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My name falsely, nor shall you profane the 25 And in the fifth year you may eat its fruit, that
name of your God: I am the LORD. it may yield to you its increase: I am the LORD
13 ‘You shall not cheat your neighbor, nor rob your God.
him. The wages of him who is hired shall not 26 ‘You shall not eat anything with the blood,
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remain with you all night until morning. You nor shall you practice divination or soothsay-
shall not curse the deaf, nor put a stumbling ing. You shall not shave around the sides of
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block before the blind, but shall fear your your head, nor shall you disfigure the edges of
God: I am the LORD. your beard. You shall not make any cuttings
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15 ‘You shall do no injustice in judgment. You in your flesh for the dead, nor tattoo any
shall not be partial to the poor, nor honor the marks on you: I am the LORD.
person of the mighty. In righteousness you 29 ‘Do not prostitute your daughter, to cause
shall judge your neighbor. You shall not go her to be a harlot, lest the land fall into har-
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about as a talebearer among your people; nor lotry, and the land become full of wickedness.
shall you take a stand against the life of your 30 ‘You shall keep My Sabbaths and rever-
neighbor: I am the LORD. ence My sanctuary: I am the LORD.
17 ‘You shall not hate your brother in your 31 ‘Give no regard to mediums and familiar
heart. You shall surely rebuke your neighbor, spirits; do not seek after them, to be defiled by
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and not bear sin because of him. You shall them: I am the LORD your God.
not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge 32 ‘You shall rise before the gray headed and
against the children of your people, but you honor the presence of an old man, and fear
shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the your God: I am the LORD.
LORD. 33 ‘And if a stranger dwells with you in your
‘You shall keep My statutes. You shall not land, you shall not mistreat him. The stran-
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let your livestock breed with another kind. ger who dwells among you shall be to you as
You shall not sow your field with mixed seed. one born among you, and you shall love him
Nor shall a garment of mixed linen and wool as yourself; for you were strangers in the land
come upon you. of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.
20 ‘Whoever lies carnally with a woman who 35 ‘You shall do no injustice in judgment, in
is betrothed to a man as a concubine, and who measurement of length, weight, or volume.
has not at all been redeemed nor given her 36 You shall have honest scales, honest weights,
freedom, for this there shall be scourging; but an honest ephah, and an honest hin: I am the
they shall not be put to death, because she LORD your God, who brought you out of the
was not free. And he shall bring his trespass land of Egypt.
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offering to the LORD, to the door of the taber- 37 ‘Therefore you shall observe all My
nacle of meeting, a ram as a trespass offering. statutes and all My judgments, and perform
22 The priest shall make atonement for him them: I am the LORD.’ ”
with the ram of the trespass offering before Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
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the LORD for his sin which he has committed. 20 “Again, you shall say to the children of
And the sin which he has committed shall be Israel: ‘Whoever of the children of Israel, or of
forgiven him. the strangers who dwell in Israel, who gives
‘When you come into the land, and have
23 any of his descendants to Molech, he shall
planted all kinds of trees for food, then you surely be put to death. The people of the land
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shall count their fruit as uncircumcised. Three shall stone him with stones. I will set My face
years it shall be as uncircumcised to you. It against that man, and will cut him off from his
shall not be eaten. But in the fourth year all people, because he has given some of his
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its fruit shall be holy, a praise to the LORD. descendants to Molech, to defile My sanctu-
ary and profane My holy name. And if the
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people of the land should in any way hide their
eyes from the man, when he gives some of his
descendants to Molech, and they do not kill
19:26 divination…soothsaying. Attempting him, then I will set My face against that man
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to tell the future with the help of snakes and and against his family; and I will cut him off
clouds was a common ancient way of fore- from his people, and all who prostitute them-
telling good or bad future.These were forbid- selves with him to commit harlotry with
den forms of witchcraft which involved Molech.
demonic activity.
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‘And the person who turns to mediums and
familiar spirits, to prostitute himself with
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