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If a man marries a woman and her mother, it is depraved. Both he and they must be burned with fire, so that there will be no depravity among you.

"You are to keep all My statutes and all My ordinances, and do them, so that the land where I am bringing you to live will not vomit you out.

so that he does not corrupt his bloodline among his people, for I am Yahweh who sets him apart."

When you sacrifice a thank offering to the Lord , sacrifice it so that you may be accepted.

He will wave the sheaf before the Lord so that you may be accepted; the priest is to wave it on the day after the Sabbath.

so that your generations may know that I made the Israelites live in booths when I brought them out of the land of Egypt; I am Yahweh your God."

Place pure frankincense near each row, so that it may serve as a memorial portion for the bread and a fire offering to the Lord .

"You are to count seven sabbatical years, seven times seven years, so that the time period of the seven sabbatical years amounts to 49.

"You are to keep My statutes and ordinances and carefully observe them, so that you may live securely in the land.

Then the land will yield its fruit, so that you can eat, be satisfied, and live securely in the land.

I will appoint My blessing for you in the sixth year, so that it will produce a crop sufficient for three years.

But if he cannot obtain enough to repay him, what he sold will remain in the possession of its purchaser until the Year of Jubilee. It is to be released at the Jubilee, so that he may return to his property.

"If your brother becomes destitute and cannot sustain himself among you, you are to support him as a foreigner or temporary resident, so that he can continue to live among you.

I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, so that you would no longer be their slaves. I broke the bars of your yoke and enabled you to live in freedom.

I will turn against you, so that you will be defeated by your enemies. Those who hate you will rule over you, and you will flee even though no one is pursuing you.

When I cut off your supply of bread, 10 women will bake your bread in a single oven and ration out your bread by weight, so that you will eat but not be satisfied.

I also will devastate the land, so that your enemies who come to live there will be appalled by it.

But if he consecrates his field after the Jubilee, the priest will calculate the price for him in proportion to the years left until the next Year of Jubilee, so that your assessment will be reduced.

The Levites are to camp around the tabernacle of the testimony and watch over it, so that no wrath will fall on the Israelite community."

Do this for them so that they may live and not die when they come near the most holy objects: Aaron and his sons are to go in and assign each man his task and transportation duty.