WEBVTT NOTE This file was generated by Descript 00:00:00.030 --> 00:00:02.970 Malcom: Welcome to Immerse: the Daily Bible reading Experience. 00:00:03.083 --> 00:00:04.413 Day 100 and 28 00:00:04.589 --> 00:00:09.059 then the Lord said to Moses, give the following instructions to Aaron and 00:00:09.059 --> 00:00:11.489 his sons and all the people of Israel. 00:00:12.359 --> 00:00:18.659 This is what the Lord has commanded, if any native Israelite sacrifices a bull 00:00:18.664 --> 00:00:25.019 or a lamb or a goat anywhere inside or outside the camp, instead of bringing 00:00:25.019 --> 00:00:28.859 it to the entrance of the tabernacle to present it as an offering to the Lord. 00:00:29.564 --> 00:00:32.234 That person will be as guilty as a murderer. 00:00:33.194 --> 00:00:37.604 Such a person has shed blood and will be cut off from the community. 00:00:38.864 --> 00:00:42.734 The purpose of this rule is to stop the Israelites from sacrificing 00:00:42.739 --> 00:00:44.324 animals in the open fields. 00:00:45.074 --> 00:00:49.184 It will ensure that they bring their sacrifices to the priest at the entrance 00:00:49.184 --> 00:00:53.564 of the tabernacle so he can present them to the Lord as peace offerings. 00:00:54.749 --> 00:00:57.749 Then the priest will be able to splatter the blood against the 00:00:57.749 --> 00:01:01.919 Lord's altar at the entrance of the tabernacle, and he will burn the 00:01:01.919 --> 00:01:04.229 fat as a pleasing aroma to the Lord. 00:01:05.159 --> 00:01:09.029 The people must no longer be unfaithful to the Lord by offering 00:01:09.029 --> 00:01:11.099 sacrifices to the goat idols. 00:01:12.029 --> 00:01:17.039 This is a permanent law for them to be observed from generation to generation. 00:01:18.359 --> 00:01:19.829 Give them this command as well. 00:01:20.624 --> 00:01:25.754 If any native Israelite or foreigner living among you offers a burnt offering 00:01:25.754 --> 00:01:30.104 or a sacrifice but does not bring it to the entrance of the tabernacle 00:01:30.164 --> 00:01:34.964 to offer it to the Lord, that person will be cut off from the community. 00:01:35.714 --> 00:01:40.334 And if any native Israelite or foreigner living among you eats or 00:01:40.334 --> 00:01:46.124 drinks blood in any form, I will turn against that person and cut him off 00:01:46.124 --> 00:01:47.594 from the community of your people. 00:01:48.179 --> 00:01:50.969 For the life of the body is in its blood. 00:01:52.169 --> 00:01:55.049 I have given you the blood on the altar to purify you, 00:01:55.529 --> 00:01:57.209 making you right with the Lord. 00:01:58.079 --> 00:02:03.959 It is the blood given in exchange for a life that makes purification possible. 00:02:04.949 --> 00:02:09.359 That is why I have said to the people of Israel, you must never eat or drink blood. 00:02:09.929 --> 00:02:12.449 Neither you nor the foreigners living among you. 00:02:14.744 --> 00:02:19.304 And if any native Israelite or foreigner living among you goes hunting 00:02:19.904 --> 00:02:24.794 and kills an animal or bird that is approved for eating, he must drain 00:02:24.794 --> 00:02:26.894 its blood and cover it with earth. 00:02:27.974 --> 00:02:30.494 The life of every creature is in its blood. 00:02:31.304 --> 00:02:34.664 That is why I have said to the people of Israel, you must never 00:02:34.664 --> 00:02:38.714 eat or drink blood for the life of any creature is in its blood. 00:02:39.644 --> 00:02:43.424 So whoever consumes blood will be cut off from the community. 00:02:44.894 --> 00:02:49.994 And if any native born Israelites or foreigners eat the meat of an animal 00:02:50.204 --> 00:02:55.214 that died naturally or was torn up by wild animals, they must wash their 00:02:55.214 --> 00:02:57.464 clothes and bathe themselves in water. 00:02:58.214 --> 00:03:01.814 They will remain ceremonially unclean until evening, but 00:03:01.814 --> 00:03:02.774 then they will be clean. 00:03:03.674 --> 00:03:07.319 But if they do not wash their clothes and bathe themselves, They 00:03:07.319 --> 00:03:08.909 will be punished for their sin. 00:03:10.859 --> 00:03:14.549 Then the Lord said to Moses, give the following instructions 00:03:14.549 --> 00:03:15.719 to the people of Israel. 00:03:16.949 --> 00:03:18.569 I am the Lord your God. 00:03:19.229 --> 00:03:23.639 So do not act like the people in Egypt where you used to live, or like the 00:03:23.639 --> 00:03:25.859 people of Canaan where I am taking you. 00:03:26.579 --> 00:03:29.159 You must not imitate their way of life. 00:03:29.909 --> 00:03:34.499 You must obey all my regulations and be careful to obey my decrees. 00:03:35.084 --> 00:03:37.094 For I am the Lord your God. 00:03:38.144 --> 00:03:43.334 If you obey my decrees and my regulations, you will find life through them. 00:03:44.384 --> 00:03:45.494 I am the Lord. 00:03:46.844 --> 00:03:51.914 You must never have sexual relations with a close relative for I am the Lord. 00:03:53.084 --> 00:03:56.924 Do not violate your father by having sexual relations with your mother. 00:03:57.644 --> 00:03:58.604 She is your mother. 00:03:59.234 --> 00:04:01.334 You must not have sexual relations with her. 00:04:02.414 --> 00:04:06.314 Do not have sexual relations with any of your father's wives for 00:04:06.314 --> 00:04:07.754 this would violate your father. 00:04:08.864 --> 00:04:12.554 Do not have sexual relations with your sister or half sister, 00:04:13.004 --> 00:04:15.764 whether she is your father's daughter or your mother's daughter. 00:04:16.274 --> 00:04:21.794 Whether she was born into your household or someone else's, do not have sexual 00:04:21.794 --> 00:04:23.504 relations with your granddaughter. 00:04:23.834 --> 00:04:27.014 Whether she is your son's daughter or your daughter's daughter, 00:04:27.674 --> 00:04:29.204 for this would violate yourself. 00:04:30.419 --> 00:04:34.529 Do not have sexual relations with your stepsister, the daughter of any of your 00:04:34.529 --> 00:04:37.439 father's wives, for she is your sister. 00:04:38.639 --> 00:04:42.179 Do not have sexual relations with your father's sister for she is 00:04:42.184 --> 00:04:43.649 your father's close relative. 00:04:44.699 --> 00:04:48.389 Do not have sexual relations with your mother's sister for she is 00:04:48.389 --> 00:04:49.799 your mother's close relative. 00:04:51.269 --> 00:04:56.009 Do not violate your uncle, your father's brother by having sexual relations 00:04:56.009 --> 00:04:58.379 with his wife for she is your aunt. 00:04:59.669 --> 00:05:02.309 Do not have sexual relations with your daughter-in-law. 00:05:02.999 --> 00:05:07.289 She is your son's wife, so you must not have sexual relations with her. 00:05:08.279 --> 00:05:10.979 Do not have sexual relations with your brother's wife. 00:05:11.429 --> 00:05:12.989 For this would violate your brother. 00:05:14.249 --> 00:05:19.139 Do not have sexual relations with both a woman and her daughter, and do not take 00:05:19.139 --> 00:05:23.309 her granddaughter, whether her son's daughter or her daughter's daughter, 00:05:23.459 --> 00:05:25.229 and have sexual relations with her. 00:05:26.039 --> 00:05:27.329 They're close relatives. 00:05:28.049 --> 00:05:32.549 This would be a wicked act while your wife is living. 00:05:32.879 --> 00:05:35.909 Do not marry her sister and have sexual relations with 00:05:35.909 --> 00:05:37.979 her for they would be rivals. 00:05:38.849 --> 00:05:43.289 Do not have sexual relations with a woman during her period of menstrual impurity. 00:05:44.189 --> 00:05:48.569 Do not defile yourself by having sexual intercourse with your neighbor's wife. 00:05:49.589 --> 00:05:53.699 Do not permit any of your children to be offered as a sacrifice to Molech. 00:05:54.644 --> 00:05:57.404 For you must not bring shame on the name of your God. 00:05:58.544 --> 00:05:59.594 I am the Lord. 00:06:01.364 --> 00:06:05.534 Do not practice homosexuality having sex with another man. 00:06:05.624 --> 00:06:08.654 As with a woman, it is a detestable sin. 00:06:09.974 --> 00:06:14.654 A man must not defile himself by having sex with an animal, and a 00:06:14.654 --> 00:06:18.644 woman must not offer herself to a male animal to have intercourse with it. 00:06:19.304 --> 00:06:20.774 This is a perverse act. 00:06:22.379 --> 00:06:26.249 Do not defile yourselves in any of these ways for the 00:06:26.249 --> 00:06:27.929 people I am driving out before. 00:06:27.929 --> 00:06:32.459 You have defiled themselves in all these ways because the 00:06:32.464 --> 00:06:34.649 entire land has become defiled. 00:06:34.919 --> 00:06:36.959 I am punishing the people who live there. 00:06:37.739 --> 00:06:40.349 I will cause the land to vomit them out. 00:06:41.489 --> 00:06:44.549 You must obey all my decrees and regulations. 00:06:45.029 --> 00:06:48.149 You must not commit any of these detestable sins. 00:06:49.049 --> 00:06:52.349 This applies both to native born Israelites and to the 00:06:52.349 --> 00:06:54.029 foreigners living among you. 00:06:55.349 --> 00:06:59.369 All these detestable activities are practiced by the people of the land 00:06:59.369 --> 00:07:03.419 where I'm taking you, and this is how the land has become defiled. 00:07:04.289 --> 00:07:07.649 So do not defile the land and give it a reason to vomit 00:07:07.649 --> 00:07:09.779 you out as it will vomit out. 00:07:09.779 --> 00:07:14.939 The people who live there Now, whoever commits any of these detestable sins will 00:07:14.939 --> 00:07:16.889 be cut off from the community of Israel. 00:07:17.714 --> 00:07:22.754 So obey my instructions and do not defile yourselves by committing 00:07:22.814 --> 00:07:26.774 any of these detestable practices that were committed by the people 00:07:26.774 --> 00:07:28.454 who lived in the land before you. 00:07:29.294 --> 00:07:31.214 I am the Lord your God. 00:07:33.404 --> 00:07:37.634 The Lord also said to Moses, give the following instructions to 00:07:37.634 --> 00:07:39.284 the entire community of Israel. 00:07:40.364 --> 00:07:45.464 You must be holy because I the Lord your God, am holy. 00:07:47.069 --> 00:07:52.169 Each of you must show great respect for your mother and father, and you must 00:07:52.169 --> 00:07:54.689 always observe my Sabbath days of rest. 00:07:55.589 --> 00:07:56.909 I am the Lord your God. 00:07:58.349 --> 00:08:03.629 Do not put your trust in idols or make metal images of Gods for yourselves. 00:08:04.099 --> 00:08:06.299 I am the Lord your God. 00:08:07.859 --> 00:08:11.669 When you sacrifice a peace offering to the Lord, offer it properly 00:08:12.149 --> 00:08:13.619 so you will be accepted by God. 00:08:14.804 --> 00:08:18.944 The sacrifice must be eaten on the same day you offer it, or on the next 00:08:18.944 --> 00:08:23.894 day, whatever is left over until the third day must be completely burned up. 00:08:24.944 --> 00:08:28.154 If any of the sacrifice is eaten on the third day, it will be 00:08:28.154 --> 00:08:30.434 contaminated and I will not accept it. 00:08:31.364 --> 00:08:35.624 Anyone who eats it on the third day will be punished for defiling 00:08:35.624 --> 00:08:39.224 what is holy to the Lord and will be cut off from the community. 00:08:40.139 --> 00:08:44.609 When you harvest the crops of your land, do not harvest the grain along 00:08:44.609 --> 00:08:48.959 the edges of your fields and do not pick up what the harvesters drop. 00:08:49.799 --> 00:08:51.569 It is the same with your grape crop. 00:08:52.109 --> 00:08:56.459 Do not strip every last bunch of grapes from the vines and do not pick up 00:08:56.459 --> 00:08:58.049 the grapes that fall to the ground. 00:08:59.159 --> 00:09:02.279 Leave them for the poor and the foreigners living among you. 00:09:03.719 --> 00:09:05.279 I am the Lord your God. 00:09:07.169 --> 00:09:08.189 Do not steal. 00:09:09.209 --> 00:09:11.489 Do not deceive or cheat one another. 00:09:12.329 --> 00:09:16.979 Do not bring shame on the name of your God by using it to swear falsely. 00:09:18.089 --> 00:09:19.139 I am the Lord. 00:09:20.249 --> 00:09:22.439 Do not defraud or rob your neighbor. 00:09:23.309 --> 00:09:27.659 Do not make your hired workers wait until the next day to receive their pay. 00:09:28.649 --> 00:09:32.099 Do not insult the death or cause the blind to stumble. 00:09:32.939 --> 00:09:34.259 You must fear your God. 00:09:35.129 --> 00:09:36.149 I am the Lord. 00:09:37.274 --> 00:09:42.134 Do not twist justice in legal matters by favoring the poor or being 00:09:42.134 --> 00:09:43.964 partial to the rich and powerful. 00:09:44.894 --> 00:09:46.784 Always judge people fairly. 00:09:48.224 --> 00:09:51.164 Do not spread slanderous gossip among your people. 00:09:52.214 --> 00:09:55.754 Do not stand idly by when your neighbor's life is threatened. 00:09:56.594 --> 00:09:57.644 I am the Lord. 00:09:59.054 --> 00:10:02.534 Do not nurse hatred in your heart for any of your relatives. 00:10:03.224 --> 00:10:04.724 Confront people directly. 00:10:05.039 --> 00:10:07.379 So you will not be held guilty for their sin. 00:10:08.819 --> 00:10:12.809 Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against a fellow Israelite. 00:10:13.469 --> 00:10:15.929 But love your neighbor as yourself. 00:10:16.859 --> 00:10:17.909 I am the Lord. 00:10:18.899 --> 00:10:21.449 You must obey all my decrees. 00:10:22.829 --> 00:10:23.639 Do not mate. 00:10:23.729 --> 00:10:25.529 Two different kinds of animals. 00:10:26.099 --> 00:10:29.069 Do not plant your field with two different kinds of seeds. 00:10:29.819 --> 00:10:33.299 Do not wear clothing woven from two different kinds of thread. 00:10:34.754 --> 00:10:38.264 If a man has sex with a slave girl whose freedom has never been 00:10:38.264 --> 00:10:43.244 purchased, but who is committed to become another man's wife, he must 00:10:43.244 --> 00:10:45.614 pay full compensation to her master. 00:10:46.484 --> 00:10:50.054 But since she is not a free woman, neither the man nor the 00:10:50.054 --> 00:10:51.584 woman will be put to death. 00:10:52.514 --> 00:10:57.074 The man, however, must bring a ram as a guilt offering and present it to the 00:10:57.074 --> 00:10:59.264 Lord at the entrance of the tabernacle. 00:11:00.074 --> 00:11:04.634 The priest will then purify him before the Lord with the ram of the guilt offering, 00:11:05.024 --> 00:11:10.874 and the man's sin will be forgiven when you enter the land and plant fruit trees. 00:11:11.414 --> 00:11:16.604 Leave the fruit unharvested for the first three years and consider it forbidden. 00:11:17.294 --> 00:11:20.174 Do not eat it in the fourth year. 00:11:20.414 --> 00:11:25.124 The entire crop must be consecrated to the Lord as a celebration of praise. 00:11:26.114 --> 00:11:29.024 Finally, in the fifth year, you may eat the fruit. 00:11:30.014 --> 00:11:33.254 If you follow this pattern, your harvest will increase. 00:11:34.364 --> 00:11:35.834 I am the Lord your God. 00:11:37.694 --> 00:11:40.604 Do not eat meat that has not been drained of its blood. 00:11:41.414 --> 00:11:44.594 Do not practice fortune telling or witchcraft. 00:11:45.644 --> 00:11:49.184 Do not trim off the hair on your temples or trim your beards. 00:11:49.934 --> 00:11:54.674 Do not cut your bodies for the dead and do not mark your skin with tattoos. 00:11:55.724 --> 00:11:56.684 I am the Lord. 00:11:58.019 --> 00:12:03.179 Do not defile your daughter by making her a prostitute, or the land will be 00:12:03.179 --> 00:12:05.459 filled with prostitution and wickedness. 00:12:06.959 --> 00:12:11.669 Keep my Sabbath days of rest and show reverence toward my sanctuary. 00:12:12.539 --> 00:12:13.559 I am the Lord. 00:12:14.699 --> 00:12:18.449 Do not defile yourselves by turning to mediums or to those who 00:12:18.449 --> 00:12:20.159 consult the spirits of the dead. 00:12:21.239 --> 00:12:22.889 I am the Lord your God. 00:12:23.819 --> 00:12:27.359 Stand up in the presence of the elderly and show respect 00:12:27.359 --> 00:12:30.299 for the aged fear your God. 00:12:31.229 --> 00:12:32.309 I am the Lord. 00:12:33.689 --> 00:12:37.019 Do not take advantage of foreigners who live among you in your land. 00:12:37.649 --> 00:12:42.449 Treat them like native born Israelites and love them as you love yourself. 00:12:43.439 --> 00:12:47.549 Remember that you were once foreigners living in the land of Egypt. 00:12:48.569 --> 00:12:50.159 I am the Lord your God. 00:12:52.019 --> 00:12:56.759 Do not use dishonest standards when measuring length, weight, or volume. 00:12:57.419 --> 00:13:00.179 Your scales and weights must be accurate. 00:13:00.779 --> 00:13:05.579 Your containers for measuring dry materials or liquids must be accurate. 00:13:06.569 --> 00:13:10.469 I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt. 00:13:12.329 --> 00:13:16.109 You must be careful to keep all of my decrees and regulations 00:13:16.469 --> 00:13:18.089 by putting them into practice. 00:13:18.869 --> 00:13:20.039 I am the Lord. 00:13:21.914 --> 00:13:24.794 This concludes today's Immerse Reading experience. 00:13:24.914 --> 00:13:26.144 Thank you for joining us.