You may have the Sabbath produce of the land to eat – you, your male servant, your female servant, your hired worker, the resident foreigner who stays with you,

Do not take interest or profit from him, but you must fear your God and your brother must live with you.

“‘If your brother becomes impoverished with regard to you so that he sells himself to you, you must not subject him to slave service.

He must be with the one who bought him like a yearly hired worker. The one who bought him must not rule over him harshly in your sight.

If, however, he is not redeemed in these ways, he must go free in the jubilee year, he and his children with him,

I myself will also walk in hostility against you and strike you seven times on account of your sins.

I will walk in hostile rage against you and I myself will also discipline you seven times on account of your sins.

The people contended with Moses, saying, “If only we had died when our brothers died before the Lord!

And God came to Balaam and said, “Who are these men with you?”

So the princes of Moab departed and went back to Balak and said, “Balaam refused to come with us.”

So Balaam got up in the morning, saddled his donkey, and went with the princes of Moab.

Be keenly aware that just as a parent disciplines his child, the Lord your God disciplines you.

As for the Levites in your villages, you must not ignore them, for they have no allotment or inheritance along with you.

If a virgin is engaged to a man and another man meets her in the city and has sexual relations with her,

Suppose a man comes across a virgin who is not engaged and overpowers and rapes her and they are discovered.

You must not return an escaped slave to his master when he has run away to you.

Indeed, he may live among you in any place he chooses, in whichever of your villages he prefers; you must not oppress him.

‘Cursed is the one who commits bestiality.’ Then all the people will say, ‘Amen!’

so that you may enter by oath into the covenant the Lord your God is making with you today.

You have seen their detestable things and idols of wood, stone, silver, and gold.)