1. The Lord told Moses
2. to say to the community of Israel:I am the Lord your God. I am holy, and you must be holy too!
3-4. Respect your father and your mother, honour the Sabbath, and don't make idols or images. I am the Lord your God.
5. When you offer a sacrifice to ask my blessing, be sure to follow my instructions.
6. You may eat the meat either on the day of the sacrifice or on the next day, but you must burn anything left until the third day.
7. If you eat any of it on the third day, the sacrifice will be disgusting to me, and I will reject it.
8. In fact, you will be punished for not respecting what I say is holy, and you will no longer belong to the community of Israel.
9. When you harvest your grain, always leave some of it standing along the edges of your fields and don't pick up what falls on the ground.
10. Don't strip your grapevines clean or gather the grapes that fall off the vines. Leave them for the poor and for those foreigners who live among you. I am the Lord your God.
11. Do not steal or tell lies or cheat others.
12. Do not misuse my name by making promises you don't intend to keep. I am the Lord your God.
13. Do not steal anything or cheat anyone, and don't fail to pay your workers at the end of each day.
14. I am the Lord your God, and I command you not to make fun of the deaf or to cause a blind person to stumble.
15. Be fair, no matter who is on trial—don't favour either the poor or the rich.