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Day 100 and 28
then the Lord said to Moses, give the following instructions to Aaron and
his sons and all the people of Israel.
This is what the Lord has commanded, if any native Israelite sacrifices a bull
or a lamb or a goat anywhere inside or outside the camp, instead of bringing
it to the entrance of the tabernacle to present it as an offering to the Lord.
That person will be as guilty as a murderer.
Such a person has shed blood and will be cut off from the community.
The purpose of this rule is to stop the Israelites from sacrificing
animals in the open fields.
It will ensure that they bring their sacrifices to the priest at the entrance
of the tabernacle so he can present them to the Lord as peace offerings.
Then the priest will be able to splatter the blood against the
Lord's altar at the entrance of the tabernacle, and he will burn the
fat as a pleasing aroma to the Lord.
The people must no longer be unfaithful to the Lord by offering
sacrifices to the goat idols.
This is a permanent law for them to be observed from generation to generation.
Give them this command as well.
If any native Israelite or foreigner living among you offers a burnt offering
or a sacrifice but does not bring it to the entrance of the tabernacle
to offer it to the Lord, that person will be cut off from the community.
And if any native Israelite or foreigner living among you eats or
drinks blood in any form, I will turn against that person and cut him off
from the community of your people.
For the life of the body is in its blood.
I have given you the blood on the altar to purify you,
making you right with the Lord.
It is the blood given in exchange for a life that makes purification possible.
That is why I have said to the people of Israel, you must never eat or drink blood.
Neither you nor the foreigners living among you.
And if any native Israelite or foreigner living among you goes hunting
and kills an animal or bird that is approved for eating, he must drain
its blood and cover it with earth.
The life of every creature is in its blood.
That is why I have said to the people of Israel, you must never
eat or drink blood for the life of any creature is in its blood.
So whoever consumes blood will be cut off from the community.
And if any native born Israelites or foreigners eat the meat of an animal
that died naturally or was torn up by wild animals, they must wash their
clothes and bathe themselves in water.
They will remain ceremonially unclean until evening, but
then they will be clean.
But if they do not wash their clothes and bathe themselves, They
will be punished for their sin.
Then the Lord said to Moses, give the following instructions
to the people of Israel.
I am the Lord your God.
So do not act like the people in Egypt where you used to live, or like the
people of Canaan where I am taking you.
You must not imitate their way of life.
You must obey all my regulations and be careful to obey my decrees.
For I am the Lord your God.
If you obey my decrees and my regulations, you will find life through them.
I am the Lord.
You must never have sexual relations with a close relative for I am the Lord.
Do not violate your father by having sexual relations with your mother.
She is your mother.
You must not have sexual relations with her.
Do not have sexual relations with any of your father's wives for
this would violate your father.
Do not have sexual relations with your sister or half sister,
whether she is your father's daughter or your mother's daughter.
Whether she was born into your household or someone else's, do not have sexual
relations with your granddaughter.
Whether she is your son's daughter or your daughter's daughter,
for this would violate yourself.
Do not have sexual relations with your stepsister, the daughter of any of your
father's wives, for she is your sister.
Do not have sexual relations with your father's sister for she is
your father's close relative.
Do not have sexual relations with your mother's sister for she is
your mother's close relative.
Do not violate your uncle, your father's brother by having sexual relations
with his wife for she is your aunt.
Do not have sexual relations with your daughter-in-law.
She is your son's wife, so you must not have sexual relations with her.
Do not have sexual relations with your brother's wife.
For this would violate your brother.
Do not have sexual relations with both a woman and her daughter, and do not take
her granddaughter, whether her son's daughter or her daughter's daughter,
and have sexual relations with her.
They're close relatives.
This would be a wicked act while your wife is living.
Do not marry her sister and have sexual relations with
her for they would be rivals.
Do not have sexual relations with a woman during her period of menstrual impurity.
Do not defile yourself by having sexual intercourse with your neighbor's wife.
Do not permit any of your children to be offered as a sacrifice to Molech.
For you must not bring shame on the name of your God.
I am the Lord.
Do not practice homosexuality having sex with another man.
As with a woman, it is a detestable sin.
A man must not defile himself by having sex with an animal, and a
woman must not offer herself to a male animal to have intercourse with it.
This is a perverse act.
Do not defile yourselves in any of these ways for the
people I am driving out before.
You have defiled themselves in all these ways because the
entire land has become defiled.
I am punishing the people who live there.
I will cause the land to vomit them out.
You must obey all my decrees and regulations.
You must not commit any of these detestable sins.
This applies both to native born Israelites and to the
foreigners living among you.
All these detestable activities are practiced by the people of the land
where I'm taking you, and this is how the land has become defiled.
So do not defile the land and give it a reason to vomit
you out as it will vomit out.
The people who live there Now, whoever commits any of these detestable sins will
be cut off from the community of Israel.
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.
The Lord also said to Moses, give the following instructions to
the entire community of Israel.
You must be holy because I the Lord your God, am holy.
Each of you must show great respect for your mother and father, and you must
always observe my Sabbath days of rest.
I am the Lord your God.
Do not put your trust in idols or make metal images of Gods for yourselves.
I am the Lord your God.
When you sacrifice a peace offering to the Lord, offer it properly
so you will be accepted by God.
The sacrifice must be eaten on the same day you offer it, or on the next
day, whatever is left over until the third day must be completely burned up.
If any of the sacrifice is eaten on the third day, it will be
contaminated and I will not accept it.
Anyone who eats it on the third day will be punished for defiling
what is holy to the Lord and will be cut off from the community.
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.
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.
Do not steal.
Do not deceive or cheat one another.
Do not bring shame on the name of your God by using it to swear falsely.
I am the Lord.
Do not defraud or rob your neighbor.
Do not make your hired workers wait until the next day to receive their pay.
Do not insult the death or cause the blind to stumble.
You must fear your God.
I am the Lord.
Do not twist justice in legal matters by favoring the poor or being
partial to the rich and powerful.
Always judge people fairly.
Do not spread slanderous gossip among your people.
Do not stand idly by when your neighbor's life is threatened.
I am the Lord.
Do not nurse hatred in your heart for any of your relatives.
Confront people directly.
So you will not be held guilty for their sin.
Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against a fellow Israelite.
But love your neighbor as yourself.
I am the Lord.
You must obey all my decrees.
Do not mate.
Two different kinds of animals.
Do not plant your field with two different kinds of seeds.
Do not wear clothing woven from two different kinds of thread.
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.
The man, however, must bring a ram as a guilt offering and present it to the
Lord at the entrance of the tabernacle.
The priest will then purify him before the Lord with the ram of the guilt offering,
and the man's sin will be forgiven when you enter the land and plant fruit trees.
Leave the fruit unharvested for the first three years and consider it forbidden.
Do not eat it in the fourth year.
The entire crop must be consecrated to the Lord as a celebration of praise.
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.
Do not eat meat that has not been drained of its blood.
Do not practice fortune telling or witchcraft.
Do not trim off the hair on your temples or trim your beards.
Do not cut your bodies for the dead and do not mark your skin with tattoos.
I am the Lord.
Do not defile your daughter by making her a prostitute, or the land will be
filled with prostitution and wickedness.
Keep my Sabbath days of rest and show reverence toward my sanctuary.
I am the Lord.
Do not defile yourselves by turning to mediums or to those who
consult the spirits of the dead.
I am the Lord your God.
Stand up in the presence of the elderly and show respect
for the aged fear your God.
I am the Lord.
Do not take advantage of foreigners who live among you in your land.
Treat them like native born Israelites and love them as you love yourself.
Remember that you were once foreigners living in the land of Egypt.
I am the Lord your God.
Do not use dishonest standards when measuring length, weight, or volume.
Your scales and weights must be accurate.
Your containers for measuring dry materials or liquids must be accurate.
I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
You must be careful to keep all of my decrees and regulations
by putting them into practice.
I am the Lord.
This concludes today's Immerse Reading experience.
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