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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
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  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
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  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
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  56. Leviticus 19:16 Singular
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  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
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  75. Leviticus 19:19 Plural
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  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
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  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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  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
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition

Ritual and Moral Holiness

19 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

2 “Speak to all the congregation of the Israelites and say to them: You shall be holy, for I the Lord your God am holy.(A) 3 You shall each revere your mother and father, and you shall keep my Sabbaths: I am the Lord your God.(B) 4 Do not turn to idols or make cast images for yourselves: I am the Lord your God.(C)

5 “When you offer a sacrifice of well-being to the Lord, offer it in such a way that it is acceptable on your behalf. 6 It shall be eaten on the same day you offer it or on the next day, and anything left over until the third day shall be consumed in fire. 7 If any of it is eaten on the third day, it is an abomination; it will not be acceptable. 8 All who eat it shall be subject to punishment, because they have profaned what is holy to the Lord, and any such person shall be cut off from the people.

9 “When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap to the very edges of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest.(D) 10 You shall not strip your vineyard bare or gather the fallen grapes of your vineyard; you shall leave them for the poor and the alien: I am the Lord your God.

11 “You shall not steal; you shall not deal falsely; and you shall not lie to one another.(E) 12 And you shall not swear falsely by my name, profaning the name of your God: I am the Lord.(F)

13 “You shall not defraud your neighbor; you shall not steal; and you shall not keep for yourself the wages of a laborer until morning.(G) 14 You shall not revile the deaf or put a stumbling block before the blind; you shall fear your God: I am the Lord.(H)

15 “You shall not render an unjust judgment; you shall not be partial to the poor or defer to the great: with justice you shall judge your neighbor.(I) 16 You shall not go around as a slanderer among your people, and you shall not stand idly by when the blood[a] of your neighbor is at stake: I am the Lord.(J)

17 “You shall not hate in your heart anyone of your kin; you shall reprove your neighbor, or you will incur guilt yourself.(K) 18 You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against any of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the Lord.(L)

19 “You shall keep my statutes. You shall not let your animals breed with a different kind; you shall not sow your field with two kinds of seed; nor shall you put on a garment made of two different materials.(M)

20 “If a man has sexual relations with a woman who is a slave, designated for another man but not ransomed or given her freedom, an inquiry shall be held. They shall not be put to death, since she has not been freed, 21 but he shall bring a guilt offering for himself to the Lord, at the entrance of the tent of meeting, a ram as guilt offering.(N) 22 And the priest shall make atonement for him with the ram of guilt offering before the Lord for his sin that he committed, and the sin he committed shall be forgiven him.

23 “When you come into the land and plant all kinds of trees for food, then you shall regard their fruit as forbidden;[b] three years it shall be forbidden[c] to you; it must not be eaten. 24 In the fourth year all their fruit shall be set apart for rejoicing in the Lord.(O) 25 But in the fifth year you may eat of their fruit, that their yield may be increased for you: I am the Lord your God.

26 “You shall not eat anything with its blood. You shall not practice augury or witchcraft.(P) 27 You shall not round off the hair on your temples or mar the edges of your beard.(Q) 28 You shall not make any gashes in your flesh for the dead or tattoo any marks upon you: I am the Lord.(R)

29 “Do not profane your daughter by making her a prostitute, that the land not become prostituted and full of depravity.(S) 30 You shall keep my Sabbaths and revere my sanctuary: I am the Lord.(T)

31 “Do not turn to mediums and spiritualists; do not seek them out, to be defiled by them: I am the Lord your God.(U)

32 “You shall rise before the aged and defer to the old, and you shall fear your God: I am the Lord.

33 “When an alien resides with you in your land, you shall not oppress the alien.(V) 34 The alien who resides with you shall be to you as the native-born among you; you shall love the alien as yourself, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.(W)

35 “You shall not cheat in measuring length, weight, or quantity. 36 You shall have honest balances, honest weights, an honest ephah, and an honest hin: I am the Lord your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt. 37 You shall keep all my statutes and all my ordinances and observe them: I am the Lord.”

Footnotes

  1. 19.16 Heb stand against the blood
  2. 19.23 Heb as their uncircumcision
  3. 19.23 Heb uncircumcision
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