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17. Then, grasping the bird by its wings, the priest will tear the bird open, but without tearing it apart. Then he will burn it as a burnt offering on the wood burning on the altar. It is a special gift, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

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16. The priest will take a representative portion of the grain moistened with oil, together with all the frankincense, and burn it as a special gift presented to the LORD.

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17. "You must never eat any fat or blood. This is a permanent law for you, and it must be observed from generation to generation, wherever you live."

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35. Then he must remove all the sheep's fat, just as he does with the fat of a sheep presented as a peace offering. He will burn the fat on the altar on top of the special gifts presented to the LORD. Through this process, the priest will purify the people from their sin, making them right with the LORD, and they will be forgiven.

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11. "If you cannot afford to bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons, you may bring two quarts of choice flour for your sin offering. Since it is an offering for sin, you must not moisten it with olive oil or put any frankincense on it.
12. Take the flour to the priest, who will scoop out a handful as a representative portion. He will burn it on the altar on top of the special gifts presented to the LORD. It is an offering for sin.
13. Through this process, the priest will purify those who are guilty of any of these sins, making them right with the LORD, and they will be forgiven. The rest of the flour will belong to the priest, just as with the grain offering."Procedures for the Guilt Offering
13. Through this process, the priest will purify those who are guilty of any of these sins, making them right with the LORD, and they will be forgiven. The rest of the flour will belong to the priest, just as with the grain offering."
Procedures for the Guilt Offering
14. Then the LORD said to Moses,
15. "If one of you commits a sin by unintentionally defiling the LORD's sacred property, you must bring a guilt offering to the LORD. The offering must be your own ram with no defects, or you may buy one of equal value with silver, as measured by the weight of the sanctuary shekel.
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19. This is a guilt offering, for you have been guilty of an offense against the LORD."

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4. If you have sinned in any of these ways, you are guilty. You must give back whatever you stole, or the money you took by extortion, or the security deposit, or the lost property you found,
5. or anything obtained by swearing falsely. You must make restitution by paying the full price plus an additional 20 percent to the person you have harmed. On the same day you must present a guilt offering.
6. As a guilt offering to the LORD, you must bring to the priest your own ram with no defects, or you may buy one of equal value.
7. Through this process, the priest will purify you before the LORD, making you right with him, and you will be forgiven for any of these sins you have committed."Further Instructions for the Burnt Offering
7. Through this process, the priest will purify you before the LORD, making you right with him, and you will be forgiven for any of these sins you have committed."
Further Instructions for the Burnt Offering
8. Then the LORD said to Moses,
9. "Give Aaron and his sons the following instructions regarding the burnt offering. The burnt offering must be left on top of the altar until the next morning, and the fire on the altar must be kept burning all night.
10. In the morning, after the priest on duty has put on his official linen clothing and linen undergarments, he must clean out the ashes of the burnt offering and put them beside the altar.
11. Then he must take off these garments, change back into his regular clothes, and carry the ashes outside the camp to a place that is ceremonially clean.
12. Meanwhile, the fire on the altar must be kept burning; it must never go out. Each morning the priest will add fresh wood to the fire and arrange the burnt offering on it. He will then burn the fat of the peace offerings on it.
13. Remember, the fire must be kept burning on the altar at all times. It must never go out.Further Instructions for the Grain Offering
13. Remember, the fire must be kept burning on the altar at all times. It must never go out.
Further Instructions for the Grain Offering
14. "These are the instructions regarding the grain offering. Aaron's sons must present this offering to the LORD in front of the altar.
15. The priest on duty will take from the grain offering a handful of the choice flour moistened with olive oil, together with all the frankincense. He will burn this representative portion on the altar as a pleasing aroma to the LORD.
16. Aaron and his sons may eat the rest of the flour, but it must be baked without yeast and eaten in a sacred place within the courtyard of the Tabernacle.
17. Remember, it must never be prepared with yeast. I have given it to the priests as their share of the special gifts presented to me. Like the sin offering and the guilt offering, it is most holy.
18. Any of Aaron's male descendants may eat from the special gifts presented to the LORD. This is their permanent right from generation to generation. Anyone or anything that touches these offerings will become holy."Procedures for the Ordination Offering
18. Any of Aaron's male descendants may eat from the special gifts presented to the LORD. This is their permanent right from generation to generation. Anyone or anything that touches these offerings will become holy."
Procedures for the Ordination Offering
19. Then the LORD said to Moses,
20. "On the day Aaron and his sons are anointed, they must present to the LORD the standard grain offering of two quarts of choice flour, half to be offered in the morning and half to be offered in the evening.
21. It must be carefully mixed with olive oil and cooked on a griddle. Then slice this grain offering and present it as a pleasing aroma to the LORD.
22. In each generation, the high priest who succeeds Aaron must prepare this same offering. It belongs to the LORD and must be burned up completely. This is a permanent law.
23. All such grain offerings of a priest must be burned up entirely. None of it may be eaten."Further Instructions for the Sin Offering
23. All such grain offerings of a priest must be burned up entirely. None of it may be eaten."
Further Instructions for the Sin Offering
24. Then the LORD said to Moses,
25. "Give Aaron and his sons the following instructions regarding the sin offering. The animal given as an offering for sin is a most holy offering, and it must be slaughtered in the LORD's presence at the place where the burnt offerings are slaughtered.
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30. But the offering for sin may not be eaten if its blood was brought into the Tabernacle as an offering for purification in the Holy Place. It must be completely burned with fire.

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7. "The same instructions apply to both the guilt offering and the sin offering. Both belong to the priest who uses them to purify someone, making that person right with the LORD.
8. In the case of the burnt offering, the priest may keep the hide of the sacrificed animal.
9. Any grain offering that has been baked in an oven, prepared in a pan, or cooked on a griddle belongs to the priest who presents it.
10. All other grain offerings, whether made of dry flour or flour moistened with olive oil, are to be shared equally among all the priests, the descendants of Aaron.Further Instructions for the Peace Offering
10. All other grain offerings, whether made of dry flour or flour moistened with olive oil, are to be shared equally among all the priests, the descendants of Aaron.
Further Instructions for the Peace Offering
11. "These are the instructions regarding the different kinds of peace offerings that may be presented to the LORD.
12. If you present your peace offering as an expression of thanksgiving, the usual animal sacrifice must be accompanied by various kinds of bread made without yeast--thin cakes mixed with olive oil, wafers spread with oil, and cakes made of choice flour mixed with olive oil.
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19. "Meat that touches anything ceremonially unclean may not be eaten; it must be completely burned up. The rest of the meat may be eaten, but only by people who are ceremonially clean.
20. If you are ceremonially unclean and you eat meat from a peace offering that was presented to the LORD, you will be cut off from the community.
21. If you touch anything that is unclean (whether it is human defilement or an unclean animal or any other unclean, detestable thing) and then eat meat from a peace offering presented to the LORD, you will be cut off from the community."The Forbidden Blood and Fat
21. If you touch anything that is unclean (whether it is human defilement or an unclean animal or any other unclean, detestable thing) and then eat meat from a peace offering presented to the LORD, you will be cut off from the community."
The Forbidden Blood and Fat
22. Then the LORD said to Moses,
23. "Give the following instructions to the people of Israel. You must never eat fat, whether from cattle, sheep, or goats.
24. The fat of an animal found dead or torn to pieces by wild animals must never be eaten, though it may be used for any other purpose.
25. Anyone who eats fat from an animal presented as a special gift to the LORD will be cut off from the community.
26. No matter where you live, you must never consume the blood of any bird or animal.
27. Anyone who consumes blood will be cut off from the community."A Portion for the Priests
27. Anyone who consumes blood will be cut off from the community."
A Portion for the Priests
28. Then the LORD said to Moses,
29. "Give the following instructions to the people of Israel. When you present a peace offering to the LORD, bring part of it as a gift to the LORD.
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38. The LORD gave these instructions to Moses on Mount Sinai when he commanded the Israelites to present their offerings to the LORD in the wilderness of Sinai.

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36. So Aaron and his sons did everything the LORD had commanded through Moses.

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24. Fire blazed forth from the LORD's presence and consumed the burnt offering and the fat on the altar. When the people saw this, they shouted with joy and fell face down on the ground.

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3. Then Moses said to Aaron, "This is what the LORD meant when he said,
'I will display my holiness
through those who come near me.
through those who come near me.
I will display my glory
before all the people.'"
before all the people.'"
And Aaron was silent.
4. Then Moses called for Mishael and Elzaphan, Aaron's cousins, the sons of Aaron's uncle Uzziel. He said to them, "Come forward and carry away the bodies of your relatives from in front of the sanctuary to a place outside the camp."
5. So they came forward and picked them up by their garments and carried them out of the camp, just as Moses had commanded.
6. Then Moses said to Aaron and his sons Eleazar and Ithamar, "Do not show grief by leaving your hair uncombed or by tearing your clothes. If you do, you will die, and the LORD's anger will strike the whole community of Israel. However, the rest of the Israelites, your relatives, may mourn because of the LORD's fiery destruction of Nadab and Abihu.
7. But you must not leave the entrance of the Tabernacle or you will die, for you have been anointed with the LORD's anointing oil." So they did as Moses commanded.Instructions for Priestly Conduct
7. But you must not leave the entrance of the Tabernacle or you will die, for you have been anointed with the LORD's anointing oil." So they did as Moses commanded.
Instructions for Priestly Conduct
8. Then the LORD said to Aaron,
9. "You and your descendants must never drink wine or any other alcoholic drink before going into the Tabernacle. If you do, you will die. This is a permanent law for you, and it must be observed from generation to generation.
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20. And when Moses heard this, he was satisfied.

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# Chapter 11
1. Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron,
2. "Give the following instructions to the people of Israel.
"Of all the land animals, these are the ones you may use for food.
3. You may eat any animal that has completely split hooves and chews the cud.
4. You may not, however, eat the following animals that have split hooves or that chew the cud, but not both. The camel chews the cud but does not have split hooves, so it is ceremonially unclean for you.
5. The hyrax chews the cud but does not have split hooves, so it is unclean.
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47. By these instructions you will know what is unclean and clean, and which animals may be eaten and which may not be eaten."

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8. "If a woman cannot afford to bring a lamb, she must bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons. One will be for the burnt offering and the other for the purification offering. The priest will sacrifice them to purify her, and she will be ceremonially clean."

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44. the man is indeed infected with a skin disease and is unclean. The priest must pronounce him ceremonially unclean because of the sore on his head.
45. "Those who suffer from a serious skin disease must tear their clothing and leave their hair uncombed. They must cover their mouth and call out, 'Unclean! Unclean!'
46. As long as the serious disease lasts, they will be ceremonially unclean. They must live in isolation in their place outside the camp.Treatment of Contaminated Clothing
46. As long as the serious disease lasts, they will be ceremonially unclean. They must live in isolation in their place outside the camp.
Treatment of Contaminated Clothing
47. "Now suppose mildew contaminates some woolen or linen clothing,
48. woolen or linen fabric, the hide of an animal, or anything made of leather.
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59. "These are the instructions for dealing with mildew that contaminates woolen or linen clothing or fabric or anything made of leather. This is how the priest will determine whether these items are ceremonially clean or unclean."

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30. "Then the priest will offer the two turtledoves or the two young pigeons, whichever the person can afford.
31. One of them is for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering, to be presented along with the grain offering. Through this process, the priest will purify the person before the LORD.
32. These are the instructions for purification for those who have recovered from a serious skin disease but who cannot afford to bring the offerings normally required for the ceremony of purification."Treatment of Contaminated Houses
32. These are the instructions for purification for those who have recovered from a serious skin disease but who cannot afford to bring the offerings normally required for the ceremony of purification."
Treatment of Contaminated Houses
33. Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron,
34. "When you arrive in Canaan, the land I am giving you as your own possession, I may contaminate some of the houses in your land with mildew.
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55. and mildew, whether on clothing or in a house;
56. and a swelling on the skin, a rash, or discolored skin.
57. This procedure will determine whether a person or object is ceremonially clean or unclean.
"These are the instructions regarding skin diseases and mildew."

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# Chapter 15
1. The LORD said to Moses and Aaron,
2. "Give the following instructions to the people of Israel.
"Any man who has a bodily discharge is ceremonially unclean.
3. This defilement is caused by his discharge, whether the discharge continues or stops. In either case the man is unclean.
4. Any bed on which the man with the discharge lies and anything on which he sits will be ceremonially unclean.
5. So if you touch the man's bed, you must wash your clothes and bathe yourself in water, and you will remain unclean until evening.
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33. or a woman during her menstrual period. It applies to any man or woman who has a bodily discharge, and to a man who has sexual intercourse with a woman who is ceremonially unclean."

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Moses followed all these instructions exactly as the LORD had commanded him.

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16. But if they do not wash their clothes and bathe themselves, they will be punished for their sin."

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30. So obey my instructions, and do not defile yourselves by committing any of these detestable practices that were committed by the people who lived in the land before you. I am the LORD your God."

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10. It is the same with your grape crop--do not strip every last bunch of grapes from the vines, and do not pick up the grapes that fall to the ground. Leave them for the poor and the foreigners living among you. I am the LORD your God.
11. "Do not steal.
"Do not deceive or cheat one another.
12. "Do not bring shame on the name of your God by using it to swear falsely. I am the LORD.
13. "Do not defraud or rob your neighbor.
"Do not make your hired workers wait until the next day to receive their pay.
14. "Do not insult the deaf or cause the blind to stumble. You must fear your God; I am the LORD.
15. "Do not twist justice in legal matters by favoring the poor or being partial to the rich and powerful. Always judge people fairly.
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18. "Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against a fellow Israelite, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD.
19. "You must obey all my decrees.
"Do not mate two different kinds of animals. Do not plant your field with two different kinds of seed. Do not wear clothing woven from two different kinds of thread.
20. "If a man has sex with a slave girl whose freedom has never been purchased but who is committed to become another man's wife, he must pay full compensation to her master. But since she is not a free woman, neither the man nor the woman will be put to death.
21. The man, however, must bring a ram as a guilt offering and present it to the LORD at the entrance of the Tabernacle.
22. The priest will then purify him before the LORD with the ram of the guilt offering, and the man's sin will be forgiven.
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25. Finally, in the fifth year you may eat the fruit. If you follow this pattern, your harvest will increase. I am the LORD your God.
26. "Do not eat meat that has not been drained of its blood.
"Do not practice fortune-telling or witchcraft.
27. "Do not trim off the hair on your temples or trim your beards.
28. "Do not cut your bodies for the dead, and do not mark your skin with tattoos. I am the LORD.
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37. "You must be careful to keep all of my decrees and regulations by putting them into practice. I am the LORD."

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# Chapter 20
1. The LORD said to Moses,
2. "Give the people of Israel these instructions, which apply both to native Israelites and to the foreigners living in Israel.
"If any of them offer their children as a sacrifice to Molech, they must be put to death. The people of the community must stone them to death.
3. I myself will turn against them and cut them off from the community, because they have defiled my sanctuary and brought shame on my holy name by offering their children to Molech.
4. And if the people of the community ignore those who offer their children to Molech and refuse to execute them,
5. I myself will turn against them and their families and will cut them off from the community. This will happen to all who commit spiritual prostitution by worshiping Molech.
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27. "Men and women among you who act as mediums or who consult the spirits of the dead must be put to death by stoning. They are guilty of a capital offense."

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# Chapter 21
1. The LORD said to Moses, "Give the following instructions to the priests, the descendants of Aaron.
"A priest must not make himself ceremonially unclean by touching the dead body of a relative.
2. The only exceptions are his closest relatives--his mother or father, son or daughter, brother,
3. or his virgin sister who depends on him because she has no husband.
4. But a priest must not defile himself and make himself unclean for someone who is related to him only by marriage.
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24. So Moses gave these instructions to Aaron and his sons and to all the Israelites.

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14. "Any such person who eats the sacred offerings without realizing it must pay the priest for the amount eaten, plus an additional 20 percent.
15. The priests must not let the Israelites defile the sacred offerings brought to the LORD
16. by allowing unauthorized people to eat them. This would bring guilt upon them and require them to pay compensation. I am the LORD who makes them holy."Worthy and Unworthy Offerings
16. by allowing unauthorized people to eat them. This would bring guilt upon them and require them to pay compensation. I am the LORD who makes them holy."
Worthy and Unworthy Offerings
17. And the LORD said to Moses,
18. "Give Aaron and his sons and all the Israelites these instructions, which apply both to native Israelites and to the foreigners living among you.
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33. It was I who rescued you from the land of Egypt, that I might be your God. I am the LORD."

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3. "You have six days each week for your ordinary work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath day of complete rest, an official day for holy assembly. It is the LORD's Sabbath day, and it must be observed wherever you live.
4. "In addition to the Sabbath, these are the LORD's appointed festivals, the official days for holy assembly that are to be celebrated at their proper times each year.Passover and the Festival of Unleavened Bread
4. "In addition to the Sabbath, these are the LORD's appointed festivals, the official days for holy assembly that are to be celebrated at their proper times each year.
Passover and the Festival of Unleavened Bread
5. "The LORD's Passover begins at sundown on the fourteenth day of the first month.
6. On the next day, the fifteenth day of the month, you must begin celebrating the Festival of Unleavened Bread. This festival to the LORD continues for seven days, and during that time the bread you eat must be made without yeast.
7. On the first day of the festival, all the people must stop their ordinary work and observe an official day for holy assembly.
8. For seven days you must present special gifts to the LORD. On the seventh day the people must again stop all their ordinary work to observe an official day for holy assembly."Celebration of First Harvest
8. For seven days you must present special gifts to the LORD. On the seventh day the people must again stop all their ordinary work to observe an official day for holy assembly."
Celebration of First Harvest
9. Then the LORD said to Moses,
10. "Give the following instructions to the people of Israel. When you enter the land I am giving you and you harvest its first crops, bring the priest a bundle of grain from the first cutting of your grain harvest.
11. On the day after the Sabbath, the priest will lift it up before the LORD so it may be accepted on your behalf.
12. On that same day you must sacrifice a one-year-old male lamb with no defects as a burnt offering to the LORD.
13. With it you must present a grain offering consisting of four quarts of choice flour moistened with olive oil. It will be a special gift, a pleasing aroma to the LORD. You must also offer one quart of wine as a liquid offering.
14. Do not eat any bread or roasted grain or fresh kernels on that day until you bring this offering to your God. This is a permanent law for you, and it must be observed from generation to generation wherever you live.The Festival of Harvest
14. Do not eat any bread or roasted grain or fresh kernels on that day until you bring this offering to your God. This is a permanent law for you, and it must be observed from generation to generation wherever you live.
The Festival of Harvest
15. "From the day after the Sabbath--the day you bring the bundle of grain to be lifted up as a special offering--count off seven full weeks.
16. Keep counting until the day after the seventh Sabbath, fifty days later. Then present an offering of new grain to the LORD.
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20. "The priest will lift up the two lambs as a special offering to the LORD, together with the loaves representing the first of your crops. These offerings, which are holy to the LORD, belong to the priests.
21. That same day will be proclaimed an official day for holy assembly, a day on which you do no ordinary work. This is a permanent law for you, and it must be observed from generation to generation wherever you live.
22. "When you harvest the crops of your land, do not harvest the grain along the edges of your fields, and do not pick up what the harvesters drop. Leave it for the poor and the foreigners living among you. I am the LORD your God."The Festival of Trumpets
22. "When you harvest the crops of your land, do not harvest the grain along the edges of your fields, and do not pick up what the harvesters drop. Leave it for the poor and the foreigners living among you. I am the LORD your God."
The Festival of Trumpets
23. The LORD said to Moses,
24. "Give the following instructions to the people of Israel. On the first day of the appointed month in early autumn, you are to observe a day of complete rest. It will be an official day for holy assembly, a day commemorated with loud blasts of a trumpet.
25. You must do no ordinary work on that day. Instead, you are to present special gifts to the LORD."The Day of Atonement
25. You must do no ordinary work on that day. Instead, you are to present special gifts to the LORD."
The Day of Atonement
26. Then the LORD said to Moses,
27. "Be careful to celebrate the Day of Atonement on the tenth day of that same month--nine days after the Festival of Trumpets. You must observe it as an official day for holy assembly, a day to deny yourselves and present special gifts to the LORD.
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29. All who do not deny themselves that day will be cut off from God's people.
30. And I will destroy anyone among you who does any work on that day.
31. You must not do any work at all! This is a permanent law for you, and it must be observed from generation to generation wherever you live.
32. This will be a Sabbath day of complete rest for you, and on that day you must deny yourselves. This day of rest will begin at sundown on the ninth day of the month and extend until sundown on the tenth day."The Festival of Shelters
32. This will be a Sabbath day of complete rest for you, and on that day you must deny yourselves. This day of rest will begin at sundown on the ninth day of the month and extend until sundown on the tenth day."
The Festival of Shelters
33. And the LORD said to Moses,
34. "Give the following instructions to the people of Israel. Begin celebrating the Festival of Shelters on the fifteenth day of the appointed month--five days after the Day of Atonement. This festival to the LORD will last for seven days.
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44. So Moses gave the Israelites these instructions regarding the annual festivals of the LORD.

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6. Place the bread before the LORD on the pure gold table, and arrange the loaves in two stacks, with six loaves in each stack.
7. Put some pure frankincense near each stack to serve as a representative offering, a special gift presented to the LORD.
8. Every Sabbath day this bread must be laid out before the LORD as a gift from the Israelites; it is an ongoing expression of the eternal covenant.
9. The loaves of bread will belong to Aaron and his descendants, who must eat them in a sacred place, for they are most holy. It is the permanent right of the priests to claim this portion of the special gifts presented to the LORD."An Example of Just Punishment
9. The loaves of bread will belong to Aaron and his descendants, who must eat them in a sacred place, for they are most holy. It is the permanent right of the priests to claim this portion of the special gifts presented to the LORD."
An Example of Just Punishment
10. One day a man who had an Israelite mother and an Egyptian father came out of his tent and got into a fight with one of the Israelite men.
11. During the fight, this son of an Israelite woman blasphemed the Name of the LORD with a curse. So the man was brought to Moses for judgment. His mother was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri of the tribe of Dan.
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23. After Moses gave all these instructions to the Israelites, they took the blasphemer outside the camp and stoned him to death. The Israelites did just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

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4. but during the seventh year the land must have a Sabbath year of complete rest. It is the LORD's Sabbath. Do not plant your fields or prune your vineyards during that year.
5. And don't store away the crops that grow on their own or gather the grapes from your unpruned vines. The land must have a year of complete rest.
6. But you may eat whatever the land produces on its own during its Sabbath. This applies to you, your male and female servants, your hired workers, and the temporary residents who live with you.
7. Your livestock and the wild animals in your land will also be allowed to eat what the land produces.The Year of Jubilee
7. Your livestock and the wild animals in your land will also be allowed to eat what the land produces.
The Year of Jubilee
8. "In addition, you must count off seven Sabbath years, seven sets of seven years, adding up to forty-nine years in all.
9. Then on the Day of Atonement in the fiftieth year, blow the ram's horn loud and long throughout the land.
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19. Then the land will yield large crops, and you will eat your fill and live securely in it.
20. But you might ask, 'What will we eat during the seventh year, since we are not allowed to plant or harvest crops that year?'
21. Be assured that I will send my blessing for you in the sixth year, so the land will produce a crop large enough for three years.
22. When you plant your fields in the eighth year, you will still be eating from the large crop of the sixth year. In fact, you will still be eating from that large crop when the new crop is harvested in the ninth year.Redemption of Property
22. When you plant your fields in the eighth year, you will still be eating from the large crop of the sixth year. In fact, you will still be eating from that large crop when the new crop is harvested in the ninth year.
Redemption of Property
23. "The land must never be sold on a permanent basis, for the land belongs to me. You are only foreigners and tenant farmers working for me.
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32. "The Levites always have the right to buy back a house they have sold within the towns allotted to them.
33. And any property that is sold by the Levites--all houses within the Levitical towns--must be returned in the Year of Jubilee. After all, the houses in the towns reserved for the Levites are the only property they own in all Israel.
34. The open pastureland around the Levitical towns may never be sold. It is their permanent possession.Redemption of the Poor and Enslaved
34. The open pastureland around the Levitical towns may never be sold. It is their permanent possession.
Redemption of the Poor and Enslaved
35. "If one of your fellow Israelites falls into poverty and cannot support himself, support him as you would a foreigner or a temporary resident and allow him to live with you.
36. Do not charge interest or make a profit at his expense. Instead, show your fear of God by letting him live with you as your relative.
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55. For the people of Israel belong to me. They are my servants, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.

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10. You will have such a surplus of crops that you will need to clear out the old grain to make room for the new harvest!
11. I will live among you, and I will not despise you.
12. I will walk among you; I will be your God, and you will be my people.
13. I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt so you would no longer be their slaves. I broke the yoke of slavery from your neck so you can walk with your heads held high.Punishments for Disobedience
13. I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt so you would no longer be their slaves. I broke the yoke of slavery from your neck so you can walk with your heads held high.
Punishments for Disobedience
14. "However, if you do not listen to me or obey all these commands,
15. and if you break my covenant by rejecting my decrees, treating my regulations with contempt, and refusing to obey my commands,
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46. These are the decrees, regulations, and instructions that the LORD gave through Moses on Mount Sinai as evidence of the relationship between himself and the Israelites.

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34. These are the commands that the LORD gave through Moses on Mount Sinai for the Israelites.