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BeginningIsrael is entering a land where the nations’ practices have brought judgment.“‘You shall therefore keep all my statutes and all my ordinances, and do them, that the land where I am bringing you to dwell may not vomit you out. — Leviticus 20:22–23 · WEB
In the commentarySet Apart from the Peoples
Live as a people set apart
1 Keep the statutes
Do not walk in the nations’ customsKeep the LORD’s statutes and rules. Do not walk in the customs of the nations the LORD is driving out.You shall not walk in the customs of the nation which I am casting out before you; for they did all these things, and therefore I abhorred them. — Leviticus 20:22–23 · WEB
In the commentarySet Apart from the Peoples
2 Make distinctions
Separate permitted from forbiddenDistinguish clean animals from unclean, and clean birds from unclean. Do not make yourselves detestable through them.“‘You shall therefore make a distinction between the clean animal and the unclean, and between the unclean fowl and the clean. You shall not make… — Leviticus 20:25 · WEB
In the commentarySet Apart from the Peoples
3 Belong to the LORD
Live as a people set apart for the LORDYou shall be holy to me, for I, Yahweh, am holy, and have set you apart from the peoples, that you should be mine. — Leviticus 20:22–26 · WEB
In the commentarySet Apart from the Peoples
The order of these steps is adapted from the Torah flowcharts published by OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0.