am the Lord .

Give them the following instructions. "In all future generations, if any of your descendants is ceremonially unclean when he approaches the sacred offerings that the people of Israel consecrate to the Lord , he must be cut off from my presence. I am the Lord .

He may not eat an animal that has died a natural death or has been torn apart by wild animals, for this would defile him. I am the Lord .

"The priests must follow my instructions carefully. Otherwise they will be punished for their sin and will die for violating my instructions. I am the Lord who makes them holy.

by allowing unauthorized people to eat them. This would bring guilt upon them and require them to pay compensation. I am the Lord who makes them holy."

Eat the entire sacrificial animal on the day it is presented. Do not leave any of it until the next morning. I am the Lord .

"You must faithfully keep all my commands by putting them into practice, for I am the Lord .

Do not bring shame on my holy name, for I will display my holiness among the people of Israel. I am the Lord who makes you holy.

It was I who rescued you from the land of Egypt, that I might be your God. I am the Lord ."

"Give the following instructions to the people of Israel. When you enter the land I am giving you and you harvest its first crops, bring the priest a bundle of grain from the first cutting of your grain harvest.

"When you harvest the crops of your land, do not harvest the grain along the edges of your fields, and do not pick up what the harvesters drop. Leave it for the poor and the foreigners living among you. I am the Lord your God."

This will remind each new generation of Israelites that I made their ancestors live in shelters when I rescued them from the land of Egypt. I am the Lord your God."

"This same standard applies both to native-born Israelites and to the foreigners living among you. I am the Lord your God."

"Give the following instructions to the people of Israel. When you have entered the land I am giving you, the land itself must observe a Sabbath rest before the Lord every seventh year.