Thou shall not eat any abominable thing. ] That is so either in its own nature, or because forbidden by the Lord; what are such are declared in the following verses.
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You are the children of the LORD your God. Do not cut yourselves or shave the front of your heads for the dead,
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for you are a people holy to the LORD your God. Out of all the peoples on the face of the earth, the LORD has chosen you to be his treasured possession.