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11 One of you has sex with another man’s wife. I hate that sin. Another brings shame on his daughter-in-law by having sex with her. Still another has sex with his sister, even though she is his own father’s daughter. 12 You accept money from people who want special favors. You do this to spill someone’s blood. You charge interest to poor people when you lend them money. You make money from them. You get rich by cheating your neighbors. And you have forgotten me,” announces the Lord and King.

13 “ ‘ “I will clap my hands because I am so angry. You got rich by cheating others. You spilled blood inside the walls of your city.

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11 In you one man commits a detestable offense with his neighbor’s wife,(A) another shamefully defiles his daughter-in-law,(B) and another violates his sister,(C) his own father’s daughter.(D) 12 In you are people who accept bribes(E) to shed blood; you take interest(F) and make a profit from the poor. You extort unjust gain from your neighbors.(G) And you have forgotten(H) me, declares the Sovereign Lord.(I)

13 “‘I will surely strike my hands(J) together at the unjust gain(K) you have made and at the blood(L) you have shed in your midst.(M)

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