But as for you, you are to keepMy statutesand My judgmentsand shall not doanyof theseabominations,[neither] the native,nor the alienwho sojournsamongyou
There were alsomalecultprostitutesin the land.They didaccording to allthe abominationsof the nationswhichthe LORDdispossessedbeforethe sonsof Israel.
And anymanfrom the houseof Israel,or from the alienswho sojournamongthem, whoeatsanyblood,I will setMy faceagainst that personwho eatsbloodand will cuthim offfrom amonghis people.
"Then you shall sayto them, 'Anymanfrom the houseof Israel,or from the alienswhosojournamongthem, whooffersa burntofferingorsacrifice,
For the landhas becomedefiled,therefore I have broughtits punishmentupon it, so the landhas spewedout its inhabitants.
(for the menof the landwhohave been beforeyou have donealltheseabominations,and the landhas becomedefiled);
Thus you are to keepMy charge,that you do not practiceanyof the abominablecustomswhichhave been practicedbeforeyou, so as not to defileyourselves with them; I am the LORDyour God.'"
So you shall keepMy statutesand My judgments,by whicha manmay liveif he doesthem; I am the LORD.
But He said,"On the contrary,blessedare thosewho hearthe wordof Godand observeit."
"But the [seed] in the goodsoil,theseare the ones whohave heardthe wordin an honestand goodheart,and hold it fast,and bear fruitwith perseverance.
"Ifyou loveMe, you will keepMy commandments.
"You are My friendsifyou dowhatI commandyou.
"WhateverI commandyou, you shall be carefulto do;you shall not addto nortakeawayfrom it.
"So you shall keepHis statutesand His commandmentswhichI am givingyou today,that it may gowellwith you and with your childrenafteryou, and that you may livelongon the landwhichthe LORDyour Godis givingyou for alltime."
