However, by no means eat the blood, for the blood is life itself – you must not eat the life with the meat!

You must not show pity; the principle will be a life for a life, an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, a hand for a hand, and a foot for a foot.

One must not take either lower or upper millstones as security on a loan, for that is like taking a life itself as security.

But if you seek the Lord your God from there, you will find him, if, indeed, you seek him with all your heart and soul.

You must love the Lord your God with your whole mind, your whole being, and all your strength.

When your ancestors went down to Egypt, they numbered only seventy, but now the Lord your God has made you as numerous as the stars of the sky.

When you enter the vineyard of your neighbor you may eat as many grapes as you please, but you must not take away any in a container.

‘Cursed is the one who takes a bribe to kill an innocent person.’ Then all the people will say, ‘Amen!’

When the Lord your God extends your borders as he said he would do and you say, “I want to eat meat just as I please,” you may do so as you wish.

Then you may spend the money however you wish for cattle, sheep, wine, beer, or whatever you desire. You and your household may eat there in the presence of the Lord your God and enjoy it.

Be very careful, then, because you saw no form at the time the Lord spoke to you at Horeb from the middle of the fire.

Fix these words of mine into your mind and being, and tie them as a reminder on your hands and let them be symbols on your forehead.

However, suppose a person hates someone else and stalks him, attacks him, kills him, and then flees to one of these cities.

If you are not pleased with her, then you must let her go where she pleases. You cannot in any case sell her; you must not take advantage of her, since you have already humiliated her.

If a man is found kidnapping a person from among his fellow Israelites, and regards him as mere property and sells him, that kidnapper must die. In this way you will purge evil from among you.

Today the Lord your God is commanding you to keep these statutes and ordinances, something you must do with all your heart and soul.

Then if you and your descendants turn to the Lord your God and obey him with your whole mind and being just as I am commanding you today,

The Lord your God will also cleanse your heart and the hearts of your descendants so that you may love him with all your mind and being and so that you may live.

Again, however, pay very careful attention, lest you forget the things you have seen and disregard them for the rest of your life; instead teach them to your children and grandchildren.

Now, Israel, what does the Lord your God require of you except to revere him, to obey all his commandments, to love him, to serve him with all your mind and being,