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When thou prayest, thou shalt not use many wordsa, or vain repetitionsb; for Ha’Elohimc hath understanding: nor shalt thou cry aloud; for I, YHVHd, thy Elohime, heareth the whisper of the heartf.
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Nevertheless, when Israel shall gather in the assembly thou shalt speak with a loud voice, that they who prayeth with thee may say: So mote it be, Amena.
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Thy prayers shall be unto me, YHVH, for I am thy Fathera; and I am rich in mercyb, and loving kindnessc; and in the heavens I shall hear thee in the fullness of my wisdomd and goodnessf,
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And if thou believe on my name, thou shalt petition for whatsoever I has dispensed unto thee, for mercy is over all my works;
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And thou shall not swear by my name falsely; neither shalt thou profane the name of thy Elohim; I am YHVH.
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¶ They that sacrificeth unto any elohima, save unto YHVH only, they shall no longer be counted as one of Israel;
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For thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment; neither shalt thou trust or follow a wicked person in their cause;
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Therefore, whosoever be of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn in Israel, that giveth any of his seed as a burnt offering in sacrificea, they shall surely be cast out;
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And if any should sacrifice a living seed of Adam, the people of the land shall stone them with stones, it shall be a life for a life.
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And thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through the firea to sacrificeb; neither shalt thou profane the name of thy Elohim;
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For I am YHVH, and I will set my face against these and will cut them off from among this people because they hath given of their seed unto death, to defile my sanctuarya and to profane my holy name.
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And if the people of the land hide their eyes, letting go this trespass of those who giveth of their seed unto the fire of sacrificea and kill them not,
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Then I will set my face against them and against their family and will cut them off, and all that go a whoringa after them, to commit whoredom with deathb from among their people; I am YHVH, thy Elohim.
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¶ And I have said unto thee: Thou shall inherit their land; and I will give it unto you to possess it, a land that floweth with milk and honey; I am YHVH your Elohim, which have separated thee from other people;
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Thou shall, therefore, put difference between the clean beasts and unclean, and between unclean fowls and clean;
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And thou shall not make your souls abominablea by beast, or by fowl, or by any manner of living thing that creepeth on the ground, which I have separated from you as unclean.
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¶ A man also or woman that hath a familiar spirita or that is a necromancerb shall surely be cast out from among you, least their blood be upon you;
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Turn thou not to the divinera, but let the dead have their rest; neither seek after your dead, to be defiled by them;
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Sleep not upon the gravea that thou should be possessed by the deadb, know not their secrets, but let them have their duec.
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Thou shall not make any cuttings or incisions in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marksa upon you for the dead; I am YHVH which sanctify you.
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And the soul that turneth after the necromancer and after their priestcraftsa, to go a whoringb after them, I will even set my face against them and will cut them off from among this people; I am YHVH, thy Elohim.
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¶ Thou shalt make tzitzitsa in the four corners of thy garments throughout all your generations, and thou shalt put upon the tzitsit a blue thread;
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And it shall be unto thee for a protection, that thou shalt look upon it and remember all thy mitzvotha unto me and do them,
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And thou shalt remember that Israel is a holy people, a nation of kings and queens, and of Priests and Priestessesa;
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Sanctify yourselves, therefore, and be thou holy; for I am YHVH, thy Elohim; and thou shall keep my statutes and do them; I am YHVH which sanctify thee.