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Leviticus 19
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Yahweh Is Holy

19 Then[a] Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Speak to all the community of the Israelites,[b] and say to them, ‘You[c] must be holy, because I, Yahweh your[d] God, am holy. 3 Each of you must revere your mother[e] and your father,[f] and you[g] must keep my Sabbaths; I am Yahweh your[h] God. 4 You[i] must not turn to idols, and you[j] must not make for yourselves gods of cast metal; I am Yahweh your[k] God.

5 “‘And when you[l] sacrifice a sacrifice of fellowship offerings to Yahweh, you[m] must sacrifice it for your[n] acceptance. 6 It must be eaten on the day of your[o] sacrifice and the next day; but[p] the remainder must be burned up in the fire by the third day. 7 And if it is indeed eaten on the third day, it is unclean meat; it shall not be regarded as accepted. 8 And the one who eats it shall bear his guilt, because he has profaned Yahweh’s holiness, and that person shall be cut off from his people.

Love Your Neighbor as Yourself

9 “‘And at your[q] reaping the harvest of your[r] land you[s] must not finish reaping the edge of your[t] field, and you[u] must not glean the remnants of your[v] harvest. 10 And you[w] must not glean your[x] vineyard, and you[y] must not gather your[z] vineyard’s fallen grapes; you[aa] must leave them behind for the needy and for the alien; I am Yahweh your[ab] God.

11 “‘You[ac] shall not steal, and you[ad] shall not deceive, and you[ae] shall not lie to one another;[af] 12 and you[ag] shall not swear falsely[ah] in my name, and so one of you[ai] profane[aj] the name of your[ak] God; I am Yahweh.

13 “‘You[al] shall not exploit your[am] neighbor, and you[an] shall not rob him; a hired worker’s wage you[ao] shall not withhold[ap] overnight until morning. 14 You[aq] shall not curse the deaf, and you[ar] shall not put a stumbling block before[as] a blind person, but[at] you[au] shall revere your[av] God; I am Yahweh.

15 “‘You[aw] shall not do injustice in judgment; you[ax] shall not show partiality to the powerless;[ay] you[az] shall not give preference to the powerful;[ba] you[bb] shall judge your[bc] fellow citizen with justice. 16 You[bd] shall not go about with slander among your[be] people; you[bf] shall not endanger your[bg] neighbor’s life;[bh] I am Yahweh.

17 “‘You[bi] shall not hate your[bj] brother in your[bk] heart; you[bl] shall surely rebuke your[bm] fellow citizen, so that you[bn] do not incur sin along with[bo] him. 18 You[bp] shall not seek vengeance, and you[bq] shall not harbor a grudge against your[br] fellow citizens;[bs] and you[bt] shall love your[bu] neighbor like yourself; [bv] I am Yahweh.

You Shall Keep My Statutes

19 “‘You[bw] must keep my statutes: as for your[bx] domestic animals, you[by] shall not cause two differing kinds to breed; as for your[bz] field, you[ca] shall not sow two differing kinds of seed; and, a garment of two differing kinds of woven material should not be worn on you.[cb]

20 “‘And when a man lies with a woman and there is an emission of semen and she is a female slave promised to a man, but[cc] she indeed has not been ransomed or freedom has not be given to her, there shall be an obligation to compensate; they shall not be put to death, because she has not been freed. 21 And he shall bring his guilt offering to Yahweh at the tent of assembly’s entrance: a ram for a guilt offering. 22 And the priest shall make atonement for him before[cd] Yahweh with the ram of the guilt offering for his sin that he committed,[ce] and so his sin that he committed[cf] shall be forgiven him.

23 “‘And when you[cg] have come into the land and you[ch] plant any tree for[ci] food, you[cj] shall regard its fruit as unharvestable;[ck] for three years it shall be forbidden for you; [cl] it shall not be eaten. 24 But[cm] in the fourth year all its fruit shall be holy, offerings of praise for Yahweh. 25 And in the fifth year you[cn] shall eat its fruit to increase its yield for you; [co] I am Yahweh your[cp] God.

26 “‘You[cq] must not eat anything with the blood; you[cr] shall not practice divination, nor shall you[cs] interpret signs. 27 You[ct] shall not round off the corner hair of your[cu] head, and you[cv] shall not trim the corner of your[cw] beard. 28 And you[cx] shall not make a slash in your[cy] body for a dead person, nor shall you[cz] make on yourselves a tattoo’s mark; I am Yahweh.

29 “‘You[da] shall not profane your[db] daughter by making her a prostitute, lest the land be prostituted and the land fill up with depravity.[dc] 30 You[dd] shall keep my Sabbaths, and you[de] shall revere my sanctuary; I am Yahweh.

31 “‘You[df] shall not turn to the mediums and to the soothsayers; you[dg] shall not seek them to become unclean with them; I am Yahweh your[dh] God.

32 “‘Before[di] old age you[dj] shall get up, and you[dk] shall show respect for an old person; and you[dl] shall revere your God; I am Yahweh.

33 “‘And when an alien dwells with you[dm] in your[dn] land, you[do] shall not oppress him. 34 The alien who is dwelling with you[dp] shall be like a native among you,[dq] and you[dr] shall love him like yourself, [ds] because you[dt] were aliens in the land of Egypt; I am Yahweh your[du] God.

35 “‘You[dv] shall not commit injustice in regulation, in measurement, in weight, or[dw] volume. 36 You[dx] must have honest balances, honest weights, an honest ephah, and an honest hin; I am Yahweh your[dy] God who brought you[dz] out from the land of Egypt.

37 “‘Thus you[ea] shall keep all my statutes and all my regulations, and you[eb] shall do them; I am Yahweh.’”

Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 19:1 Or “And”
  2. Leviticus 19:2 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  3. Leviticus 19:2 Plural
  4. Leviticus 19:2 Plural
  5. Leviticus 19:3 Hebrew “his mother”
  6. Leviticus 19:3 Hebrew “his father”
  7. Leviticus 19:3 Plural
  8. Leviticus 19:3 Plural
  9. Leviticus 19:4 Plural
  10. Leviticus 19:4 Plural
  11. Leviticus 19:4 Plural
  12. Leviticus 19:5 Plural
  13. Leviticus 19:5 Plural
  14. Leviticus 19:5 Plural
  15. Leviticus 19:6 Plural
  16. Leviticus 19:6 Or “and”
  17. Leviticus 19:9 Plural
  18. Leviticus 19:9 Plural
  19. Leviticus 19:9 Singular
  20. Leviticus 19:9 Singular
  21. Leviticus 19:9 Singular
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  23. Leviticus 19:10 Singular
  24. Leviticus 19:10 Singular
  25. Leviticus 19:10 Singular
  26. Leviticus 19:10 Singular
  27. Leviticus 19:10 Singular
  28. Leviticus 19:10 Plural
  29. Leviticus 19:11 Plural
  30. Leviticus 19:11 Plural
  31. Leviticus 19:11 Plural
  32. Leviticus 19:11 Literally “a man to his fellow citizen”
  33. Leviticus 19:12 Plural
  34. Leviticus 19:12 Literally “to the deception”
  35. Leviticus 19:12 Singular
  36. Leviticus 19:12 Or “you shall profane”
  37. Leviticus 19:12 Singular
  38. Leviticus 19:13 Singular
  39. Leviticus 19:13 Singular
  40. Leviticus 19:13 Singular
  41. Leviticus 19:13 Singular
  42. Leviticus 19:13 Literally “leave with you”
  43. Leviticus 19:14 Singular
  44. Leviticus 19:14 Singular
  45. Leviticus 19:14 Literally “to the faces of”
  46. Leviticus 19:14 Or “and”
  47. Leviticus 19:14 Singular
  48. Leviticus 19:14 Singular
  49. Leviticus 19:15 Plural
  50. Leviticus 19:15 Singular
  51. Leviticus 19:15 Literally “you shall not lift up the faces of the poor/powerless”
  52. Leviticus 19:15 Singular
  53. Leviticus 19:15 Literally “faces of the great”
  54. Leviticus 19:15 Singular
  55. Leviticus 19:15 Singular
  56. Leviticus 19:16 Singular
  57. Leviticus 19:16 Singular
  58. Leviticus 19:16 Singular
  59. Leviticus 19:16 Singular
  60. Leviticus 19:16 Literally “you shall not stand on the blood of your neighbor”
  61. Leviticus 19:17 Singular
  62. Leviticus 19:17 Singular
  63. Leviticus 19:17 Singular
  64. Leviticus 19:17 Singular
  65. Leviticus 19:17 Singular
  66. Leviticus 19:17 Singular
  67. Leviticus 19:17 Or “in addition to him”; literally “upon him”
  68. Leviticus 19:18 Singular
  69. Leviticus 19:18 Singular
  70. Leviticus 19:18 Singular
  71. Leviticus 19:18 Literally “the sons of your people”
  72. Leviticus 19:18 Singular
  73. Leviticus 19:18 Singular
  74. Leviticus 19:18 Singular
  75. Leviticus 19:19 Plural
  76. Leviticus 19:19 Singular
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  78. Leviticus 19:19 Singular
  79. Leviticus 19:19 Singular
  80. Leviticus 19:19 Singular
  81. Leviticus 19:20 Or “and”
  82. Leviticus 19:22 Literally “to the faces of”
  83. Leviticus 19:22 Literally “sinned”
  84. Leviticus 19:22 Literally “sinned”
  85. Leviticus 19:23 Plural
  86. Leviticus 19:23 Plural
  87. Leviticus 19:23 Hebrew “of”
  88. Leviticus 19:23 Plural
  89. Leviticus 19:23 Literally “and you shall regard its foreskin as uncircumcised its fruit”
  90. Leviticus 19:23 Plural
  91. Leviticus 19:24 Or “And”
  92. Leviticus 19:25 Plural
  93. Leviticus 19:25 Plural
  94. Leviticus 19:25 Plural
  95. Leviticus 19:26 Plural
  96. Leviticus 19:26 Plural
  97. Leviticus 19:26 Plural
  98. Leviticus 19:27 Plural
  99. Leviticus 19:27 Plural
  100. Leviticus 19:27 Singular
  101. Leviticus 19:27 Singular
  102. Leviticus 19:28 Plural
  103. Leviticus 19:28 Plural
  104. Leviticus 19:28 Plural
  105. Leviticus 19:29 Singular
  106. Leviticus 19:29 Singular
  107. Leviticus 19:29 Literally “and the land does not prostitute and the land fills up depravity” or “so that the land does not prostitute and the land fills up depravity”
  108. Leviticus 19:30 Plural
  109. Leviticus 19:30 Plural
  110. Leviticus 19:31 Plural
  111. Leviticus 19:31 Plural
  112. Leviticus 19:31 Plural
  113. Leviticus 19:32 Literally “from the faces of”
  114. Leviticus 19:32 Singular
  115. Leviticus 19:32 Singular
  116. Leviticus 19:32 Singular
  117. Leviticus 19:33 Singular
  118. Leviticus 19:33 Plural
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  120. Leviticus 19:34 Plural
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  122. Leviticus 19:34 Singular
  123. Leviticus 19:34 Singular
  124. Leviticus 19:34 Plural
  125. Leviticus 19:34 Plural
  126. Leviticus 19:35 Plural
  127. Leviticus 19:35 Or “and”
  128. Leviticus 19:36 Plural
  129. Leviticus 19:36 Plural
  130. Leviticus 19:36 Plural
  131. Leviticus 19:37 Plural
  132. Leviticus 19:37 Plural
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Leviticus 19
International Standard Version

Ritual Purity

19 The Lord spoke to Moses, 2 “Tell the entire assembly of Israel that they are to be holy, since I, the Lord your God, am holy.

3 “Each of you is to fear his mother and father.

“Observe my Sabbaths. I am the Lord your God.

4 “You are not to turn to their idols or cast gods out of melted metal for yourselves. I am the Lord your God.

5 “When you offer a peace offering to the Lord, you are to offer it for your acceptance. 6 Your sacrifice is to be eaten on that day and the next day. Anything that remains to the third day is to be incinerated. 7 If it is eaten on the third day, it’s unclean. It won’t be accepted. 8 Anyone who eats it will bear the punishment of his sin, since he will have defiled himself regarding the Lord’s holy things. That person[a] is to be eliminated from contact with his people.”[b]

Harvesting and Gleaning

9 “When you reap the harvest of your land, you are not to completely finish harvesting the corners of the field—that is, you are not to pick what remains after you have reaped your harvest. 10 You are not to gather your vineyard or pick up the fallen grapes of your vineyard. Leave something for the poor and the resident alien who lives among you. I am the Lord your God.”

Just Dealings

11 “You are not to steal or lie or deal falsely with your neighbor.

12 “You are not to use my name to deceive, thereby defiling the name of your God. I am the Lord.

13 “You are not to oppress your neighbor or rob him.[c]

“The wages of a hired laborer are not to remain in your possession until morning.

14 “You are not to curse a deaf person or put a stumbling block before the blind.

“You are to fear God. I am the Lord.

15 “You are not to be unjust in deciding a case. You are not to show partiality to the poor or honor the great. Instead, decide the case of your neighbor with righteousness.”

Social Responsibility

16 “You are not to go around slandering your people.

“You are not to stand idle[d] when your neighbor’s life is at stake.[e] I am the Lord.

17 “You are not to hate your relative in your heart. Rebuke your neighbor if you must, but you are not to incur guilt on account of him.

18 “You are not to seek vengeance or hold a grudge against the descendants of your people. Instead, love your neighbor as yourself. I am the Lord.”

On Preserving Distinctiveness

19 “Observe my statutes.

“You are not to let your cattle breed with a different species.[f]

“You are not to sow your fields with two different kinds of seeds.[g]

“You are not to wear clothing made from two different kinds of material.

20 “When a person has sexual relations[h] with a woman servant who is engaged to another man, but she has not been completely redeemed nor has her freedom been granted to her, there is to be an inquiry, but they won’t be put to death, since she has not been freed. 21 The perpetrator[i] is to bring his guilt offering to the Lord at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting—that is, a ram as a guilt offering. 22 Then the priest is to make atonement for him with the ram as a guilt offering in the Lord’s presence on account of his sin which he has committed, but which will be forgiven him.”

Restrictions on Initial Harvests

23 “When you have entered the land and planted all sorts of trees for food, regard its fruit as uncircumcised for the first three years for you. It is not to be eaten. 24 During the fourth year, all its fruit is to be offered as a holy token of praise to the Lord. 25 But on the fifth year, you may eat its fruits to increase its produce for you.”

Prohibited Practices

26 “You are not to eat anything containing blood, engage in occult practices,[j] or practice fortune telling.[k]

27 “You are not to cut your hair in ritualistic patterns[l] on your head or deface the edges of your beard.

28 “You are not to make incisions in your flesh on account of the dead nor submit to cuts or tattoos. I am the Lord.

29 “You are not to defile your daughter by engaging her in prostitution so the land won’t become filled with wickedness.

30 “Observe my Sabbath and stand in awe of my sanctuary. I am the Lord.

31 “You are to consult neither mediums nor familiar spirits. You are never to seek them—you’ll just be defiled by them. I am the Lord your God.

32 “Rise in the presence of the aged[m] and honor the elderly face-to-face.

“Fear your God. I am the Lord.

33 “If a resident alien lives with you in your land, you are not to mistreat him. 34 You are to treat the resident alien the same way you treat the native born among you—love him like yourself, since you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.

35 “You are not to act unjustly in deciding a case[n] or when measuring weight and quantity. 36 You are to maintain just balances and reliable standards for weights, dry volumes, and liquid volumes.[o] I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt. 37 Observe all my statutes and all my ordinances in order to practice them. I am the Lord.”

Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 19:8 Lit. soul
  2. Leviticus 19:8 The Heb. lacks from contact with his people
  3. Leviticus 19:13 The Heb. lacks him
  4. Leviticus 19:16 The Heb. lacks idle
  5. Leviticus 19:16 Lit. stand on the blood of your neighbor
  6. Leviticus 19:19 Lit. breed within two kinds
  7. Leviticus 19:19 The Heb. lacks of seeds
  8. Leviticus 19:20 Lit. a lying of seed
  9. Leviticus 19:21 Lit. He
  10. Leviticus 19:26 I.e. divination
  11. Leviticus 19:26 Or practice witchcraft
  12. Leviticus 19:27 Lit. cut the sides of your hair; i.e. as a sign of affiliation
  13. Leviticus 19:32 Lit. of the grey head
  14. Leviticus 19:35 Lit. in judgment
  15. Leviticus 19:36 Lit. and honest weight, ephah, and hin
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