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| 1 And Yahweh spake unto Moses, saying: |
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| 2 Speak unto all the assembly of the sons of Israel, and thou shalt say unto them–Holy, shall ye be,–For, holy, am, I–Yahweh–your God. |
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| 3 Ye shall, every one, revere, his father and his mother, And, my sabbaths, shall ye observe,–I–Yahweh, am your God. |
Keep my sabbaths – Type of the Millennial age. B40
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| 4 Do not turn unto things of nought, And, molten gods, shall ye not make to yourselves,–I–Yahweh, am your God. |
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| 5 And, when ye would offer a peach-offering unto Yahweh, ye shall offer it, that ye may be accepted. |
Of peace offerings – Representing vows of consecration to God made by the world during the Millennial age. T98
At your own will – A willing thank offering. T98
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| 6 On the day ye offer it, shall it be eaten, and on the morrow,–but, that which remaineth until the third day, in fire, shall be consumed. |
It shall be eaten – By the offerer; showing that in the Millennium all must eat or fulfill a covenant of consecration to God or be cut off in the Second Death. T98
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| 7 And, if it, be eaten, on the third day, unclean, it is, it shall not be accepted. |
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| 8 But, he that eateth it, his iniquity, shall bear, because, that which had been hallowed unto Yahweh, hath he profaned,–so then that person shall be cut off from among his kinsfolk. |
Shall be cut off – In death, typifying the Second Death. T98
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| 9 And, when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly clear the border of thy field, in reaping,–nor shalt thou gather up, the gleaning of thy harvest. |
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| 10 And, thy vineyard, shalt thou not go over again, nor gather, every single grape: for the poor and for the sojourner, shalt thou leave them, I–Yahweh, am your God. |
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| 11 Ye shall not steal,–nor deceive nor lie, one man to another; |
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| 12 Nor swear by my name, falsely,–And so profane the name of thy God: I, am Yahweh. |
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| 13 Thou shalt not oppress thy neighbour nor rob [him],–The wages of him that is hired shall not tarry with thee, until the morning. |
Him that Is hired – Nothing special for the priest, a lesson in strict justice. A52, A53
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| 14 Thou shalt not curse the deaf, Nor, before the blind, place a stumbling-block,–So shalt thou stand in awe of thy God, I, am Yahweh. |
Not curse the deaf – But no special legislation for the priesthood. A52
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| 15 Ye shall not act perversely in giving judgment, Thou shalt neither respect the person of the poor, Nor prefer the person of the great,–In righteousness, shalt thou judge thy neighbour. |
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| 16 Thou shalt not go about talebearing, among thy people, Thou shalt not stand by, over the blood of thy neighbour: I, am Yahweh. |
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| 17 Thou shalt not hate thy brother, in thy heart,–Thou shalt, faithfully reprove, thy neighbour, and not countenance him, in sin: |
Thy neighbour – If you see him violating the law; showing that everything was not in the hands of the priests. A55
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| 18 Thou shalt not take vengeance, neither shalt thou cherish anger against the sons of thy people, So shalt thou love thy neighbour, as thyself,–I, am Yahweh. |
As thyself – It does not say, "Better than thyself"; Christ's course of self-sacrifice in our behalf went beyond this requirement. R3804:6, R5072:3
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| 19 My statutes, shall ye observe, Thy beasts, shalt thou not cause to breed in two kinds, Thy field, shalt thou not sow with two sorts of seed,–And, a garment woven of diverse threads, shalt thou not suffer to come upon thee. |
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| 20 And, whosoever lieth carnally with a woman, she being a bondmaid, acquired for a husband, and neither, redeemed, nor, freedom, given her, inquisition, shall be made, they shall not be put to death, because she was not free; |
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| 21 but he shall bring in his guilt-bearer unto Yahweh, unto the entrance of the tent of meeting,–even a ram as a guilt-bearer; |
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| 22 and the priest shall put a propitiatory-covering over him, with the guilt-bearing ram, before Yahweh, on account of his sin which he hath committed,–so shall he have forgiveness, from his sin which he hath committed. |
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| 23 And, when ye come into the land, and plant any manner of fruit-tree, then shall ye count as uncircumcised the fruit thereof, three years, shall it be to you as if unclean, it shall not be eaten. |
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| 24 But, in the fourth year, all the fruit thereof shall be hallowed for a festival of thanksgiving unto Yahweh. |
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| 25 And, in the fifth year, shall ye eat the fruit thereof, that it may enrich you with its increase,–I–Yahweh, am your God. |
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| 26 Ye shall eat nothing with the blood thereof,–Ye shall not practise divination, neither shall ye use magic. |
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| 27 Ye shall not shave in a circle around your head,–nor shalt thou disfigure the fringe of thy beard. |
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| 28 Cuttings for a dead person, shall ye not make in your flesh. And, punctures in your persons, shall ye not print,–I, am Yahweh. |
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| 29 Do not profane thy daughter, by causing her to be unchaste,–lest the land fall to unchastity, and so the land be filled with wickedness. |
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| 30 My sabbaths, shall ye observe, And, my sanctuary, shall ye revere,–I, am Yahweh. |
Keep my sabbaths – The Jew gave God one seventh of his time but the Christian is to give him seven-sevenths. HG583:2*
And reverence – A feeling of profound respect mingled with awe and affection. R2002:3
"God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints and to be had in reverence of all them that are about him." (Psa.89:7) R2002:2
My sanctuary – The sanctuary was the holy structure through which God manifested himself to Israel. HG583:2*
The Christian finds his sanctuary wherever he is; every place is a holy place to him. HG583:2*
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| 31 Do not turn unto mediums, Nor, for oracles, make search, To render yourselves unclean with them, I–Yahweh, am your God. |
Familiar spirits – Communication with the fallen angels. R2172:1
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| 32 Before a hoary head, shalt thou rise up, And shalt honour the presence of an elder,–So shalt thou stand in awe of thy God–I, am Yahweh. |
Hoary head – Nothing is more beautiful in youth than preferment and deference to riper years, especially to old age. R2024:3
Of the old man – But no special legislation for the priesthood. A53
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| 33 And, when there sojourneth with thee a sojourner, in your land, ye shall not oppress him: |
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| 34 As one home born from among yourselves, shall be unto you the sojourner who sojourneth with you, So shalt thou love him as thyself, For, sojourners, became ye, in the land of Egypt,–I–Yahweh, am your God. |
Love him as thyself – The Mosaic Law was far ahead of its time. A50
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| 35 Ye shall not act perversely in giving judgment,–in measures of extent, in weights, in measures of capacity: |
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| 36 Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have,–I–Yahweh, am your God, who brought you forth out of the land of Egypt. |
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| 37 Therefore shall ye observe all my statutes and all my regulations, and do them,–I, am Yahweh. |
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