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| 1 And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, |
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| 2 Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be holy; for I Jehovah your God am holy. |
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| 3 Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father; and ye shall keep my sabbaths: I am Jehovah your God. |
Keep my sabbaths – Type of the Millennial age. B40
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| 4 Turn ye not unto idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I am Jehovah your God. |
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| 5 And when ye offer a sacrifice of peace-offerings unto Jehovah, 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 It shall be eaten the same day ye offer it, and on the morrow: and if aught remain until the third day, it shall be burnt with fire. |
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 at all on the third day, it is an abomination; it shall not be accepted: |
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| 8 but every one that eateth it shall bear his iniquity, because he hath profaned the holy thing of Jehovah: and that soul shall be cut off from his people. |
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 reap the corners of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the gleaning of thy harvest. |
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| 10 And thou shalt not glean thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather the fallen fruit of thy vineyard; thou shalt leave them for the poor and for the sojourner: I am Jehovah your God. |
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| 11 Ye shall not steal; neither shall ye deal falsely, nor lie one to another. |
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| 12 And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, and profane the name of thy God: I am Jehovah. |
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| 13 Thou shalt not oppress thy neighbor, nor rob him: the wages of a hired servant shall not abide with thee all night 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 put a stumblingblock before the blind; but thou shalt fear thy God: I am Jehovah. |
Not curse the deaf – But no special legislation for the priesthood. A52
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| 15 Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty; but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbor. |
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| 16 Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbor: I am Jehovah. |
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| 17 Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thy heart: thou shalt surely rebuke thy neighbor, and not bear sin because of him.
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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, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people; but thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself: I am Jehovah. |
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 Ye shall keep my statutes. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a diverse kind: thou shalt not sow thy field with two kinds of seed: neither shall there come upon thee a garment of two kinds of stuff mingled together. |
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| 20 And whosoever lieth carnally with a woman, that is a bondmaid, betrothed to a husband, and not at all redeemed, nor freedom given her; they shall be punished; they shall not be put to death, because she was not free. |
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| 21 And he shall bring his trespass-offering unto Jehovah, unto the door of the tent of meeting, even a ram for a trespass-offering. |
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| 22 And the priest shall make atonement for him with the ram of the trespass-offering before Jehovah for his sin which he hath sinned: and the sin which he hath sinned shall be forgiven him. |
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| 23 And when ye shall come into the land, and shall have planted all manner of trees for food, then ye shall count the fruit thereof as their uncircumcision: three years shall they be as uncircumcised unto you; it shall not be eaten. |
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| 24 But in the fourth year all the fruit thereof shall be holy, for giving praise unto Jehovah. |
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| 25 And in the fifth year shall ye eat of the fruit thereof, that it may yield unto you the increase thereof: I am Jehovah your God. |
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| 26 Ye shall not eat anything with the blood: neither shall ye use enchantments, nor practice augury. |
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| 27 Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard. |
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| 28 Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead soul, nor print any marks upon you: I am Jehovah. |
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| 29 Profane not thy daughter, to make her a harlot; lest the land fall to whoredom, and the land become full of wickedness. |
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| 30 Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am Jehovah. |
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 Turn ye not unto them that have familiar spirits, nor unto the wizards; seek them not out, to be defiled by them: I am Jehovah your God. |
Familiar spirits – Communication with the fallen angels. R2172:1
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| 32 Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honor the face of the old man, and thou shalt fear thy God: I am Jehovah. |
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 if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not do him wrong. |
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| 34 The stranger that sojourneth with you shall be unto you as the home-born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were sojourners in the land of Egypt: I am Jehovah your God. |
Love him as thyself – The Mosaic Law was far ahead of its time. A50
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| 35 Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in measures of length, of weight, or of quantity. |
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| 36 Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I am Jehovah your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt. |
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| 37 And ye shall observe all my statutes, and all mine ordinances, and do them: I am Jehovah. |
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