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And Moses called Mishael and Elzaphan, the sons of Uzziel the uncle of Aaron, and said to them, “Come near; carry your brothers away from the front of the sanctuary and out of the camp.”
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And Moses said to Aaron and to Eleazar and Ithamar his sons, “Do not let the hair of your heads hang loose, and do not tear your clothes, lest you die, and wrath come upon all the congregation; but let your brothers, the whole house of Israel, bewail the burning that the Lord has kindled.
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and the Lord said to Moses, “Tell Aaron your brother not to come at any time into the Holy Place inside the veil, before the mercy seat that is on the ark, so that he may not die. For I will appear in the cloud over the mercy seat.
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You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's brother, that is, you shall not approach his wife; she is your aunt.
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You shall not uncover the nakedness of your brother's wife; it is your brother's nakedness.
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“You shall not hate your brother in your heart, but you shall reason frankly with your neighbor, lest you incur sin because of him.
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If a man takes his brother's wife, it is impurity. He has uncovered his brother's nakedness; they shall be childless.
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except for his closest relatives, his mother, his father, his son, his daughter, his brother,
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“The priest who is chief among his brothers, on whose head the anointing oil is poured and who has been consecrated to wear the garments, shall not let the hair of his head hang loose nor tear his clothes.
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“If your brother becomes poor and sells part of his property, then his nearest redeemer shall come and redeem what his brother has sold.
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Kindness for Poor Brothers
“If your brother becomes poor and cannot maintain himself with you, you shall support him as though he were a stranger and a sojourner, and he shall live with you.
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Take no interest from him or profit, but fear your God, that your brother may live beside you.
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“If your brother becomes poor beside you and sells himself to you, you shall not make him serve as a slave:
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You may bequeath them to your sons after you to inherit as a possession forever. You may make slaves of them, but over your brothers the people of Israel you shall not rule, one over another ruthlessly.
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Redeeming a Poor Man
“If a stranger or sojourner with you becomes rich, and your brother beside him becomes poor and sells himself to the stranger or sojourner with you or to a member of the stranger's clan,
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then after he is sold he may be redeemed. One of his brothers may redeem him,