Revised Version 1895

Leviticus 19:26-37

26Ye shallnotלֹ֥אlo'H3808eatתֹאכְל֖וּto.khe.LuH398anyH398thing with thebloodהַדָּ֑םha.DamH1818:neitherלֹ֥אlo'H3808shall yeuseH398enchantmentsתְנַחֲשׁ֖וּte.na.cha.ShuH5172,norוְלֹ֥אve.Lo'H3808practise augury.

27Ye shallnotלֹ֣אlo'H3808roundתַקִּ֔פוּta.Ki.fuH5362thecornersפְּאַ֖תpe.'AtH6285of yourheadsרֹאשְׁכֶ֑םrosh.KhemH7218,neitherוְלֹ֣אve.Lo'H3808shalt thou mar thecornersפְּאַ֥תpe.'AtH6285of thybeardזְקָנֶֽךָ׃ze.ka.Ne.chaH2206.

28Ye shallnotלֹ֤אlo'H3808makeH5414anyH5414cuttings in yourfleshבִּבְשַׂרְכֶ֔םbiv.sar.KhemH1320for thedeadלָנֶ֗פֶשׁla.Ne.feshH5315,norלֹ֥אlo'H3808printanyH5414marksוּכְתֹ֣בֶתu.khe.ToetH3793uponyouH5414: I am theLORDיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068.

29Profaneתְּחַלֵּ֥לte.cha.LelH2490notוְלֹא־ve.lo'-H3808thydaughterבִּתְּךָ֖bi.te.KhaH1323, to makeherH4390aharlotלְהַזְנוֹתָ֑הּle.haz.no.TahH2181; lest thelandהָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzH776fallתִזְנֶ֣הtiz.NehH2181to whoredom, and thelandהָאָ֖רֶץha.'A.retzH776becomeH4390fullוּמָלְאָ֥הu.mal.'AhH4390ofwickednessזִמָּֽה׃zi.MahH2154.

30Ye shallkeepתִּשְׁמֹ֔רוּtish.Mo.ruH8104mysabbathsשַׁבְּתֹתַ֣יsha.be.to.TaiH7676, and reverence mysanctuaryוּמִקְדָּשִׁ֖יu.mik.da.ShiH4720: I am theLORDיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068.

31Turnתִּפְנ֤וּtif.NuH6437yenotH408unto them that have familiar spirits,norH408unto the wizards;seekתְּבַקְשׁ֖וּte.vak.ShuH1245themnotH408outH413, to bedefiledלְטָמְאָ֣הle.ta.me.'AhH2930by them: I am theLORDיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068yourGodאֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃'e.lo.hei.KhemH430.

32Thou shaltriseH6965upH6965beforeH6440the hoaryheadH6440, and honour thefaceH6440of theoldזָקֵ֑ןza.KenH2205manH2205, and thou shaltfearוְיָרֵ֥אתָve.ya.Re.taH3372thyGodמֵּאֱלֹהֶ֖יךָme.'e.lo.Hei.khaH430: I am theLORDיְהוָֽה׃ פYah.wehH3068.

33Andifוְכִֽי־ve.khi-H3588astrangerגֵּ֖רgerH1616sojourn with thee in yourlandבְּאַרְצְכֶ֑םbe.'ar.tze.KhemH776, ye shallnotלֹ֥אlo'H3808doH3238himwrongH3238.

34Thestrangerהַגֵּ֣ר׀ha.GerH1616that sojourneth withyouH3588shall be untoyouH3588as the homeborn amongyouH3588, and thou shaltloveוְאָהַבְתָּ֥ve.'a.hav.TaH157him as thyself; for ye werestrangersגֵרִ֥יםge.RimH1616in thelandבְּאֶ֣רֶץbe.'E.retzH776ofEgyptמִצְרָ֑יִםmitz.Ra.yimH4714: I am theLORDיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068yourGodאֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃'e.lo.hei.KhemH430.

35Ye shalldoתַעֲשׂ֥וּta.'a.SuH6213noלֹא־lo'-H3808unrighteousnessעָ֖וֶל'A.velH5766injudgmentבַּמִּשְׁפָּ֑טba.mish.PatH4941, in meteyard, inweightבַּמִּשְׁקָ֖לba.mish.KalH4948, or inmeasureוּבַמְּשׂוּרָֽה׃u.va.me.su.RahH4884.

36JustH834balancesמֹ֧אזְנֵיMoz.neiH3976,justH834weightsאַבְנֵי־'av.nei-H68, ajustH834ephahאֵ֥יפַת'Ei.fatH374, and ajustH834hinוְהִ֥יןve.HinH1969, shall ye have: I am theLORDיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068yourGodאֱלֹֽהֵיכֶ֔ם'e.lo.hei.KhemH430,whichH834broughtH3318youH834outH3318of thelandמֵאֶ֥רֶץme.'E.retzH776ofEgyptמִצְרָֽיִם׃mitz.Ra.yimH4714.

37And ye shallobserveוּשְׁמַרְתֶּ֤םu.she.mar.TemH8104allכָּל־kol-H3605mystatutesחֻקֹּתַי֙chu.ko.TaiH2708, andallכָּל־kol-H3605myjudgmentsמִשְׁפָּטַ֔יmish.pa.TaiH4941, anddoוַעֲשִׂיתֶ֖םva.'a.si.TemH6213them: I am theLORDיְהוָֽה׃ פYah.wehH3068.

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