Leviticus 18:26
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But you are to keep My statutes and ordinances, and you must not commit any of these abominations—neither your native-born nor the foreigner who lives among you.
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Keep My statutes and My judgments, for the man who does these things will live by them. I am the LORD.
See that you do everything I command you; do not add to it or subtract from it.
But the seeds on good soil are those with a noble and good heart, who hear the word, cling to it, and by persevering produce a crop.
Tell them that if anyone from the house of Israel or any foreigner living among them offers a burnt offering or a sacrifice
If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.
Keep His statutes and commandments, which I am giving you today, so that you and your children after you may prosper, and that you may live long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you for all time.
But He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”
You are My friends if you do what I command you.
You must keep My charge not to practice any of the abominable customs that were practiced before you, so that you do not defile yourselves by them. I am the LORD your God.”
If anyone from the house of Israel or a foreigner living among them eats any blood, I will set My face against that person and cut him off from among his people.