Leviticus 18:22-19:14

English Standard Version

²²^(A)You shall not lie with a male as with a woman; it is an abomination. ²³^(B)And you shall not lie with any animal and so make yourself unclean with it, neither shall any woman give herself to an animal to lie with it: it is ^(C)perversion.

²⁴^(D)“Do not make yourselves unclean by any of these things, ^(E)for by all these the nations I am driving out before you have become unclean, ²⁵and the ^(F)land became unclean, so that I punished its iniquity, and the land ^(G)vomited out its inhabitants. ²⁶But ^(H)you shall keep my statutes and my rules and do none of these abominations, either the ^(I)native or the stranger who sojourns among you ²⁷(for the people of the land, who were before you, did all of these abominations, so that the land became unclean), ²⁸lest the land vomit you out when you make it unclean, as it vomited out the nation that was before you. ²⁹For everyone who does any of these abominations, the persons who do them shall be cut off from among their people. ³⁰^(J)So keep my charge never to practice ^(K)any of these abominable customs that were practiced before you, and never to make yourselves unclean by them: ^(L)I am the Lord your God.”

The Lord Is Holy

19 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ²“Speak to all the congregation of the people of Israel and say to them, ^(M)You shall be holy, for I the Lord your God am holy. ³^(N)Every one of you shall revere his mother and his father, and ^(O)you shall keep my Sabbaths: I am the Lord your God. ⁴^(P)Do not turn to idols ^(Q)or make for yourselves any gods of cast metal: I am the Lord your God.

⁵^(R)“When you offer a sacrifice of peace offerings to the Lord, you shall offer it so ^(S)that you may be accepted. ⁶It shall be eaten the same day you offer it or on the day after, and anything left over until the third day shall be burned up with fire. ⁷If it is eaten at all on the third day, it is ^(T)tainted; it will not be accepted, ⁸and everyone who eats it shall ^(U)bear his iniquity, because ^(V)he has profaned what is holy to the Lord, and that person shall be cut off from his people.

Love Your Neighbor as Yourself

⁹^(W)“When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap your field right up to its edge, neither shall you gather the gleanings after your harvest. ¹⁰And you shall not strip your vineyard bare, neither shall you gather the fallen grapes of your vineyard. You shall leave them for the poor and for the sojourner: I am the Lord your God.

¹¹^(X)“You shall not steal; ^(Y)you shall not deal falsely; you shall not lie to one another. ¹²^(Z)You shall not swear by my name falsely, and so ^(AA)profane the name of your God: I am the Lord.

¹³^(AB)“You shall not oppress your neighbor or rob him. ^(AC)The wages of a hired worker shall not remain with you all night until the morning. ¹⁴^(AD)You shall not curse the deaf or put a stumbling block before the blind, but you shall ^(AE)fear your God: I am the Lord.