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,
22. and with it the priest shall perform the ritual of purification to remove the man's sin, and God will forgive him.
23. “When you come into the land of Canaan and plant any kind of fruit tree, consider the fruit ritually unclean for the first three years. During that time you must not eat it.