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21 And for his trespass he shall offer a ram 35 Do not any unjust thing in judgment, in
to the Lord, at the door of the tabernacle of the rule, in weight, or in measure.
testimony. 36 Let the balance be just and the weights
22 And the priest shall pray for him: and for equal, the bushel just, and the sextary equal. I
his sin before the Lord: and he shall have mercy am the Lord your God, that brought you out of
on him, and the sin shall be forgiven. the land of Egypt.
23 When you shall be come into the land, 37 Keep all my precepts, and all my judg-
and shall have planted in it fruit trees, you shall ments: and do them. I am the Lord.
take away the firstfruits of them. The fruit that
comes forth shall be unclean to you: neither shall
you eat of them. Chapter 20
24 But in the fourth year, all their fruit shall
be sanctified, to the praise of the Lord. And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
25 And in the fifth year you shall eat the fruits
2 Thus shalt thou say to the children of Is-
thereof, gathering the increase thereof. I am the
rael: If any man of the children Israel, or of the
Lord your God.
strangers that dwell in Israel, give of his seed to
26 You shall not eat with blood. You shall
the idol Moloch, dying let him die. The people
not divine nor observe dreams.
of the land shall stone him.
27 Nor shall you cut your hair roundwise: nor
3 And I will set my face against him: and
shave your beard.
I will cut him off from the midst of his people,
28 You shall not make any cuttings in your
because he hath given of his seed to Moloch, and
flesh, for the dead: neither shall you make in
hath defiled my sanctuary, and profaned my holy
yourselves any figures or marks. I am the Lord.
name.
29 Make not thy daughter a common strum-
4 And if the people of the land neglecting,
pet, lest the land be defiled, and filled with
and as it were little regarding my commandment,
wickedness.
let alone the man that hath given of his seed to
30 Keep ye my sabbaths, and reverence my
Moloch, and will not kill him:
sanctuary. I am the Lord.
5 I will set my face against that man, and his
31 Go not aside after wizards: neither ask any
thing of soothsayers, to be defiled by them. I am kindred, and will cut off both him and all that
the Lord your God. consented with him, to commit fornication with
Moloch, out of the midst of their people.
32 Rise up before the hoary head, and honour
the person of the aged man: and fear the Lord 6 The soul that shall go aside after magicians,
thy God. I am the Lord. and soothsayers, and shall commit fornication
33 If a stranger dwell in your land, and abide with them: I will set my face against that soul,
among you, do not upbraid hin: and destroy it out of the midst of its people.
34 But let him be among you as one of the 7 Sanctify yourselves, and be ye holy: because
same country. And you shall love him as your- I am the Lord your God.
selves: for you were strangers in the land of 8 Keep my precepts, and do them. I am the
Egypt. I am the Lord your God. Lord that sanctify you.