Leviticus 19

1 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

2 Speak to all the congregation of the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them: Be ye holy, because I the Lord your God am holy.

"Speak to all the congregation of the children of Israel, and tell them, 'You shall be holy; for I the LORD your God am holy.

3 Let every one fear his father, and his mother. Keep my sabbaths. I am the Lord your God.

"'Each one of you shall respect his mother and his father. You shall keep my Sabbaths. I am the LORD your God.

4 Turn ye not to idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods. I am the Lord your God.

"'Do not turn to idols, nor make molten gods for yourselves. I am the LORD your God.

5 If ye offer in sacrifice a peace offering to the Lord, that he may be favourable,

"'When you offer a sacrifice of peace offerings to the LORD, you shall offer it so that you may be accepted.

6 You shall eat it on the same day it was offered, and the next day: and whatsoever shall be left until the third day, you shall burn with fire.

It shall be eaten the same day you offer it, and on the next day: and if anything remains until the third day, it shall be burned with fire.

7 If after two days ally man eat thereof, he shall be profane and guilty of impiety:

If it is eaten at all on the third day, it is an abomination. It will not be accepted;

8 And shall bear his iniquity, because he hath defiled the holy thing of the Lord, and that soul shall perish from among his people.

but everyone who eats it shall bear his iniquity, because he has profaned the holy thing of the LORD, and that soul shall be cut off from his people.

9 When thou reapest the corn of thy land, thou shalt not cut down all that is on the face of the earth to the very ground: nor shalt thou gather the ears that remain.

"'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 Neither shalt thou gather the bunches and grapes that fall down in thy vineyard, but shalt leave them to the poor and the strangers to take. I am the Lord your God.

You shall not glean your vineyard, neither shall you gather the fallen grapes of your vineyard; you shall leave them for the poor and for the foreigner. I am the LORD your God.

11 You shall not steal. You shall not lie, neither shall any man deceive his neighbour.

"'You shall not steal; neither shall you deal falsely, nor lie to one another.

12 Thou shalt not swear falsely by my name, nor profane the name of thy God. I am the Lord.

"'You shall not swear by my name falsely, and profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.

13 Thou shalt not calumniate thy neighbour, nor oppress him by violence. The wages of him that hath been hired by thee shall not abide with thee until the morning.

"'You shall not oppress your neighbor, nor rob him. The wages of a hired servant shall not remain with you all night until the morning.

14 Thou shalt not speak evil of the deaf, nor put a stumblingblock before the blind: but thou shalt fear the Lord thy God, because I am the Lord.

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

15 Thou shalt not do that which is unjust, nor judge unjustly. Respect not the person of the poor, nor honour the countenance of the mighty. But judge thy neighbour according to justice.

"'You shall do no injustice in judgment: you shall not be partial to the poor, nor show favoritism to the great; but you shall judge your neighbor in righteousness.

16 Thou shalt not be a detractor nor a whisperer among the people. Thou shalt not stand against the blood of thy neighbour. I am the Lord.

"'You shall not go up and down as a slanderer among your people; neither shall you stand against the life of your neighbor. I am the LORD.

17 Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thy heart, but reprove him openly, lest thou incur sin through him.

"'You shall not hate your brother in your heart. You shall surely rebuke your neighbor, and not bear sin because of him.

18 Seek not revenge, nor be mindful of the injury of thy citizens. Thou shalt love thy friend as thyself. I am the Lord.

"'You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people; but you shall love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD.

19 Keep ye my laws. Thou shalt not make thy cattle to gender with beasts of any other kind. Thou shalt not sow thy field with different seeds. Thou shalt not wear a garment that is woven of two sorts.

"'You shall keep my statutes. "'You shall not crossbreed different kinds of animals. "'you shall not sow your field with two kinds of seed; "'neither shall there come upon you a garment made of two kinds of material.

20 If a man carnally lie with a woman that is a bondservant and marriageable, and yet not redeemed with a price, nor made free: they both shall be scourged, and they shall not be put to death, because she was not a free woman.

"'If a man lies carnally with a woman who is a slave girl, pledged to be married to another man, and not ransomed, or given her freedom; they shall be punished. They shall not be put to death, because she was not free.

21 And for his trespass he shall offer a ram to the Lord, at the door of the tabernacle of the testimony:

He shall bring his trespass offering to the LORD, to the door of the Tent of Meeting, even a ram for a trespass offering.

22 And the priest shall pray for him and for his sin before the Lord, and he shall have mercy on him, and the sin shall be forgiven.

The cohen shall make atonement for him with the ram of the trespass offering before the LORD for his sin which he has committed: and the sin which he has committed shall be forgiven him.

23 When you shall be come into the land, and shall have planted in it fruit trees, you shall take away the firstfruits of them: the fruit that comes forth shall be unclean to you, neither shall you eat of them.

"'When you come into the land, and have planted all kinds of trees for food, then you shall count their fruit as forbidden. Three years shall they be forbidden to you. It shall not be eaten.

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

But in the fourth year all its fruit shall be holy, for giving praise to the LORD.

25 And in the fifth year you shall eat the fruits thereof, gathering the increase thereof. I am the Lord your God.

In the fifth year you shall eat its fruit, that it may yield its increase to you. I am the LORD your God.

26 You shall not eat with blood. You shall not divine nor observe dreams.

"'You shall not eat any meat with the blood still in it; neither shall you practice divination, nor practice sorcery.

27 Nor shall you cut your hair roundwise: nor shave your beard.

"'You shall not cut the hair on the sides of your heads, neither shall you clip off the edge of your beard.

28 You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh, for the dead, neither shall you make in yourselves any figures or marks: I am the Lord.

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

29 Make not thy daughter a common strumpet, lest the land be defiled, and filled with wickedness.

"'Do not profane your daughter, to make her a prostitute; lest the land fall to prostitution, and the land become full of wickedness.

30 Keep ye my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary. I am the Lord.

"'You shall keep my Sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary; I am the LORD.

31 Go not aside after wizards, neither ask any thing of soothsayers, to be defiled by them: I am the Lord your God.

"'Do not turn to spirits of the dead, and do not inquire of familiar spirits, to be defiled by them. I am the LORD your God.

32 Rise up before the hoary head, and honour the person of the aged man: and fear the Lord thy God. I am the Lord.

"'You shall rise up before the gray head, and honor the face of an old man, and you shall fear your God. I am the LORD.

33 If a stranger dwell in your land, and abide among you, do not upbraid him:

"'If a stranger lives as a foreigner with you in your land, you shall not do him wrong.

34 But let him be among you as one of the same country: and you shall love him as yourselves: for you were strangers in the land of Egypt. I am the Lord your God.

The stranger who lives as a foreigner with you shall be to you as the native-born among you, and you shall love him as yourself; for you lived as foreigners in the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.

35 Do not any unjust thing in judgment, in rule, in weight, or in measure.

"'You shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in measures of length, of weight, or of quantity.

36 Let the balance be just and the weights equal, the bushel just, and the sextary equal. I am the Lord your God, that brought you out of the land of Egypt.

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

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

You shall observe all my statutes, and all my ordinances, and do them. I am the LORD.'"