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But you (neither the native nor the alien who is dwelling in your midst) shall keep my statutes and my regulations, and you shall not practice any of these detestable things

It must be eaten on the day of your sacrifice and the next day; but the remainder must be burned up in the fire by the third day.

You shall not curse the deaf, and you shall not put a stumbling block before a blind person, but you shall revere your God; I am Yahweh.

"‘And when a man lies with a woman and there is an emission of semen and she is a female slave promised to a man, but she indeed has not been ransomed or freedom has not be given to her, there shall be an obligation to compensate; they shall not be put to death, because she has not been freed.

But in the fourth year all its fruit shall be holy, offerings of praise for Yahweh.

But he must not enter the curtain, and he must not come near to the altar, because a physical defect is in him, and he must not profane my sanctuary, because I am Yahweh, who consecrates them.'"

But a priest, if with his money he buys a person as his possession, that one may eat it, and the descendants of his house themselves may eat his food.

But a priest's daughter, when she becomes a widow or divorced or there is no offspring for her, and she returns to her father's house as in her childhood, she may eat from her father's food, but no layman may eat it.

As for an ox or sheep that is deformed or that is stunted, you may present it as a freewill offering, but for a vow it will not be accepted.

But in the seventh year it shall be a Sabbath of complete rest for the land—a Sabbath for Yahweh; you must not sow your field, and you must not prune your vineyard.

You must increase its price according to a greater number of years, but you must decrease its price according to a lesser number of years, because he is selling its yields to you.

And you must not oppress one another, but you shall revere your God, because I am Yahweh, your God.

"‘But the land must not be sold in perpetuity, because the land is mine, because you are aliens and temporary residents with me.

But if a man does not have a redeemer, then he prospers and he finds enough for his redemption,

But if his hand does not find enough to refund to him, then what he has sold shall be in the buyer's hand until the Year of Jubilee; and it shall go out of the buyer's hand in the Jubilee, and he shall return to his property.

But if it is not redeemed before a full year has passed, then the house that is in the walled city shall belong to the buyer in perpetuity throughout his generations; it shall not go out of the buyer's hand in the Jubilee.

But a field of their cities' pastureland must not be sold, because it is their property for all time.

You must not take interest or usury from him, but you shall revere your God, and your countryman shall live with you.

You shall not rule over him with ruthlessness, but you shall revere your God.

And you may pass them on as an inheritance to your sons after you to take possession of as property for all time—you may let them work. But as for your countrymen, the Israelites, you shall not rule with ruthlessness over one another.