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30 You[a] shall keep my Sabbaths, and you[b] shall revere my sanctuary; I am Yahweh.

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

32 “‘Before[f] old age you[g] shall get up, and you[h] shall show respect for an old person; and you[i] shall revere your God; I am Yahweh.

33 “‘And when an alien dwells with you[j] in your[k] land, you[l] shall not oppress him. 34 The alien who is dwelling with you[m] shall be like a native among you,[n] and you[o] shall love him like yourself, [p] because you[q] were aliens in the land of Egypt; I am Yahweh your[r] God.

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

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

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  1. Leviticus 19:30 Plural
  2. Leviticus 19:30 Plural
  3. Leviticus 19:31 Plural
  4. Leviticus 19:31 Plural
  5. Leviticus 19:31 Plural
  6. Leviticus 19:32 Literally “from the faces of”
  7. Leviticus 19:32 Singular
  8. Leviticus 19:32 Singular
  9. Leviticus 19:32 Singular
  10. Leviticus 19:33 Singular
  11. Leviticus 19:33 Plural
  12. Leviticus 19:33 Plural
  13. Leviticus 19:34 Plural
  14. Leviticus 19:34 Plural
  15. Leviticus 19:34 Singular
  16. Leviticus 19:34 Singular
  17. Leviticus 19:34 Plural
  18. Leviticus 19:34 Plural
  19. Leviticus 19:35 Plural
  20. Leviticus 19:35 Or “and”
  21. Leviticus 19:36 Plural
  22. Leviticus 19:36 Plural
  23. Leviticus 19:36 Plural
  24. Leviticus 19:37 Plural
  25. Leviticus 19:37 Plural

30 (A)You shall keep my Sabbaths and (B)reverence my sanctuary: I am the Lord.

31 (C)“Do not turn to mediums or necromancers; do not seek them out, and so make yourselves unclean by them: I am the Lord your God.

32 (D)“You shall stand up before the gray head and honor the face of an old man, and you shall (E)fear your God: I am the Lord.

33 (F)“When a stranger sojourns with you in your land, you shall not do him wrong. 34 (G)You shall treat the stranger who sojourns with you as the native among you, and (H)you shall love him as yourself, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.

35 (I)“You shall do no wrong in judgment, in measures of length or weight or quantity. 36 (J)You shall have just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin:[a] I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt. 37 And (K)you shall observe all my statutes and all my rules, and do them: I am the Lord.”

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  1. Leviticus 19:36 An ephah was about 3/5 bushel or 22 liters; a hin was about 4 quarts or 3.5 liters