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“This is to be a lasting ordinance for you: On the tenth day of the seventh month you must deny yourselves and not do any work—whether native-born or a foreigner residing among you—
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“‘Anyone, whether native-born or foreigner, who eats anything found dead or torn by wild animals must wash their clothes and bathe with water, and they will be ceremonially unclean till evening; then they will be clean.
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“‘Do not have sexual relations with your sister, either your father’s daughter or your mother’s daughter, whether she was born in the same home or elsewhere.
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“‘Do not have sexual relations with the daughter of your father’s wife, born to your father; she is your sister.
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But you must keep my decrees and my laws. The native-born and the foreigners residing among you must not do any of these detestable things,
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“‘Do not turn to mediums or seek out spiritists, for you will be defiled by them. I am the Lord your God.
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The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born. Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egypt. I am the Lord your God.
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“‘I will set my face against anyone who turns to mediums and spiritists to prostitute themselves by following them, and I will cut them off from their people.
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“‘A man or woman who is a medium or spiritist among you must be put to death. You are to stone them; their blood will be on their own heads.’”
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But if a priest buys a slave with money, or if slaves are born in his household, they may eat his food.
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“When a calf, a lamb or a goat is born, it is to remain with its mother for seven days. From the eighth day on, it will be acceptable as a food offering presented to the Lord.
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Live in temporary shelters for seven days: All native-born Israelites are to live in such shelters
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anyone who blasphemes the name of the Lord is to be put to death. The entire assembly must stone them. Whether foreigner or native-born, when they blaspheme the Name they are to be put to death.
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You are to have the same law for the foreigner and the native-born. I am the Lord your God.’”
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You may also buy some of the temporary residents living among you and members of their clans born in your country, and they will become your property.
