The Holiness of the Community

19 The Lord told Moses ² to speak to the whole community of the Israelites and tell them these things:

You shall be holy, because I, the Lord your God, am holy.

¹⁵ You shall not act unjustly in court cases. Do not show favoritism to a poor person, and do not show undue honor to an important person. You must judge your fellow citizens with justice.

¹⁶ You shall not go around spreading slander among your people. You shall not testify falsely against your neighbor in a capital case.^[a] I am the Lord.

¹⁷ You shall not hate a fellow Israelite^[b] in your heart. You must openly rebuke your fellow citizen so that you do not become responsible for his sin. ¹⁸ You must not take revenge. You must not bear a grudge against the members of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself. I am the Lord.