8. Anyone who eats it then will be guilty of sin, because he did not respect the holy things that belong to the Lord. He must be cut off from the people.
9. “ ‘When you harvest your crops on your land, do not harvest all the way to the corners of your fields. If grain falls onto the ground, don’t gather it up.
10. Don’t pick all the grapes in your vineyards, and don’t pick up the grapes that fall to the ground. You must leave those things for poor people and for people traveling through your country. I am the Lord your God.
11. “ ‘You must not steal. You must not cheat people, and you must not lie to each other.
12. You must not make a false promise by my name, or you will show that you don’t respect your God. I am the Lord.
13. “ ‘You must not cheat your neighbor or rob him. You must not keep a hired worker’s salary all night until morning.
14. You must not curse a deaf person or put something in front of a blind person to make him fall. But you must respect your God. I am the Lord.
15. “ ‘Be fair in your judging. You must not show special favor to poor people or great people, but be fair when you judge your neighbor.
16. You must not spread false stories against other people, and you must not do anything that would put your neighbor’s life in danger. I am the Lord.
17. “ ‘You must not hate your fellow citizen in your heart. If your neighbor does something wrong, tell him about it, or you will be partly to blame.
18. Forget about the wrong things people do to you, and do not try to get even. Love your neighbor as you love yourself. I am the Lord.
19. “ ‘Obey my laws. You must not mate two different kinds of cattle or sow your field with two different kinds of seed. You must not wear clothing made from two different kinds of material mixed together.
20. “ ‘If a man has sexual relations with a slave girl of another man, but this slave girl has not been bought or given her freedom, there must be punishment. But they are not to be put to death, because the woman was not free.