18 (A)You shall not take vengeance, (B)nor bear any grudge against the sons of your people, but (C)you shall love your neighbor as yourself; I am the Lord.

19 ‘You are to keep My statutes. You shall not breed together two kinds of your cattle; (D)you shall not sow your field with two kinds of seed, nor wear a garment upon you of two kinds of material mixed together.

20 (E)Now if a man lies carnally with a woman who is a slave acquired for another man, but who has in no way been redeemed nor given her freedom, there shall be punishment; they shall not, however, be put to death, because she was not free.

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18 “‘Do not seek revenge(A) or bear a grudge(B) against anyone among your people,(C) but love your neighbor(D) as yourself.(E) I am the Lord.

19 “‘Keep my decrees.(F)

“‘Do not mate different kinds of animals.

“‘Do not plant your field with two kinds of seed.(G)

“‘Do not wear clothing woven of two kinds of material.(H)

20 “‘If a man sleeps with a female slave who is promised to another man(I) but who has not been ransomed or given her freedom, there must be due punishment.[a] Yet they are not to be put to death, because she had not been freed.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 19:20 Or be an inquiry