Such laws provided remarkable health benefits. * But they had a higher purpose - that of keeping the people in Jehovah's favor, separate from the sinful practices of the debased nations surrounding them.
Milawu leyi a yi pfuna swinene eka rihanyo. * Kambe xikongomelo xa yona a xi tlakukile swinene - ku nga xa ku endla vanhu va amukeleka eka Yehovha, va hlawuleka eka vanhu va matiko lawa ma va rhendzeleke, lava a va thyakile naswona a va hanya hi vudyoho.