Leviticus 19:9-20

New International Version - UK

⁹ ‘“When you reap the harvest of your land, do not reap to the very edges of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest. ¹⁰ Do not go over your vineyard a second time or pick up the grapes that have fallen. Leave them for the poor and the foreigner. I am the Lord your God.

¹¹ ‘“Do not steal.

‘“Do not lie.

‘“Do not deceive one another.

¹² ‘“Do not swear falsely by my name and so profane the name of your God. I am the Lord.

¹³ ‘“Do not defraud or rob your neighbour.

‘“Do not hold back the wages of a hired worker overnight.

¹⁴ ‘“Do not curse the deaf or put a stumbling-block in front of the blind, but fear your God. I am the Lord.

¹⁵ ‘“Do not pervert justice; do not show partiality to the poor or favouritism to the great, but judge your neighbour fairly.

¹⁶ ‘“Do not go about spreading slander among your people.

‘“Do not do anything that endangers your neighbour’s life. I am the Lord.

¹⁷ ‘“Do not hate a fellow Israelite in your heart. Rebuke your neighbour frankly so that you will not share in their guilt.

¹⁸ ‘“Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against anyone among your people, but love your neighbour as yourself. I am the Lord.

¹⁹ ‘“Keep my decrees.

‘“Do not mate different kinds of animals.

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

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

²⁰ ‘“If a man sleeps with a female slave who is promised to another man 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. ²¹ The man, however, must bring a ram to the entrance to the tent of meeting for a guilt offering to the Lord. ²² With the ram of the guilt offering the priest is to make atonement for him before the Lord for the sin he has committed, and his sin will be forgiven.

²³ ‘“When you enter the land and plant any kind of fruit tree, regard its fruit as forbidden.^[b] For three years you are to consider it forbidden;^[c] it must not be eaten. ²⁴ In the fourth year all its fruit will be holy, an offering of praise to the Lord. ²⁵ But in the fifth year you may eat its fruit. In this way your harvest will be increased. I am the Lord your God.

²⁶ ‘“Do not eat any meat with the blood still in it.

‘“Do not practise divination or seek omens.

²⁷ ‘“Do not cut the hair at the sides of your head or clip off the edges of your beard.

²⁸ ‘“Do not cut your bodies for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves. I am the Lord.

²⁹ ‘“Do not degrade your daughter by making her a prostitute, or the land will turn to prostitution and be filled with wickedness.

³⁰ ‘“Observe my Sabbaths and have reverence for my sanctuary. I am the Lord.

³¹ ‘“Do not turn to mediums or seek out spiritists, for you will be defiled by them. I am the Lord your God.

³² ‘“Stand up in the presence of the aged, show respect for the elderly and revere your God. I am the Lord.

³³ ‘“When a foreigner resides among you in your land, do not ill-treat them. ³⁴ The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born. Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egypt. I am the Lord your God.

³⁵ ‘“Do not use dishonest standards when measuring length, weight or quantity. ³⁶ Use honest scales and honest weights, an honest ephah^[d] and an honest hin.^[e] I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt.

³⁷ ‘“Keep all my decrees and all my laws and follow them. I am the Lord.”’

Punishments for sin

20 The Lord said to Moses, ² ‘Say to the Israelites: “Any Israelite or any foreigner residing in Israel who sacrifices any of his children to Molek is to be put to death. The members of the community are to stone him. ³ I myself will set my face against him and will cut him off from his people; for by sacrificing his children to Molek, he has defiled my sanctuary and profaned my holy name. ⁴ If the members of the community close their eyes when that man sacrifices one of his children to Molek and if they fail to put him to death, ⁵ I myself will set my face against him and his family and will cut them off from their people together with all who follow him in prostituting themselves to Molek.

⁶ ‘“I will set my face against anyone who turns to mediums and spiritists to prostitute themselves by following them, and I will cut them off from their people.

⁷ ‘“Consecrate yourselves and be holy, because I am the Lord your God. ⁸ Keep my decrees and follow them. I am the Lord, who makes you holy.

⁹ ‘“Anyone who curses their father or mother is to be put to death. Because they have cursed their father or mother, their blood will be on their own head.