Leviticus 19
1 And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,
Then the LORD said to Moses,
2 Speake vnto all the Congregation of the children of Israel, and say vnto them, Ye shalbe holy, for I the Lord your God am holy.
“Speak to the whole congregation of Israel and tell them: Be holy because I, the LORD your God, am holy.
3 Yee shall feare euery man his mother and his father, and shall keepe my Sabbaths: for I am the Lord your God.
Each of you must respect his mother and father, and you must keep My Sabbaths. I am the LORD your God.
4 Ye shall not turne vnto idoles, nor make you molten gods: I am the Lord your God.
Do not turn to idols or make for yourselves molten gods. I am the LORD your God.
5 And when yee shall offer a peace offering vnto the Lord, ye shall offer it freely.
When you sacrifice a peace offering to the LORD, you shall offer it for your acceptance.
6 It shall be eaten the day yee offer it, or on the morowe: and that which remaineth vntill the third day, shalbe burnt in the fire.
It shall be eaten on the day you sacrifice it, or on the next day; but what remains on the third day must be burned up.
7 For if it be eaten the third day, it shall be vncleane, it shall not be accepted.
If any of it is eaten on the third day, it is tainted and will not be accepted.
8 Therefore he that eateth it, shall beare his iniquitie, because he hath defiled the halowed thing of the Lord, and that person shalbe cut off from his people.
Whoever eats it will bear his iniquity, for he has profaned what is holy to the LORD. That person must be cut off from his people.
9 When yee reape the haruest of your land, ye shall not reape euery corner of your field, neither shalt thou gather the glainings of thy haruest.
When you reap the harvest of your land, you are not to reap to the very edges of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest.
10 Thou shalt not gather the grapes of thy vineyarde cleane, neyther gather euery grape of thy vineyarde, but thou shalt leaue them for the poore and for the straunger: I am the Lord your God.
You must not strip your vineyard bare or gather its fallen grapes. Leave them for the poor and the foreigner. I am the LORD your God.
11 Ye shall not steale, neither deale falsely, neither lie one to another.
You must not steal. You must not lie or deceive one another.
12 Also yee shall not sweare by my name falsely, neither shalt thou defile the name of thy God: I am the Lord.
You must not swear falsely by My name and so profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.
13 Thou shalt not do thy neighbour wrong, neither rob him. The workemans hire shall not abide with thee vntil the morning.
You must not defraud your neighbor or rob him. You must not withhold until morning the wages due a hired hand.
14 Thou shalt not curse the deafe, neither put a stumbling blocke before the blinde, but shalt feare thy God: I am the Lord.
You must not curse the deaf or place a stumbling block before the blind, but you shall fear your God. I am the LORD.
15 Ye shall not doe vniustly in iudgement. Thou shalt not fauour the person of the poore, nor honour the person of the mightie, but thou shalt iudge thy neighbour iustly.
You must not pervert justice; you must not show partiality to the poor or favoritism to the rich; you are to judge your neighbor fairly.
16 Thou shalt not walke about with tales among thy people. Thou shalt not stand against the blood of thy neighbour: I am the Lord.
You must not go about spreading slander among your people. You must not endanger the life of your neighbor. I am the LORD.
17 Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart, but thou shalt plainely rebuke thy neighbour, and suffer him not to sinne.
You must not harbor hatred against your brother in your heart. Directly rebuke your neighbor, so that you will not incur guilt on account of him.
18 Thou shalt not auenge, nor be mindful of wrong against ye childre of thy people, but shalt loue thy neighbour as thy selfe: I am the Lord.
Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against any of your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD.
19 Yee shall keepe mine ordinances. Thou shalt not let thy cattel gender with others of diuers kindes. Thou shalt not sowe thy fielde with mingled seede, neyther shall a garment of diuers thinges, as of linen and wollen come vpon thee.
You are to keep My statutes. You shall not crossbreed two different kinds of livestock; you shall not sow your fields with two kinds of seed; and you shall not wear clothing made of two kinds of material.
20 Whosoeuer also lyeth and medleth with a woman that is a bonde mayde, affianced to a husband, and not redeemed, nor freedome giuen her, she shalbe scourged, but they shall not die, because she is not made free.
If a man lies carnally with a slave girl promised to another man but who has not been redeemed or given her freedom, there must be due punishment. But they are not to be put to death, because she had not been freed.
21 And he shall bring for his trespasse offring vnto the Lord, at the doore of the Tabernacle of the Congregation, a ramme for a trespasse offering.
The man, however, must bring a ram to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting as his guilt offering to the LORD.
22 Then the Priest shall make an atonement for him with the ramme of the trespasse offering before the Lord, concerning his sinne which he hath done, and pardon shalbe giuen him for his sinne which he hath committed.
The priest shall make atonement on his behalf before the LORD with the ram of the guilt offering for the sin he has committed, and he will be forgiven the sin he has committed.
23 Also when ye shall come into the land, and haue planted euery tree for meate, ye shall count the fruite thereof as vncircumcised: three yeere shall it be vncircumcised vnto you, it shall not be eaten:
When you enter the land and plant any kind of tree for food, you shall regard the fruit as forbidden. For three years it will be forbidden to you and must not be eaten.
24 But in the fourth yere all the fruite thereof shalbe holy to the praise of the Lord.
In the fourth year all its fruit must be consecrated as a praise offering to the LORD.
25 And in the fifth yeere shall ye eate of the fruite of it that it may yeelde to you the encrease thereof: I am the Lord your God.
But in the fifth year you may eat its fruit; thus your harvest will be increased. I am the LORD your God.
26 Ye shall not eat the flesh with the blood, ye shall not vse witchcraft, nor obserue times.
You must not eat anything with blood still in it. You must not practice divination or sorcery.
27 Ye shall not cut rounde the corners of your heades, neither shalt thou marre the tuftes of thy beard.
You must not cut off the hair at the sides of your head or clip off the edges of your beard.
28 Ye shall not cut your flesh for the dead, nor make any print of a marke vpon you: I am the Lord,
You must not make any cuts in your bodies for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves. I am the LORD.
29 Thou shalt not make thy daughter common, to cause her to be a whore, least the lande also fall to whoredome, and the lande bee full of wickednesse.
You must not defile your daughter by making her a prostitute, or the land will be prostituted and filled with depravity.
30 Ye shall keepe my Sabbaths and reuerence my Sanctuarie: I am the Lord.
You must keep My Sabbaths and have reverence for My sanctuary. I am the LORD.
31 Ye shall not regarde them that worke with spirites, neither soothsayers: ye shall not seeke to them to be defiled by them: I am the Lord your God.
You must not turn to mediums or spiritists; do not seek them out, or you will be defiled by them. I am the LORD your God.
32 Thou shalt rise vp before the horehead, and honour the person of the old man, and dread thy God: I am the Lord.
You are to rise in the presence of the elderly, honor the aged, and fear your God. I am the LORD.
33 And if a stranger soiourne with thee in your lande, ye shall not vexe him.
When a foreigner resides with you in your land, you must not oppress him.
34 But the stranger that dwelleth with you, shalbe as one of your selues, and thou shalt loue him as thy selfe: for ye were strangers in the lad of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.
You must treat the foreigner living among you as native-born and love him as yourself, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.
35 Ye shall not doe vniustly in iudgement, in line, in weight, or in measure.
You must not use dishonest measures of length, weight, or volume.
36 You shall haue iust ballances, true weightes, a true Ephah, and a true Hin. I am the Lord your God, which haue brought you out of the lande of Egypt.
You shall maintain honest scales and weights, an honest ephah, and an honest hin. I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
37 Therefore shall ye obserue all mine ordinances, and all my iudgements, and doe them: I am the Lord.
You must keep all My statutes and all My ordinances and follow them. I am the LORD.”
