Leviticus 19

1Then the LORDH3068 saidH1696 toH413 MosesH4872H559, 2“SpeakH1696 toH413 the wholeH3605 congregationH5712H1121 of IsraelH3478 and tellH559 themH413: BeH1961 holyH6918 becauseH3588 IH589, the LORDH3068 your GodH430, am holyH6918.1

3EachH376 of you must respectH3372 his motherH517 and fatherH1, and you must keepH8104 My SabbathsH7676. IH589 am the LORDH3068 your GodH430.

4Do notH408 turnH6437 toH413 idolsH457 or makeH6213 for yourselves moltenH4541H3808 godsH430. IH589 am the LORDH3068 your GodH430.

5WhenH3588 you sacrificeH2076 a peace offeringH2077H8002 to the LORDH3068, you shall offer itH2076 for your acceptanceH7522. 6It shall be eatenH398 on the dayH3117 you sacrifice itH2077, or on the next dayH4283; but what remainsH3498H5704 on the thirdH7992 dayH3117 must be burned upH784H8313. 7IfH518 any of it is eatenH398 on the thirdH7992 dayH3117, itH1931 is taintedH6292 and will notH3808 be acceptedH7521. 8Whoever eatsH398 it will bearH5375 his iniquityH5771, forH3588 he has profanedH2490 what is holyH6944 to the LORDH3068. ThatH1931 personH5315 must be cut offH3772 from his peopleH5971.

Love Your Neighbor

(Romans 13:8–10)

9When you reapH7114 the harvestH7105 of your landH776, you are notH3808 to reapH3615 to the very edgesH6285 of your fieldH7704H7114 or gatherH3950 the gleaningsH3951 of your harvestH7105H3808. 10You must notH3808 strip your vineyardH3754 bareH5953 or gatherH3950 itsH3754H3808 fallen grapesH6528. LeaveH5800 themH853 for the poorH6041 and the foreignerH1616. IH589 am the LORDH3068 your GodH430.

11You must notH3808 stealH1589. You must notH3808 lieH3584H3808 or deceiveH8266 oneH376 anotherH5997.

12You must notH3808 swearH7650 falselyH8267 by My nameH8034 and so profaneH2490 the nameH8034 of your GodH430. IH589 am the LORDH3068.

13You must notH3808 defraudH6231 your neighborH7453 orH3808 rob himH1497.

YouH854 must notH3808 withholdH3885 untilH5704 morningH1242 the wagesH6468 due a hired handH7916.

14You must notH3808 curseH7043 the deafH2795 or placeH5414 a stumbling blockH4383 beforeH6440 the blindH5787H3808, but you shall fearH3372 your GodH430. IH589 am the LORDH3068.

15You must notH3808 pervertH6213H5766 justiceH4941; you must notH3808 show partialityH5375H6440 to the poorH1800 orH3808 favoritismH1921H6440 to the richH1419; you are to judgeH8199 your neighborH5997 fairlyH6664.

16You must notH3808 goH1980 about spreading slanderH7400 among your peopleH5971.

You must notH3808 endangerH5975H5921 the lifeH18182 of your neighborH7453. IH589 am the LORDH3068.

17You must notH3808 harbor hatredH8130 against your brotherH251 in your heartH3824. Directly rebukeH3198 your neighborH5997, so that you will notH3808 incurH5375 guiltH2399 on account of himH5921. 18Do notH3808 seek revengeH5358H3808 or bear a grudgeH5201 against anyH1121 of your peopleH5971, but loveH157 your neighborH7453 as yourselfH3644.3 IH589 am the LORDH3068.

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Keep My Statutes

You are to keepH8104 My statutesH2708. You shall notH3808 crossbreedH7250 two different kindsH3610 of livestockH929; you shall not sowH2232 your fieldsH7704H3808 with two kindsH3610 of seedH5927; and you shall not wearH5921H3808 clothingH899 made of two kindsH3610 of materialH8162.

20IfH3588 a manH376 liesH7901 carnallyH2233 with a slave girlH1931H8198 promisedH2778 to another manH376 but who has notH3808H6299 been redeemedH6299 orH176 givenH5414 her freedomH2668, there must beH1961 due punishmentH1244. But they are notH3808 to be put to deathH4191, becauseH3588H3808 she had notH3808 been freedH2666. 21The man, however, must bringH935 a ramH352 toH413 the entranceH6607 to the TentH168 of MeetingH4150 as his guilt offeringH817 to the LORDH3068. 22The priestH3548 shall make atonementH3722 on his behalfH5921 beforeH6440 the LORDH3068 with the ramH352 of the guilt offeringH817 forH5921 the sinH2403 he has committedH2398, and he will be forgivenH5545 the sinH2403 he has committedH2398.

23WhenH3588 you enterH935H413 the landH776 and plantH5193 anyH3605 kind of treeH6086 for foodH3978, you shall regardH6188 the fruitH6529 as forbiddenH6190.4 For threeH7969 yearsH8141 it will beH1961 forbiddenH6189 to you and must notH3808 be eatenH398. 24In the fourthH7243 yearH8141 allH3605 its fruitH6529 must beH1961 consecratedH6944 as a praise offeringH1974 to the LORDH3068. 25But in the fifthH2549 yearH8141 you may eatH398 its fruitH6529; thus your harvestH8393 will be increasedH3254. IH589 am the LORDH3068 your GodH430.

26You must notH3808 eatH398 anything withH5921 blood still in itH1818.

You must notH3808 practice divinationH5172 orH3808 sorceryH6049.

27You must notH3808 cut off the hairH5362 at the sidesH6285 of your headH7218H3808 or clip offH7843 the edgesH6285 of your beardH2206.

28You must notH3808 make any cutsH8296H5414 in your bodiesH1320 for the deadH5315 or putH5414 tattooH7085H3808 marksH3793 on yourselves. IH589 am the LORDH3068.

29You must notH408 defileH2490 your daughterH1323 by making her a prostituteH2181, orH3808 the landH776 will be prostitutedH2181 and filledH4390H776 with depravityH2154.

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You must keepH8104 My SabbathsH7676 and have reverence forH3372 My sanctuaryH4720. IH589 am the LORDH3068.

31You must notH408 turnH6437 toH413 mediumsH178 or spiritistsH3049; do not seek them outH1245H408, or you will be defiledH2930 by them. IH589 am the LORDH3068 your GodH430.

32You are to riseH6965 in the presenceH6440 of the elderlyH7872, honorH1921H6440 the agedH2205, and fearH3372 your GodH430. IH589 am the LORDH3068.

33WhenH3588 a foreignerH1616 residesH1481 with youH854 in your landH776, you must notH3808 oppressH3238 himH853. 34You must treatH1961 the foreignerH1616 livingH1481 among youH854 as native-bornH249 and loveH157 him as yourselfH3644, forH3588 you wereH1961 foreignersH1616 in the landH776 of EgyptH4714. IH589 am the LORDH3068 your GodH430.

35You must notH3808 useH6213 dishonestH5766 measuresH4941 of lengthH4060, weightH4948, or volumeH4884. 36You shall maintainH1961 honestH6664 scalesH3976 and weightsH68, an honestH6664 ephahH374,5 and an honestH6664 hinH1969.6 IH589 am the LORDH3068 your GodH430, whoH834 broughtH3318 youH853 out of the landH776 of EgyptH4714.

37You must keepH8104 allH3605 My statutesH2708 and allH3605 My ordinancesH4941 and followH6213 themH853. IH589 am the LORDH3068.”