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18 Forget about the wrong things people do to you. Don’t try to get even. Love your neighbor as yourself. I am the Lord.

19 “You must obey my laws. You must not let your animals mate with animals of a different kind. You must not sow your field with two kinds of seed. You must not wear clothing made from two kinds of material mixed together.

20 “It may happen that a man has sexual relations with a woman who is the slave of another man. But this slave woman has not been bought or given her freedom. If this happens, there must be punishment. But they will not be put to death because the woman was not free.

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18 “‘Do not seek revenge(A) or bear a grudge(B) against anyone among your people,(C) but love your neighbor(D) as yourself.(E) I am the Lord.

19 “‘Keep my decrees.(F)

“‘Do not mate different kinds of animals.

“‘Do not plant your field with two kinds of seed.(G)

“‘Do not wear clothing woven of two kinds of material.(H)

20 “‘If a man sleeps with a female slave who is promised to another man(I) but who has not been ransomed or given her freedom, there must be due punishment.[a] Yet they are not to be put to death, because she had not been freed.

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