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| 1 And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying, |
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| 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, I am Jehovah your God. |
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| 3 After the doings of the land of Egypt, wherein ye dwelt, shall ye not do; and after the doings of the land of Canaan, whither I bring you, shall ye not do; neither shall ye walk in their customs. |
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| 4 Mine ordinances shall ye do and my statutes shall ye observe to walk therein: I am Jehovah your God. |
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| 5 And ye shall observe my statutes and my judgments, by which the man that doeth them shall live: I am Jehovah. |
Which if a man do – Perfectly. R2728:2
Which no imperfect man could do, but which the Lord Jesus did do. R1725:2, R5046:2
Shall live In them – Have everlasting life as a result. R2728:2, R4595:2, R5128:1, R5285:5; OV118:2
Live under proper conditions. Q370:4, Q197:T
The man Christ Jesus was the one for whom this provision was made. R5046:3, R5342:4
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| 6 No one shall approach to any that is his near relation, to uncover his nakedness: I am Jehovah. |
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| 7 The nakedness of thy father, and the nakedness of thy mother, shalt thou not uncover: she is thy mother: thou shalt not uncover her nakedness. |
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| 8 The nakedness of thy father's wife shalt thou not uncover: it is thy father's nakedness. |
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| 9 The nakedness of thy sister, the daughter of thy father, or daughter of thy mother, born at home, or born abroad--their nakedness shalt thou not uncover. |
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| 10 The nakedness of thy son's daughter, or of thy daughter's daughter--their nakedness shalt thou not uncover; for theirs is thy nakedness. |
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| 11 The nakedness of thy father's wife's daughter, begotten of thy father: she is thy sister: thou shalt not uncover her nakedness. |
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| 12 The nakedness of thy father's sister shalt thou not uncover: she is thy father's near relation. |
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| 13 The nakedness of thy mother's sister shalt thou not uncover; for she is thy mother's near relation. |
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| 14 The nakedness of thy father's brother shalt thou not uncover; thou shalt not approach his wife: she is thine aunt. |
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| 15 The nakedness of thy daughter-in-law shalt thou not uncover: she is thy son's wife; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness. |
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| 16 The nakedness of thy brother's wife shalt thou not uncover: it is thy brother's nakedness. |
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| 17 The nakedness of a woman and her daughter shalt thou not uncover; thou shalt not take her son's daughter, nor her daughter's daughter, to uncover her nakedness: they are her near relations: it is wickedness. |
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| 18 And thou shalt not take a wife to her sister, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness beside her, during her life. |
Beside the other – Law against polygamy. R2016:3
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| 19 And thou shalt not approach a woman in the separation of her uncleanness to uncover her nakedness. |
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| 20 And thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbour's wife, to become unclean with her. |
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| 21 And thou shalt not give of thy seed to let them pass through the fire to Molech, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am Jehovah. |
To Molech – Type of the misrepresentation of God, worshipped by those who endorse the eternal torment theory. R2360:1, R3464:6
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| 22 And thou shalt not lie with mankind as one lieth with a woman: it is an abomination. |
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| 23 And thou shalt lie with no beast to become unclean therewith; and a woman shall not stand before a beast to lie down with it: it is confusion. |
It is confusion – God prohibits any mixture or blending of natures, including human with angelic. HG724:6
The unlawful union of the Church of Rome (woman) with the Roman empire (beast) resulted in Babylon (confusion). R472:6, R45:1
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| 24 Make not yourselves unclean in any of these things; for in all these have the nations which I am casting out before you made themselves unclean. |
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| 25 And the land hath become unclean; and I visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land vomiteth out its inhabitants. |
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| 26 But *ye* shall observe my statutes and my judgments, and shall not commit any of all these abominations: the home-born, and the stranger that sojourneth among you; |
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| 27 (for all these abominations have the men of the land done, who were before you, and the land hath been made unclean); |
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| 28 that the land vomit you not out, when ye make it unclean, as it vomited out the nation that was before you. |
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| 29 For whoever committeth any of these abominations, ...the souls that commit them shall be cut off from among their people. |
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| 30 And ye shall observe my charge, that ye commit not any of the abominable customs which were committed before you; and ye shall not make yourselves unclean therein: I am Jehovah your God. |
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