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| 1 And Jehovah spake unto 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 statutes. |
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| 4 Mine ordinances shall ye do, and my statutes shall ye keep, to walk therein: I am Jehovah your God. |
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| 5 Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and mine ordinances; which if a man do, he shall live in them: 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 None of you shall approach to any that are near of kin to him, to uncover their nakedness: I am Jehovah. |
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| 7 The nakedness of thy father, even 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 the daughter of thy mother, whether born at home, or born abroad, even their nakedness thou shalt not uncover. |
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| 10 The nakedness of thy son’s daughter, or of thy daughters daughter, even their nakedness thou shalt not uncover: for theirs is thine own nakedness. |
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| 11 The nakedness of thy father’s wifes daughter, begotten of thy father, she is thy sister, thou shalt not uncover her nakedness. |
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| 12 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father’s sister: she is thy fathers near kinswoman. |
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| 13 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother’s sister: for she is thy mothers near kinswoman. |
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| 14 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father’s brother, thou shalt not approach to his wife: she is thine aunt. |
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| 15 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy daughter-in-law: she is thy son’s wife; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness. |
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| 16 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother’s wife: it is thy brothers nakedness. |
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| 17 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter; thou shalt not take her son’s daughter, or her daughters daughter, to uncover her nakedness; they are near kinswomen: it is wickedness. |
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| 18 And thou shalt not take a wife to her sister, to be a rival to her, to uncover her nakedness, besides the other in her lifetime. |
Beside the other – Law against polygamy. R2016:3
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| 19 And thou shalt not approach unto a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is impure by her uncleanness. |
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| 20 And thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbor’s wife, to defile thyself with her. |
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| 21 And thou shalt not give any of thy seed to make 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 Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination. |
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| 23 And thou shalt not lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith; neither shall any woman stand before a beast, to lie down thereto: 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 Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out from before you; |
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| 25 and the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land vomiteth out her inhabitants. |
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| 26 Ye therefore shall keep my statutes and mine ordinances, and shall not do any of these abominations; neither the home-born, nor the stranger that sojourneth among you |
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| 27 (for all these abominations have the men of the land done, that were before you, and the land is defiled); |
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| 28 that the land vomit not you out also, when ye defile it, as it vomited out the nation that was before you. |
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| 29 For whosoever shall do any of these abominations, even the souls that do them shall be cut off from among their people. |
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| 30 Therefore shall ye keep my charge, that ye practise not any of these abominable customs, which were practised before you, and that ye defile not yourselves therein: I am Jehovah your God. |
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