Leviticus 19

1 And the Lord said to Moses,

And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

2 Say to all the people of Israel, You are to be holy, for I, the Lord your God, am holy.

Speak to all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say to them, You shall be holy: for I the LORD your God am holy.

3 Let every man give honour to his mother and to his father and keep my Sabbaths: I am the Lord your God.

You shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the LORD your God.

4 Do not go after false gods, and do not make metal images of gods for yourselves: I am the Lord your God.

Turn you not to idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I am the LORD your God.

5 And when you give a peace offering to the Lord, do it in the way which is pleasing to the Lord.

And if you offer a sacrifice of peace offerings to the LORD, you shall offer it at your own will.

6 Let it be used for food on the same day on which it is offered, or on the day after; and whatever is over on the third day is to be burned with fire.

It shall be eaten the same day you offer it, and on the morrow: and if any remain until the third day, it shall be burnt in the fire.

7 If any of it is used for food on the third day, it is a disgusting thing and will not be pleasing to the Lord.

And if it be eaten at all on the third day, it is abominable; it shall not be accepted.

8 And as for anyone who takes it for food, his sin will be on him, for he has put shame on the holy thing of the Lord: he will be cut off from his people.

Therefore every one that eats it shall bear his iniquity, because he has profaned the hallowed thing of the LORD: and that soul shall be cut off from among his people.

9 And when you get in the grain from your land, do not let all the grain be cut from the edges of the field, or take up what has been dropped on the earth after the getting in of the grain.

And when you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not wholly reap the corners of your field, neither shall you gather the gleanings of your harvest.

10 And do not take all the grapes from your vine-garden, or the fruit dropped on the earth; let the poor man, and the man from another country, have these: I am the Lord your God.

And you shall not glean your vineyard, neither shall you gather every grape of your vineyard; you shall leave them for the poor and stranger: I am the LORD your God.

11 Do not take anyone's property or be false in act or word to another.

You shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.

12 And do not take an oath in my name falsely, putting shame on the name of your God: I am the Lord.

And you shall not swear by my name falsely, neither shall you profane the name of your God: I am the LORD.

13 Do not be cruel to your neighbour or take what is his; do not keep back a servant's payment from him all night till the morning.

You shall not defraud your neighbor, neither rob him: the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with you all night until the morning.

14 Do not put a curse on those who have no hearing, or put a cause of falling in the way of the blind, but keep the fear of your God before you: I am the Lord.

You shall not curse the deaf, nor put a stumbling block before the blind, but shall fear your God: I am the LORD.

15 Do no wrong in your judging: do not give thought to the position of the poor, or honour to the position of the great; but be a judge to your neighbour in righteousness.

You shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: you shall not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shall you judge your neighbor.

16 Do not go about saying untrue things among your people, or take away the life of your neighbour by false witness: I am the Lord.

You shall not go up and down as a talebearer among your people: neither shall you stand against the blood of your neighbor; I am the LORD.

17 Let there be no hate in your heart for your brother; but you may make a protest to your neighbour, so that he may be stopped from doing evil.

You shall not hate your brother in your heart: you shall in any wise rebuke your neighbor, and not suffer sin on him.

18 Do not make attempts to get equal with one who has done you wrong, or keep hard feelings against the children of your people, but have love for your neighbour as for yourself: I am the Lord.

You shall not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the LORD.

19 Keep my laws. Do not let your cattle have offspring by those of a different sort; do not put mixed seed into your field; do not put on a robe made of two sorts of cloth.

You shall keep my statutes. You shall not let your cattle engender with a diverse kind: you shall not sow your field with mingled seed: neither shall a garment mingled of linen and woolen come on you.

20 If any man has sex relations with a servant-woman who has given her word to be married to a man, and has not been made free for a price or in any other way, the thing will be looked into; but they will not be put to death because she was not a free woman.

And whoever lies carnally with a woman, that is a female slave, betrothed to an husband, and not at all redeemed, nor freedom given her; she shall be scourged; they shall not be put to death, because she was not free.

21 Let him take his offering for wrongdoing to the Lord, to the door of the Tent of meeting; let him give a male sheep as an offering for wrongdoing.

And he shall bring his trespass offering to the LORD, to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, even a ram for a trespass offering.

22 And the priest will take away his sin before the Lord with the sheep which is offered for his wrongdoing, and he will have forgiveness for the sin which he has done.

And the priest shall make an atonement for him with the ram of the trespass offering before the LORD for his sin which he has done: and the sin which he has done shall be forgiven him.

23 And when you have come into the land, and have put in all sorts of fruit-trees, their fruit will be as if they had not had circumcision, and for three years their fruit may not be used for food.

And when you shall come into the land, and shall have planted all manner of trees for food, then you shall count the fruit thereof as uncircumcised: three years shall it be as uncircumcised to you: it shall not be eaten of.

24 And in the fourth year all the fruit will be holy as a praise-offering to the Lord.

But in the fourth year all the fruit thereof shall be holy to praise the LORD with.

25 But in the fifth year you may take the fruit and the increase of it for your food: I am the Lord your God.

And in the fifth year shall you eat of the fruit thereof, that it may yield to you the increase thereof: I am the LORD your God.

26 Nothing may be used for food with its blood in it; you may not make use of strange arts, or go in search of signs and wonders.

You shall not eat any thing with the blood: neither shall you use enchantment, nor observe times.

27 The ends of the hair round your face and on your chin may not be cut off.

You shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shall you mar the corners of your beard.

28 You may not make cuts in your flesh in respect for the dead, or have marks printed on your bodies: I am the Lord.

You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks on you: I am the LORD.

29 Do not make your daughter common by letting her become a loose woman, for fear that the land may become full of shame.

Do not prostitute your daughter, to cause her to be a whore; lest the land fall to prostitution, and the land become full of wickedness.

30 Keep my Sabbaths and have respect for my holy place: I am the Lord.

You shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the LORD.

31 Do not go after those who make use of spirits, or wonder-workers; do not go in their ways or become unclean through them: I am the Lord your God.

Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the LORD your God.

32 Get up from your seats before the white-haired, and give honour to the old, and let the fear of your God be before you: I am the Lord.

You shall rise up before the hoary head, and honor the face of the old man, and fear your God: I am the LORD.

33 And if a man from another country is living in your land with you, do not make life hard for him;

And if a stranger sojourn with you in your land, you shall not vex him.

34 Let him be to you as one of your countrymen and have love for him as for yourself; for you were living in a strange land, in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.

But the stranger that dwells with you shall be to you as one born among you, and you shall love him as yourself; for you were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.

35 Do not make false decisions in questions of yard-sticks and weights and measures.

You shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in length, in weight, or in measure.

36 Have true scales, true weights and measures for all things: I am the Lord your God, who took you out of the land of Egypt;

Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall you have: I am the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt.

37 You are to keep all my rules and my decisions and do them: I am the Lord.

Therefore shall you observe all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: I am the LORD.