Leviticus 19

1 The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

2 "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.

Speak to the congregation of the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them, Ye shall be holy; for I the Lord your God [am] holy.

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

Let every one of you reverence his father and his mother; and ye shall keep my sabbaths: I [am] the Lord your God.

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

Ye shall not follow idols, and ye shall not make to yourselves molten gods: I [am] the Lord your God.

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

And if ye will sacrifice a peace-offering to the Lord, ye shall offer it acceptable from yourselves.

6 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.

In what day soever ye shall sacrifice it, it shall be eaten; and on the following day, and if any of it should be left till the third day, it shall be thoroughly burnt with fire.

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

And if it should be at all eaten on the third day, it is unfit for sacrifice: it shall not be accepted.

8 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.

And he that eats it shall bear his iniquity, because he has profaned the holy things of the Lord; and the souls that eat it shall be destroyed from among their people.

9 "'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.

And when ye reap the harvest of your land, ye shall not complete the reaping of your field with exactness, and thou shalt not gather that which falls from thy reaping.

10 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.

And thou shalt not go over the gathering of thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather the remaining grapes of thy vineyard: thou shalt leave them for the poor and the stranger: I am the Lord your God.

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

Ye shall not steal, ye shall not lie, neither shall one bear false witness as an informer against his neighbour.

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

And ye shall not swear unjustly by my name, and ye shall not profane the holy name of your God: I am the Lord your God.

13 "'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.

Thou shalt not injure thy neighbour, neither do thou rob [him], neither shall the wages of thy hireling remain with thee until the morning.

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

Thou shalt not revile the deaf, neither shalt thou put a stumbling-block in the way of the blind; and thou shalt fear the Lord thy God: I am the Lord your God.

15 "'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.

Thou shalt not act unjustly in judgment: thou shalt not accept the person of the poor, nor admire the person of the mighty; with justice shalt thou judge thy neighbour.

16 "'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.

Thou shalt not walk deceitfully among thy people; thou shalt not rise up against the blood of thy neighbour: I am the Lord your God.

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

Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, so thou shalt not bear sin on his account.

18 "'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.

And thy hand shall not avenge thee; and thou shalt not be angry with the children of thy people; and thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself; I am the Lord.

19 "'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.

Ye shall observe my law: thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with one of a different kind, and thou shalt not sow thy vineyard with diverse seed; and thou shalt not put upon thyself a mingled garment woven of two [materials].

20 "'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.

And if any one lie carnally with a woman, and she should be a home-servant kept for a man, and she has not been ransomed, [and] her freedom has not been given to her, they shall be visited [with punishment]; but they shall not die, because she was not set at liberty.

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

And he shall bring for his trespass to the Lord to the door of the tabernacle of witness, a ram for a trespass-offering.

22 The priest 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.

And the priest shall make atonement for him with the ram of the trespass-offering, before the Lord, for the sin which he sinned; and the sin which he sinned shall be forgiven him.

23 "'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.

And whenever ye shall enter into the land which the Lord your God gives you, and shall plant any fruit-tree, then shall ye purge away its uncleanness; its fruit shall be three years uncleansed to you, it shall not be eaten.

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

And in the fourth year all its fruit shall be holy, a subject of praise to the Lord.

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

And in the fifth year ye shall eat the fruit, its produce is an increase to you. I am the Lord your God.

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

Eat not on the mountains, nor shall ye employ auguries, nor divine by inspection of birds.

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

Ye shall not make a round cutting of the hair of your head, nor disfigure your beard.

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

And ye shall not make cuttings in your body for a [dead] body, and ye shall not inscribe on yourselves any marks. I am the Lord your God.

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

Thou shalt not profane thy daughter to prostitute her; so the land shall not go a whoring, and the land be filled with iniquity.

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

Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuaries: I am the Lord.

31 "'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.

Ye shall not attend to those who have in them divining spirits, nor attach yourselves to enchanters, to pollute yourselves with them: I am the Lord your God.

32 "'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.

Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and shalt fear thy God: I am the Lord your God.

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

And if there should come to you a stranger in your land, ye shall not afflict him.

34 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.

The stranger that comes to you shall be among you as the native, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.

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

Ye shall not act unrighteously in judgment, in measures and weights and scales.

36 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.

There shall be among you just balances and just weights and just liquid measure. I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.

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

And ye shall keep all my law and all my ordinances, and ye shall do them: I am the Lord your God.