Leviticus 19:1-8

Revised Standard Version

Ritual and Moral Holiness

19 And the Lord said to Moses, ² “Say to all the congregation of the people of Israel, You shall be holy; for I the Lord your God am holy. ³ Every one of you shall revere his mother and his father, and you shall keep my sabbaths: I am the Lord your God. ⁴ Do not turn to idols or make for yourselves molten gods: I am the Lord your God.

⁵ “When you offer a sacrifice of peace offerings to the Lord, you shall offer it so that you may be accepted. ⁶ It shall be eaten the same day you offer it, or on the morrow; and anything left over until the third day shall be burned with fire. ⁷ If it is eaten at all on the third day, it is an abomination; it will not be accepted, ⁸ and every one who eats it shall bear his iniquity, because he has profaned a holy thing of the Lord; and that person shall be cut off from his people.