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God tells Moses to instruct the Israelites of the penalties for transgressions. God enjoins the Israelites faithfully to observe all God’s laws, because the land’s former inhabitants did all these. God designates the Israelites as holy to God, for God is holy, setting the Israelites apart from other people.
PEOPLE: יהוה YHVH God - Moses - children of Israel
PLACES: Biblical Mount Sinai
RELATED ARTICLES: Kedoshim - 613 Mitzvot - Molech - Capital punishment - Witchcraft - Sacred - Adultery - Nudity - Homosexuality - Religion and homosexuality - Zoophilia - Incest - Promised land - Unclean - Kashrut
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