Leviticus 19

1 And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,

YHWH spoke to Moses, saying,

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 all the congregation of the children of Israel, and tell them, 'You shall be holy; for I YHWH 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 one of you shall respect his mother and his father. You shall keep my Sabbaths. I am YHWH 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, nor make molten gods for yourselves. I am YHWH your God.

5 And when yee shall offer a peace offering vnto the Lord, ye shall offer it freely.

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

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 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 For if it be eaten the third day, it shall be vncleane, it shall not be accepted.

If it is eaten at all on the third day, it is an abomination. It 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.

but everyone who eats it shall bear his iniquity, because he has profaned the holy thing of YHWH, and that soul shall 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 shall not wholly reap the corners of your field, neither shall you 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 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 YHWH your God.

11 Ye shall not steale, neither deale falsely, neither lie one to another.

"'You shall not steal; neither shall you deal falsely, nor lie to 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 shall not swear by my name falsely, and profane the name of your God. I am YHWH.

13 Thou shalt not do thy neighbour wrong, neither rob him. The workemans hire shall not abide with thee vntil 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 curse the deafe, neither put a stumbling blocke before the blinde, but shalt feare thy God: 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 YHWH.

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 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 walke about with tales among thy 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 YHWH.

17 Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart, but thou shalt plainely rebuke thy neighbour, and suffer him not to sinne.

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

"'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 YHWH.

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 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 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 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 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.

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

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 for him with the ram of the trespass offering before YHWH for his sin which he has committed: and the sin which he has committed shall be forgiven him.

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 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 yere all the fruite thereof shalbe holy to the praise of the Lord.

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

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.

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

26 Ye shall not eat the flesh with the blood, ye shall not vse witchcraft, nor obserue times.

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

27 Ye shall not cut rounde the corners of your heades, neither shalt thou marre the tuftes of thy beard.

"'You shall not cut the hair on the sides of your heads, neither shall you clip off the edge 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 shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor tattoo any marks on you. I am YHWH.

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.

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

30 Ye shall keepe my Sabbaths and reuerence my Sanctuarie: I am the Lord.

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

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.

"'Do not turn to spirits of the dead, and do not inquire of familiar spirits, to be defiled by them. I am YHWH 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 shall rise up before the gray head, and honor the face of an old man, and you shall fear your God. I am YHWH.

33 And if a stranger soiourne with thee in your lande, ye shall not vexe him.

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

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.

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 YHWH your God.

35 Ye shall not doe vniustly in iudgement, in line, in weight, or in measure.

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

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 have just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin. I am YHWH 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 shall observe all my statutes, and all my ordinances, and do them. I am YHWH.'"