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Israel Belongs to God

19 The Lord said to Moses, “Tell all the Israelites: I am the Lord your God. I am holy, so you must be holy.

“Each of you must honor your mother and father and keep my special days of rest.[a] I am the Lord your God!

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 19:3 special days of rest Or “Sabbaths.” This might mean Saturday, or it might mean all the special days when the people were not supposed to work. Also in verse 30.

Various Laws

19 The Lord said to Moses, “Speak to the entire assembly of Israel(A) and say to them: ‘Be holy because I, the Lord your God,(B) am holy.(C)

“‘Each of you must respect your mother and father,(D) and you must observe my Sabbaths.(E) I am the Lord your God.(F)

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