Study Desk

Do not follow the ways of the nation which I am driving out before you. For they did all these things, and so I hated them.

But I have said to you, "Their land will belong to you. I Myself will give it to you for your own, a land flowing with milk and honey." I am the Lord your God, Who has set you apart from all other peoples.

Be holy to Me, for I the Lord am holy. I have divided you from the nations, so you belong to Me.

So you must set him apart, for he gives the bread of your God. He will be holy to you. For I, the Lord Who sets you apart, am holy.

He must not go out of the holy place or sin against the holy place of his God. For the crown of the holy oil of his God is on him. I am the Lord.

By doing this he will not sin against his children among his people. For I am the Lord Who makes him holy.'"

But he should not come near the curtain or the altar, because he has something wrong with him, and so he may not sin against My holy places. For I am the Lord Who makes them holy.'"

"Tell Aaron and his sons to be careful with the holy gifts that the people of Israel set apart for Me. So they will not sin against My holy name. I am the Lord.

Say to them, ‘If any one of all your children comes near the holy gifts that the people of Israel set apart for the Lord, while he is unclean, he will be cut off from My holy place. I am the Lord.

He should not eat an animal that dies of itself or is killed by wild animals. He will be unclean if he does. I am the Lord.

The religious leaders must obey My Law, so they will not be sinful because of it and die because they sin against My Law. I am the Lord Who makes them holy.

This would bring sin upon them when they eat their holy gifts. For I am the Lord Who makes them holy.'"

It must be eaten on the same day. Do not leave any of it until morning. I am the Lord.

"So keep My Laws and obey them. I am the Lord.

Do not sin against My holy name. I will be honored among the people of Israel. I am the Lord Who makes you holy.

I brought you out of the land of Egypt to be your God. I am the Lord."

"Say to the people of Israel, ‘When you come into the land I am going to give you and gather its grain, bring some of the first fruits of your grain to the religious leader.

‘When you gather the food of your land, do not pick all the way to the corners of your field. And do not gather the food that falls. Leave it for those in need and the stranger. I am the Lord your God.'"

So all your people to come may know that I had the people of Israel live in tents when I brought them out of the land of Egypt. I am the Lord your God.'"

You will have the same Law for the stranger and for the one born among you. For I am the Lord your God.'"