¹⁸ “You are not to seek vengeance or hold a grudge against the descendants of your people. Instead, love your neighbor as yourself. I am the Lord.”

On Preserving Distinctiveness

¹⁹ “Observe my statutes.

“You are not to let your cattle breed with a different species.^[a]

“You are not to sow your fields with two different kinds of seeds.^[b]

“You are not to wear clothing made from two different kinds of material.

²⁰ “When a person has sexual relations^[c] with a woman servant who is engaged to another man, but she has not been completely redeemed nor has her freedom been granted to her, there is to be an inquiry, but they won’t be put to death, since she has not been freed.