The sacrifice of the Feast of the Passover shall not be left until morning.

The first of the firstfruits of the ground thou shalt bring unto the house of Jehovah thy God.

Thou shalt not cook a kid in its mother's milk.

CHAPTER IV.

LEVITICUS, xix.

LEVITICAL CODES-I.

DUTY TOWARD GOD AND NEIGHBOR.

(Two brief Codes of a general character founded on the Decalogue.)

(First Code.)

I. My sabbaths shall ye keep, and My sanctuary shall ye reverence: I am Jehovah.

Turn not to sorcerers nor enquire of wizards, to be defiled by them: I am Jehovah your God.

Before the hoary head rise up, and honor the presence of the aged, and fear thy God: I am Jehovah.

II. And if strangers dwell with you in your land, ye shall not do them wrong. The stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as the homeborn among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself (for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt): I am Jehovah your God.

Ye shall do no wrong in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure. Honest scales, honest weights, honest dry measure, honest liquid measure, shall ye have I am Jehovah your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.

And ye shall observe all My statutes, and all My judgments, and do them: I am Jehovah.

(Second Code.)

I.-Holy shall ye be; for I Jehovah your God am holy.

Ye shall reverence every man his mother, and his father, and keep My sabbaths: I am Jehovah your God. Turn not unto idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I am Jehovah your God.

II. When ye reap the harvest of your land,-thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field; nor gather the gleaning of thy harvest; nor glean thy garden; nor gather the fallen fruit of thy garden; thou shalt leave them for the poor and for the stranger; I am Jehovah your God.

Ye shall not steal; nor cheat; nor lie one to another; nor swear falsely by My name, to profane the name of thy God I am Jehovah.

Thou shalt not wrong nor rob thy neighbor; thou shalt not keep the wages of an hireling until morning; thou shalt not curse the deaf; nor put a stumblingblock before the blind; and thou shalt fear thy God; I am Jehovah.

Ye shall do no wrong in Judgment,-thou shalt not respect the person of the poor; nor honor the person of the mighty; in justice shalt thou judge thy neighbor; thou shalt not play the talebearer among thy people; neither shalt thou seek thy neighbor's blood: I am Jehovah.

Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart; thou shalt openly rebuke thy neighbor, that thou incur not guilt because of him; thou shalt not take vengeance, nor bear grudge against the children of thy people; and thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself: I am Jehovah. Ye shall keep My statutes.

CHAPTER V.

LEVITICUS, xi., xvii., xix., xxvi. NUMBERS, xiii., xiv., xix.

LEVITICAL CODES-II.

RELATIONS TO GOD.

All Flesh-Eating Sacrifice-Animals Killed in the Chase-Pouring Out the Blood-Blood Forbidden-Blood is Life-Images Forbidden-Sabbaths and Sanctuary-Sanctity of the Body-Not to be Disfigured-Holy Unto God-Clean for Eating-Unclean Creeping Things-Touching the Dead-Leprosy of Man-Of Garments -Of Houses.

Sacrifice.-Whosoever of the house of Israel killeth an ox, or lamb, or goat, in the camp, or without the camp, and hath not brought it before the tent of meeting, to offer it an offering unto Jehovah before the tabernacle of Jehovah; blood shall be imputed unto that man; he hath shed blood; and that man shall be cut off from among his people; to the end that the children of Israel may bring their sacrifices, which they slay in the open field, unto Jehovah, unto the door of the tent of meeting, unto the priest, and sacrifice sacrifices of peace offerings unto Jehovah. And they shall no more sacrifice their sacrifices unto the satyrs, after whom they go astray.

And whosoever of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that dwell among them, taketh in hunting any beast or fowl that may be eaten; he shall pour out its blood, and cover it with dust.

And whosoever of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that dwell among them, eateth any blood; I will cut him off from among his people. For the life of all flesh is its blood. I have given it to you upon the altar to make atonement for yourselves.

Images. Ye shall make you no idols, neither shall ye set up a graven image, or a pillar (Mazzebah), neither shall ye place any figured stone in your land, to bow down thereto; for I am Jehovah your God.

My sabbaths shall ye keep, and my sanctuary shall ye reverence: I am Jehovah.

Bodily Sanctity.-Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, nor mar the corners of your beard. Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am Jehovah.

Profane not thy daughter, to make her an harlot. Clean and Unclean.-These are the creatures which ye may eat:

Of all the beasts that are on the earth, whatsoever, that cheweth the cud, parteth the hoof, and is cloven-footed, that ye may eat. But ye shall not eat the camel, and the coney, and the hare, because they chew the cud but part not the hoof; they are unclean unto you. And the swine, because he parteth the hoof, and is clovenfooted, but cheweth not the cud, is unclean unto you. Of their flesh ye shall not eat, and their carcases ye shall not touch; they are unclean unto you.

These may ye eat of all that are in the waters: whatsoever hath fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, these may ye eat. And all that have not fins and scales are an abomination unto you; ye shall not eat of their flesh, and their carcases ye shall have in abomination.