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'You shall not curse a deaf man, nor place a stumbling block before the blind, but you shall revere your God; I am the LORD.

'You shall do no injustice in judgment; you shall not be partial to the poor nor defer to the great, but you are to judge your neighbor fairly.

'You shall not hate your fellow countryman in your heart; you may surely reprove your neighbor, but shall not incur sin because of him.

'You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the sons of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself; I am the LORD.

'Now if a man lies carnally with a woman who is a slave acquired for another man, but who has in no way been redeemed nor given her freedom, there shall be punishment; they shall not, however, be put to death, because she was not free.

'But in the fourth year all its fruit shall be holy, an offering of praise to the LORD.

'A widow, or a divorced woman, or one who is profaned by harlotry, these he may not take; but rather he is to marry a virgin of his own people,

'But when the sun sets, he will be clean, and afterward he shall eat of the holy gifts, for it is his food.

'But if a priest buys a slave as his property with his money, that one may eat of it, and those who are born in his house may eat of his food.

'But if a priest's daughter becomes a widow or divorced, and has no child and returns to her father's house as in her youth, she shall eat of her father's food; but no layman shall eat of it.

'But if a man eats a holy gift unintentionally, then he shall add to it a fifth of it and shall give the holy gift to the priest.

'In respect to an ox or a lamb which has an overgrown or stunted member, you may present it for a freewill offering, but for a vow it will not be accepted.

"But, whether it is an ox or a sheep, you shall not kill both it and its young in one day.

"You shall not profane My holy name, but I will be sanctified among the sons of Israel; I am the LORD who sanctifies you,

'For six days work may be done, but on the seventh day there is a sabbath of complete rest, a holy convocation. You shall not do any work; it is a sabbath to the LORD in all your dwellings.

'But for seven days you shall present an offering by fire to the LORD. On the seventh day is a holy convocation; you shall not do any laborious work.'"

'You shall not do any laborious work, but you shall present an offering by fire to the LORD.'"

'Thus the one who kills an animal shall make it good, but the one who kills a man shall be put to death.

but during the seventh year the land shall have a sabbath rest, a sabbath to the LORD; you shall not sow your field nor prune your vineyard.

'So you shall not wrong one another, but you shall fear your God; for I am the LORD your God.