What behaviour does the Lord encourage in the Israelite society?
Leviticus 19:17 (ESV)
17“You shall not hate your brother in your heart, but you shall reason frankly with your neighbor, lest you incur sin because of him.
The phase, you shall reason frankly with your neighbor, is an emphatic admonition. It is better to instruct a fellow member of the covenant community than to detest him.
17 “You shall not hate your brother in your heart, but you shall reason frankly with your neighbor, lest you incur sin because of him.