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Leviticus 19:13-21 Good News Bible (GNB)

13. “Do not take advantage of anyone or rob him. Do not hold back the wages of someone you have hired, not even for one night.

14. Do not curse a deaf man or put something in front of a blind man so as to make him stumble over it. Obey me; I am the Lord your God.

15. “Be honest and just when you make decisions in legal cases; do not show favouritism to the poor or fear the rich.

16. Do not spread lies about anyone, and when someone is on trial for his life, speak out if your testimony can help him. I am the Lord.

17. “Do not bear a grudge against anyone, but settle your differences with him, so that you will not commit a sin because of him.

18. Do not take revenge on anyone or continue to hate him, but love your neighbour as you love yourself. I am the Lord.

19. “Obey my commands. Do not crossbreed domestic animals. Do not plant two kinds of seed in the same field. Do not wear clothes made of two kinds of material.

20. “If a slave woman is the recognized concubine of a man and she has not been paid for and freed, then if another man has sexual relations with her, they will be punished but not put to death, since she is a slave.

21. The man shall bring a ram to the entrance of the Tent of my presence as his repayment offering,

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