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Leviticus 19 from Scroll 1Q3 PaleoLeviticus-Numbers 30 “ ‘You shall keep my Sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary; I am Yahweh. 31 “ ‘Don’t turn to those who are mediums, nor to the wizards. Don’t seek them out, to be defiled by them. I am Yahweh your God. 32 “ ‘You shall rise up before the gray head, and honor the face of an old man, and you shall fear your God. I am Yahweh. 33 “ ‘If a stranger lives as a foreigner with you in your land, you shall not do him wrong. 34 The stranger who lives as a foreigner with you shall be to you as the native-born among you, and you shall love him as yourself; for you lived as foreigners in the land of Egypt. I am Yahweh your God.
Leviticus 19 from Scroll 4Q23 Leviticus-Numbersa 3 “ ‘Each one of you shall respect his mother and his father. You shall keep my Sabbaths. I am Yahweh your God. 4 “ ‘Don’t turn to idols, nor make molten gods for yourselves. I am Yahweh your God. 5 “ ‘When you offer a sacrifice of peace offerings to Yahweh, you shall offer it so that you may be accepted. 6 It shall be eaten the same day you offer it, and on the next day. If anything remains until the third day, it shall be burned with fire. 7 If it is eaten at all on the third day, it is an abomination. It will not be accepted; 8 but everyone who eats it shall bear his iniquity, because he has profaned the holy thing of Yahweh, and that soul shall be cut off from his people.
Leviticus 19 from Scroll 4Q26a Leviticuse 34 The stranger who lives as a foreigner with you shall be to you as the native-born among you, and you shall love him as yourself; for you lived as foreigners in the land of Egypt. I am Yahweh your God. 35 “‘You shall do no
unrighteousness in judgment, in measures of length, of weight, or of
quantity.
36 You shall have 37 “‘You shall observe all my statutes, and all my ordinances, and do them. I am Yahweh.’”
Leviticus 19 from Scroll 11Q1 PaleoLeviticusa 1 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Speak to all the congregation of the children of Israel, and tell them, ‘You shall be holy; for I, Yahweh your God, am holy. 3 “ ‘Each one of you shall respect his mother and his father. You shall keep my Sabbaths. I am Yahweh your God. 4 “ ‘Don’t turn to idols, nor make molten gods for yourselves. I am Yahweh your God.
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