Leviticus 19

1 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

And the Lord said to Moses,

2 Speak to the entire assembly of the sons of Israel, and you shall say to them: Be holy, for I, the Lord your God, am holy.

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

3 Let each one fear his father and his mother. Observe my Sabbaths. I am the Lord your God.

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

4 Do not be willing to convert to idols, neither should you make molten gods for yourselves. I am the Lord your God.

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

5 If you immolate a victim of peace offerings to the Lord, so that he may be appeased,

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

6 you shall eat it on the same day as when it was immolated, and the next day. Then whatever will remain on the third day you shall burn with fire.

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.

7 If anyone, after two days, will have eaten from it, he shall be profane and guilty of impiety.

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.

8 And he shall bear his iniquity, for he has polluted what is holy to the Lord. And that soul shall perish from his people.

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.

9 When you will have harvested the grain fields of your land, you shall not cut it down to the surface of the land, even to the ground, nor shall you gather the remaining ears of grain.

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.

10 Neither shall you gather the clusters or individual grapes which fall down in your vineyard, but you shall leave them for paupers and travelers to take. I am the Lord your God.

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.

11 You shall not steal. You shall not lie. Neither shall anyone deceive his neighbor.

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

12 You shall not commit perjury in my name, nor shall you pollute the name of your God. I am the Lord.

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

13 You shall not slander your neighbor, nor shall you oppress him by violence. The wages of a hired hand, you shall not delay with you until tomorrow.

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.

14 You shall not speak evil of the deaf, nor shall you place a stumbling block before the blind, but you shall fear the Lord your God, for I am the Lord.

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.

15 You shall not do what is unjust, nor shall you judge unjustly. You shall not consider the reputation of the poor, nor shall you honor the countenance of the powerful. Judge your neighbor justly.

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.

16 You shall not be a detractor, nor a whisperer, among the people. You shall not stand against the blood of your neighbor. I am the Lord.

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.

17 You shall not hate your brother in your heart, but reprove him openly, lest you have sin over him.

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.

18 Do not seek revenge, neither should you be mindful of the injury of your fellow citizens. You shall love your friend as yourself. I am the Lord.

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.

19 Observe my laws. You shall not cause your cattle to breed with other kinds of animals. You shall not sow your field with diverse seeds. You shall not be clothed with a garment which has been woven from two things.

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.

20 If a man will have slept in sexual intercourse with a woman, who is a servant and who is also able to be married, and yet he has not redeemed her with a price, nor paid to set her free, they both shall be beaten, but they shall not die, for she was not a free woman.

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.

21 But, for his offense, he shall offer a ram to the Lord at the door of the tabernacle of the testimony.

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.

22 And the priest shall pray for him, and for his sin, before the Lord, and he shall win his favor again for him, and the sin shall be forgiven.

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.

23 When you will have entered into the land, and will have planted in it fruit trees, you shall take away their first-fruits; the fruit that germinates shall be unclean to you, neither shall you eat from these.

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.

24 But in the fourth year, all their fruit shall be sanctified for the praise of the Lord.

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

25 And in the fifth year you shall eat the produce, gathering the fruits which are brought forth. I am the Lord your God.

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

26 You shall not eat with blood. You shall not practice divination, nor the observation of dreams.

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.

27 And you shall not cut the hair of your head circularly, nor shave your beard.

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

28 You shall not cut your flesh for the dead, and you shall not make other figures or marks on yourself. I am the Lord.

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

29 Do not prostitute your daughter, lest the land be contaminated and filled with crimes.

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

30 Observe my Sabbaths, and be apprehensive toward my Sanctuary. I am the Lord.

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

31 Do not turn aside to astrologers, nor consult with soothsayers, so as to be polluted through them. I am the Lord your God.

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.

32 Rise up in the presence of a gray-haired head, and honor the reputation of an elder, and fear the Lord your God. I am the Lord.

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.

33 If a newcomer lives in your land and abides among you, do not reproach him,

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

34 but let him be among you like one native born. And you shall love him as yourselves. For you were also newcomers in the land of Egypt. I am the Lord your God.

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.

35 Do not be willing to accomplish iniquity in judgment, in lengths, in weights, in quantities.

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

36 Let the scales be just and the weights equal, let the dry measure be just and the liquid measure be equal. I am the Lord your God, who led you away from the land of Egypt.

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;

37 Keep all my precepts, and all my judgments, and accomplish them. I am the Lord.

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