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8 “Also you shall say to them: ‘Whatever man doings of the land of Canaan, where I am
of the house of Israel, or of the strangers who bringing you, you shall not do; nor shall you
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dwell among you, who offers a burnt offering walk in their ordinances. You shall observe
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or sacrifice, and does not bring it to the door My judgments and keep My ordinances, to
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of the tabernacle of meeting, to offer it to the walk in them: I am the LORD your God. You
LORD, that man shall be cut off from among shall therefore keep My statutes and My judg-
his people. ments, which if a man does, he shall live by
10 ‘And whatever man of the house of Israel, them: I am the LORD.
or of the strangers who dwell among you, who 6 ‘None of you shall approach anyone who is
eats any blood, I will set My face against that near of kin to him, to uncover his nakedness:
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person who eats blood, and will cut him off I am the LORD. The nakedness of your father
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from among his people. For the life of the or the nakedness of your mother you shall not
flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you uncover. She is your mother; you shall not
upon the altar to make atonement for your uncover her nakedness. The nakedness of
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souls; for it is the blood that makes atonement your father’s wife you shall not uncover; it is
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for the soul.’ Therefore I said to the children your father’s nakedness. The nakedness of
of Israel, ‘No one among you shall eat blood, your sister, the daughter of your father, or the
nor shall any stranger who dwells among you daughter of your mother, whether born at
eat blood.’ home or elsewhere, their nakedness you shall
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not uncover. The nakedness of your son’s
daughter or your daughter’s daughter, their
nakedness you shall not uncover; for theirs is
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your own nakedness. The nakedness of your
17:11 life of the flesh is in the blood. This father’s wife’s daughter, begotten by your
phrase is amplified by “Its blood sustains its father—she is your sister—you shall not
life” (17:14). Blood carries life-sustaining ele- uncover her nakedness. You shall not uncov-
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ments to all parts of the body;therefore it rep- er the nakedness of your father’s sister; she is
resents the essence of life. In contrast, the 13
shedding of blood represents the shedding of near of kin to your father. You shall not
life, i.e., death (see Gen. 9:4). New Testament uncover the nakedness of your mother’s sis-
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references to the shedding of the blood of ter, for she is near of kin to your mother. You
Jesus Christ are references to His death.blood shall not uncover the nakedness of your
that makes atonement. Since it contains the father’s brother. You shall not approach his
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life, blood is sacred to God. Shed blood (death) wife; she is your aunt. You shall not uncover
from a substitute atones for,or covers,the sinner, the nakedness of your daughter-in-law—she is
who is then allowed to live. your son’s wife—you shall not uncover her
nakedness. You shall not uncover the naked-
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ness of your brother’s wife; it is your brother’s
13 “Whatever man of the children of Israel, or nakedness. You shall not uncover the naked-
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of the strangers who dwell among you, who ness of a woman and her daughter, nor shall
hunts and catches any animal or bird that may you take her son’s daughter or her daughter’s
be eaten, he shall pour out its blood and cover daughter, to uncover her nakedness. They are
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it with dust; for it is the life of all flesh. Its near of kin to her. It is wickedness. Nor shall
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blood sustains its life. Therefore I said to the you take a woman as a rival to her sister, to
children of Israel, ‘You shall not eat the blood uncover her nakedness while the other is
of any flesh, for the life of all flesh is its blood. alive.
Whoever eats it shall be cut off.’ 19 ‘Also you shall not approach a woman to
15 “And every person who eats what died nat- uncover her nakedness as long as she is in her
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urally or what was torn by beasts, whether he is customary impurity. Moreover you shall not
a native of your own country or a stranger, he lie carnally with your neighbor’s wife, to defile
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shall both wash his clothes and bathe in water, yourself with her. And you shall not let any of
and be unclean until evening. Then he shall be your descendants pass through the fire to
clean. But if he does not wash them or bathe Molech, nor shall you profane the name of
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his body, then he shall bear his guilt.” your God: I am the LORD. You shall not lie
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Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, with a male as with a woman. It is an abomina-
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to them: ‘I am the LORD your God. According defile yourself with it. Nor shall any woman
to the doings of the land of Egypt, where you stand before an animal to mate with it. It is per-
dwelt, you shall not do; and according to the version.
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