“You shall not do as they do (לא תַעֲשׂוּ) in the land of Egypt, where you lived, and you shall not do as they do (לא תַעֲשׂוּ) in the land of
Canaan, to which I am bringing you. You shall not walk in their statutes” (Lev. 18:3). In other words,
we are not to follow the crowd, to appeal to the status quo, or to mimic the customs of the world because we are a visionary people
Leviticus 18:3 and being different
