Leviticus 18:30
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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.”
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You must not follow the statutes of the nations I am driving out before you. Because they did all these things, I abhorred them.
The priests must keep My charge, lest they bear the guilt and die because they profane it. I am the LORD who sanctifies them.
You shall therefore love the LORD your God and always keep His charge, His statutes, His ordinances, and His commandments.