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He shall kill the lamb in the holy place where the animals for the sin offerings and the burnt offerings are killed. He must do this because the repayment offering, like the sin offering, belongs to the priest and is very holy.

If, when the priest comes to look, the mildew has not reappeared after the house has been replastered, he shall pronounce the house ritually clean, because the mildew has been completely removed.

He said, "Tell your brother Aaron that only at the proper time is he to go behind the curtain into the Most Holy Place, because that is where I appear in a cloud above the lid on the Covenant Box. If he disobeys, he will be killed.

In this way he will perform the ritual to purify the Most Holy Place from the uncleanness of the people of Israel and from all their sins. He must do this to the Tent, because it stands in the middle of the camp, which is ritually unclean.

Do not have intercourse with a woman during her monthly period, because she is ritually unclean.

Do not hand over any of your children to be used in the worship of the god Molech, because that would bring disgrace on the name of God, the Lord .

to say to the community of Israel, "Be holy, because I, the Lord your God, am holy.

because it is ritually unclean, and if anyone eats it, I will not accept the offering.

"Do not bear a grudge against others, but settle your differences with them, so that you will not commit a sin because of them.

Keep yourselves holy, because I am the Lord your God.

Obey my laws, because I am the Lord and I make you holy."

If a man marries a woman and her mother, all three shall be burned to death because of the disgraceful thing they have done; such a thing must not be permitted among you.

If a man has intercourse with a woman during her monthly period, both of them are to be driven out of the community, because they have broken the regulations about ritual uncleanness.

You shall be holy and belong only to me, because I am the Lord and I am holy. I have set you apart from the other nations so that you would belong to me alone.

The people must consider the priest holy, because he presents the food offerings to me. I am the Lord ; I am holy and I make my people holy.

but because he has a physical defect, he shall not come near the sacred curtain or approach the altar. He must not profane these holy things, because I am the Lord and I make them holy."

"All priests shall observe the regulations that I have given. Otherwise, they will become guilty and die, because they have disobeyed the sacred regulations. I am the Lord and I make them holy.

Do no work on that day, because it is the day for performing the ritual to take away sin.

The bread belongs to Aaron and his descendants, and they shall eat it in a holy place, because this is a very holy part of the food offered to the Lord for the priests.

This law applies to all of you, to Israelites and to foreigners living among you, because I am the Lord your God."