The strangest-looking chapter in the book, because it refuses to sort its contents the way we would. Revere your parents and keep the sabbath; do not turn to idols; leave the corners of your field for the poor and the stranger; do not hold back a hired man’s wages overnight; do not curse the deaf or put a stumbling block before the blind; do not be partial to the poor or defer to the great; do not hate your brother in your heart; love your neighbour as yourself; do not mix seed or cloth; rise before the grey head; use honest weights. Ethics, ritual, farming and commerce interleaved, each closed with the same four words: I am the LORD. And it is addressed not to priests but to all the congregation. Sixteen verses after the famous one, the chapter answers the obvious question about scope: love the stranger as thyself, too.