Leviticus 18:24-19:28

New International Version

²⁴ “‘Do not defile yourselves in any of these ways, because this is how the nations that I am going to drive out before you^(A) became defiled.^{(B) 25} Even the land was defiled;^(C) so I punished it for its sin,^(D) and the land vomited out its inhabitants.^{(E) 26} But you must keep my decrees and my laws.^(F) The native-born and the foreigners residing among you must not do any of these detestable things, ²⁷ for all these things were done by the people who lived in the land before you, and the land became defiled. ²⁸ And if you defile the land,^(G) it will vomit you out^(H) as it vomited out the nations that were before you.

²⁹ “‘Everyone who does any of these detestable things—such persons must be cut off from their people. ³⁰ Keep my requirements^(I) and do not follow any of the detestable customs that were practiced before you came and do not defile yourselves with them. I am the Lord your God.^(J)’”

Various Laws

19 The Lord said to Moses, ² “Speak to the entire assembly of Israel^(K) and say to them: ‘Be holy because I, the Lord your God,^(L) am holy.^(M)

³ “‘Each of you must respect your mother and father,^(N) and you must observe my Sabbaths.^(O) I am the Lord your God.^(P)

⁴ “‘Do not turn to idols or make metal gods for yourselves.^(Q) I am the Lord your God.^(R)

⁵ “‘When you sacrifice a fellowship offering to the Lord, sacrifice it in such a way that it will be accepted on your behalf. ⁶ It shall be eaten on the day you sacrifice it or on the next day; anything left over until the third day must be burned up.^{(S) 7} If any of it is eaten on the third day, it is impure and will not be accepted.^{(T) 8} Whoever eats it will be held responsible^(U) because they have desecrated what is holy^(V) to the Lord; they must be cut off from their people.^(W)

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

¹¹ “‘Do not steal.^(AC)

“‘Do not lie.^(AD)

“‘Do not deceive one another.^(AE)

¹² “‘Do not swear falsely^(AF) by my name^(AG) and so profane^(AH) the name of your God. I am the Lord.

¹³ “‘Do not defraud or rob^(AI) your neighbor.^(AJ)

“‘Do not hold back the wages of a hired worker^(AK) overnight.^(AL)

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

¹⁵ “‘Do not pervert justice;^(AO) do not show partiality^(AP) to the poor or favoritism to the great,^(AQ) but judge your neighbor fairly.^(AR)

¹⁶ “‘Do not go about spreading slander^(AS) among your people.

“‘Do not do anything that endangers your neighbor’s life.^(AT) I am the Lord.

¹⁷ “‘Do not hate a fellow Israelite in your heart.^(AU) Rebuke your neighbor frankly^(AV) so you will not share in their guilt.

¹⁸ “‘Do not seek revenge^(AW) or bear a grudge^(AX) against anyone among your people,^(AY) but love your neighbor^(AZ) as yourself.^(BA) I am the Lord.

¹⁹ “‘Keep my decrees.^(BB)

“‘Do not mate different kinds of animals.

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

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

²⁰ “‘If a man sleeps with a female slave who is promised to another man^(BE) 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.^{(BF) 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.^(BG)

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,^(BH) 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.^(BI)

“‘Do not practice divination^(BJ) or seek omens.^(BK)

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

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