Leviticus 19
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Leviticus 19:19-32

19‘You are to keep My statutes. You shall not breed together two kinds of your cattle; 1you shall not sow your field with two kinds of seed, nor wear a garment upon you of two kinds of material mixed together.

20‘2Now if a man lies carnally with a woman who is a slave acquired for another man, but who has in no way been redeemed nor given her freedom, there shall be punishment; they shall not, however, be put to death, because she was not free. 21He shall bring his guilt offering to the Lord to the doorway of the tent of meeting, 3a ram for a guilt offering. 22The priest shall also make atonement for him with the ram of the guilt offering before the Lord for his sin which he has committed, and the sin which he has committed will be forgiven him.

23‘When you enter the land and plant all kinds of trees for food, then you shall count their fruit as 4forbidden. Three years it shall be 5forbidden to you; it shall not be eaten. 24But in the fourth year all its fruit shall be holy, an offering of praise to the Lord. 25In the fifth year you are to eat of its fruit, that its yield may increase for you; I am the Lord your God.

26‘You shall not eat anything 6with the blood, nor practice 7divination or soothsaying. 278You shall not round off the side-growth of your heads nor harm the edges of your beard. 28You shall not make any cuts in your 9body for the 10dead nor make any tattoo marks on yourselves: I am the Lord.

29‘11Do not 12profane your daughter by making her a harlot, so that the land will not fall to harlotry and the land become full of lewdness. 30You shall 13keep My sabbaths and 14revere My sanctuary; I am the Lord.

31‘Do not turn to 1516mediums or spiritists; do not seek them out to be defiled by them. I am the Lord your God.

32‘17You shall rise up before the grayheaded and honor the 18aged, and you shall revere your God; I am the Lord.

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Notes

  1. 1. Leviticus 19:19 Deut 22:9, 11 ↩
  2. 2. Leviticus 19:20 Deut 22:23-27 ↩
  3. 3. Leviticus 19:21 Lev 6:1-7 ↩
  4. 4. Leviticus 19:23 Lit uncircumcised ↩
  5. 5. Leviticus 19:23 Lit uncircumcised ↩
  6. 6. Leviticus 19:26 Gen 9:4; Lev 7:26f; 17:10; Deut 12:16, 23 ↩
  7. 7. Leviticus 19:26 Deut 18:10; 2 Kin 17:17 ↩
  8. 8. Leviticus 19:27 Lev 21:5; Deut 14:1 ↩
  9. 9. Leviticus 19:28 Lit flesh ↩
  10. 10. Leviticus 19:28 Lit soul ↩
  11. 11. Leviticus 19:29 Lev 21:9; Deut 22:21; 23:17, 18 ↩
  12. 12. Leviticus 19:29 Or degrade ↩
  13. 13. Leviticus 19:30 Lev 19:3 ↩
  14. 14. Leviticus 19:30 Lev 26:2 ↩
  15. 15. Leviticus 19:31 Or ghosts or spirits ↩
  16. 16. Leviticus 19:31 Lev 20:6, 27; Deut 18:11; 1 Sam 28:3; Is 8:19 ↩
  17. 17. Leviticus 19:32 Prov 23:22; Lam 5:12; 1 Tim 5:1 ↩
  18. 18. Leviticus 19:32 Lit face of the aged ↩

Commentaries on Leviticus 19

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