6. The meat must be eaten on the day the animal is killed or on the next day. Any meat left on the third day must be burnt,
7. because it is ritually unclean, and if anyone eats it, I will not accept the offering.
8. Anyone who eats it will be guilty of treating as ordinary what is dedicated to me, and he will no longer be considered one of my people.
9. “When you harvest your fields, do not cut the corn at the edges of the fields, and do not go back to cut the ears of corn that were left.
10. Do not go back through your vineyard to gather the grapes that were missed or to pick up the grapes that have fallen; leave them for poor people and foreigners. I am the Lord your God.
11. “Do not steal or cheat or lie.
12. Do not make a promise in my name if you do not intend to keep it; that brings disgrace on my name. I am the Lord your God.
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,
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.
24. In the fourth year all the fruit shall be dedicated as an offering to show your gratitude to me, the Lord.