Priests must not have a bald spot shaved on their head, they must not shave the corner of their beard, and they must not cut slashes in their body.

For forty years you sustained them. Even in the desert they never lacked anything. Their clothes did not wear out and their feet did not swell.

For they cannot sleep unless they cause harm; they are robbed of sleep until they make someone stumble.

“You shall not murder.

“You shall not commit adultery.

“You shall not steal.

You must not murder.

As for your birth, on the day you were born your umbilical cord was not cut, nor were you washed in water; you were certainly not rubbed down with salt, nor wrapped with blankets.

She is disobedient; she refuses correction. She does not trust the Lord; she does not seek the advice of her God.

“You must not blaspheme God or curse the ruler of your people.

But if he does not wash his clothes and does not bathe his body, he will bear his punishment for iniquity.’”

“‘You must not eat anything with the blood still in it. You must not practice either divination or soothsaying.

Does he argue with useless talk, with words that have no value in them?

If God places no trust in his holy ones, if even the heavens are not pure in his eyes,

For he knows no satisfaction in his appetite; he does not let anything he desires escape.

He preys on the barren and childless woman, and does not treat the widow well.

Proud beasts have not set foot on it, and no lion has passed along it.

The topaz of Cush cannot be compared with it; it cannot be purchased with pure gold.

If I smiled at them, they hardly believed it; and they did not cause the light of my face to darken.

Therefore no fear of me should terrify you, nor should my pressure be heavy on you.