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Dedicate yourselves to me and be holy because I am the Lord your God.

Obey my laws and teachings. Or else the land I am giving you will become sick of you and throw you out.

The nations I am chasing out did these disgusting things, and I hated them for it, so don't follow their example.

I am the Lord your God, and I have promised you their land that is rich with milk and honey. I have chosen you to be different from other people.

I am the Lord , the holy God. You have been chosen to be my people, and so you must be holy too.

And if you marry your sister-in-law, neither of you will ever have any children. Obey my laws and teachings. Or else the land I am giving you will become sick of you and throw you out. The nations I am chasing out did these disgusting things, and I hated them for it, so don't follow their example. I am the Lord your God, and I have promised you their land that is rich with milk and honey. I have chosen you to be different from other people. That's why you must make a difference between animals and birds that I have said are clean and unclean—this will keep you from becoming disgusting to me. I am the Lord , the holy God. You have been chosen to be my people, and so you must be holy too. If you claim to receive messages from the dead, you will be put to death by stoning, just as you deserve.

I am the Lord your God, and I have chosen you alone to offer sacrifices of food to me on the altar. That's why you must keep yourselves holy.

because I am holy. And so, you must be treated with proper respect, since you offer food sacrifices to me, the God of holiness.

In this way, your descendants will be qualified to serve me. Remember—I am the Lord , and I have chosen you.

but they may not enter the sacred place or serve me at the altar. Remember—I am the Lord , the one who makes a priest holy.

to say to Aaron and his sons: I am the Lord God, and I demand that you honor my holy name by showing proper respect for the offerings brought to me by the people of Israel.

Obey me, or you will die on duty for disgracing the place of worship. Remember—I am the Lord , the one who makes a priest holy.

Don't let them become guilty of eating this sacred food. Remember—I am the Lord , the one who makes these offerings holy.

Eat all of the meat that same day and don't save any for the next day. I am the Lord your God!

Obey my laws and teachings—I am the Lord .

I demand respect from the people of Israel, so don't disgrace my holy name. Remember—I am the one who chose you to be priests and rescued all of you from Egypt, so that I would be your Lord .

to say to the community of Israel: After you enter the land I am giving you, the first bundle of wheat from each crop must be given to me. So bring it to a priest

I am your God, and I forbid you to eat any new grain or anything made from it until you have brought these offerings. This law will never change.

When you harvest your grain, always leave some of it standing around the edges of your fields and don't pick up what falls on the ground. Leave it for the poor and for those foreigners who live among you. I am the Lord your God!

so future generations will know that I made their ancestors live in shelters when I brought them out of Egypt. I am the Lord your God.