Leviticus 19

1 and to speak: speak LORD to(wards) Moses to/for to say

Yahweh also said to Moses/me,

2 to speak: speak to(wards) all congregation son: descendant/people Israel and to say to(wards) them holy to be for holy I LORD God your

“Speak to all the people of Israel and tell them this: You must be holy, because I, Yahweh your God, am holy, [and I want you to be like me].

3 man: anyone mother his and father his to fear: revere and [obj] Sabbath my to keep: obey I LORD God your

‘Each of you must respect your father and your mother. And you must (honor/treat respectfully) the Sabbath days. I am Yahweh, your God, [and that is what I am commanding you to do].

4 not to turn to(wards) [the] idol and God liquid not to make to/for you I LORD God your

‘Do not worship idols or make metal statues of gods for yourselves. I am Yahweh, your God, [and I am the only one you must worship].

5 and for to sacrifice sacrifice peace offering to/for LORD to/for acceptance your to sacrifice him

‘Then you bring an offering to maintain fellowship with me, offer it in a way that will cause me to accept it.

6 in/on/with day sacrifice your to eat and from morrow and [the] to remain till day [the] third in/on/with fire to burn

The meat should be eaten on the day that you sacrifice it, but you are permitted to eat some of it on the next day. Anything that remains until the third/next day must be completely burned.

7 and if to eat to eat in/on/with day [the] third refuse he/she/it not to accept

For any of it to be eaten on the third day is very displeasing to me, and I will not accept that offering.

8 and to eat him iniquity: crime his to lift: guilt for [obj] holiness LORD to profane/begin: profane and to cut: eliminate [the] soul: person [the] he/she/it from kinsman her

I will punish anyone who eats it [after the second day], because he will not have respected that what I say is holy. And that person must no longer be allowed to associate with my people.

9 and in/on/with to reap you [obj] harvest land: country/planet your not to end: expend side land: country your to/for to reap and gleaning harvest your not to gather

‘Then you harvest your grain, leave the grain at the very edge of the field, and do not pick up the grain that has fallen on the ground.

10 and vineyard your not to glean and broken vineyard your not to gather to/for afflicted and to/for sojourner to leave: forsake [obj] them I LORD God your

And when you harvest your grapes, do not go back a second time to try to harvest some more, and do not pick up the grapes that have fallen on the ground. Leave those things for the poor people and for foreigners who are living among you. I, Yahweh your God, [am commanding those things].

11 not to steal and not to deceive and not to deal man: anyone in/on/with neighbor his

‘Do not steal anything. ‘Do not tell lies. ‘Do not deceive each other.

12 and not to swear in/on/with name my to/for deception and to profane/begin: profane [obj] name God your I LORD

‘Do not show that you do not respect me by using/saying my name to falsely promise that you will do something. [Do not forget that] I am Yahweh, your God.

13 not to oppress [obj] neighbor your and not to plunder not to lodge wages hired with you till morning

‘Do not cheat anyone or steal from anyone. [‘If you have agreed to] pay your workers at the end of the day, [do what you have promised]; do not keep those wages until the next day.

14 not to lighten deaf and to/for face: before blind not to give: put stumbling and to fear: revere from God your I LORD

‘Do not curse deaf people, and do not put things in the path of blind people to cause them to stumble.

15 not to make: do injustice in/on/with justice: judgement not to lift: kindness face: kindness poor and not to honor face great: large in/on/with righteousness to judge neighbor your

‘Always [LIT] judge people fairly [DOU]. Do not do special favors for either poor people or rich people.

16 not to go: went slander in/on/with people your not to stand: stand upon blood neighbor your I LORD

‘Do not spread false rumors about other people. ‘Do not say anything [in court] that would result in some [innocent] person being executed. I, Yahweh, [am commanding this].

17 not to hate [obj] brother: compatriot your in/on/with heart your to rebuke to rebuke [obj] neighbor your and not to lift: guilt upon him sin

‘Do not hate anyone. Instead, honestly rebuke those who ought to be rebuked, in order that you also will not be guilty.

18 not to avenge and not to keep [obj] son: child people your and to love: lover to/for neighbor your like you I LORD

‘Do not try to get revenge against someone or be angry with someone for a long time. Instead, love other people like you love yourself. I, Yahweh your God, [am commanding this].

19 [obj] statute my to keep: obey animal your not to mate mixture land: country your not to sow mixture and garment mixture mixed stuff not to ascend: rise upon you

‘Obey my laws. ‘Do not allow two different kinds of animals to mate with each other. ‘Do not plant two different kinds of seed in the [same] field. ‘Do not wear clothing made from two different kinds of material.

20 and man for to lie down: have sex [obj] woman semen seed: semen and he/she/it maidservant to acquire to/for man and to ransom not to ransom or freedom not to give: give to/for her scourging to be not to die for not be free

‘If a man has sex with a slave woman who has been promised to marry some other man, but she has not been bought by that man and is still a slave, the man who had sex with her must be punished. But because she is still a slave, she and the man who had sex with her must not be killed.

21 and to come (in): bring [obj] guilt (offering) his to/for LORD to(wards) entrance tent meeting ram guilt (offering)

However, that man must bring a ram to [be slaughtered at] the entrance of the Sacred Tent area, to be an offering in order that he no longer be guilty for his sin.

22 and to atone upon him [the] priest in/on/with ram [the] guilt (offering) to/for face: before LORD upon sin his which to sin and to forgive to/for him from sin his which to sin

The priest will offer that ram to me in order that the man will be forgiven for the sin that he committed, and I will forgive him.

23 and for to come (in): come to(wards) [the] land: country/planet and to plant all tree food and be uncircumcised foreskin his [obj] fruit his three year to be to/for you uncircumcised not to eat

‘When you enter the land [that I have promised to give to you], and when you plant various kinds of fruit trees, you must not eat any of their fruit for three years [DOU].

24 and in/on/with year [the] fourth to be all fruit his holiness praise to/for LORD

In the fourth year all of their fruit must be set aside to belong to me; it must be brought to me to be an offering to praise me.

25 and in/on/with year [the] fifth to eat [obj] fruit his to/for to add to/for you produce his I LORD God your

But in the fifth/next year, you will be permitted to eat their fruit. If you do that, your trees will produce much fruit. I, Yahweh your God, [am promising that].

26 not to eat upon [the] blood not to divine and not to divine

‘Do not eat any meat that still has [the animal’s] blood in it. ‘Do not consult spirits to find out what will happen in the future, and do not practice sorcery.

27 not to surround side head your and not to ruin [obj] side beard your

‘Do not shave the hair at the sides of your heads [like pagan people do].

28 and incision to/for soul: dead not to give: make in/on/with flesh your and imprint incision not to give: do in/on/with you I LORD

‘Do not cut your bodies [when you are mourning] for people who have died, and do not put tattoos on your bodies. I, Yahweh your God, [am commanding this].

29 not to profane/begin: profane [obj] daughter your to/for to fornicate her and not to fornicate [the] land: country/planet and to fill [the] land: country/planet wickedness

‘Do not disgrace your daughters by forcing them to become prostitutes. If you cause them to become prostitutes, soon the land will be filled with prostitutes and all other kinds of people’s wicked behavior.

30 [obj] Sabbath my to keep: obey and sanctuary my to fear: revere I LORD

‘Honor my Sabbath days and revere my Sacred Tent, because I, Yahweh, [live there].

31 not to turn to(wards) [the] medium and to(wards) [the] spiritist not to seek to/for to defile in/on/with them I LORD God your

‘Do not seek advice from those who (consult/talk with) the spirits of dead people [DOU], because if you do that, they will defile you. I, Yahweh your God, [am the one you should consult].

32 from face: before greyheaded to arise: rise and to honor face old and to fear: revere from God your I LORD

‘Stand up when old people [enter the room], and show that you respect them, and also revere me, your God; [that is what] I, Yahweh, [am commanding].

33 and for to sojourn with you sojourner in/on/with land: country/planet your not to oppress [obj] him

‘When foreigners live among you [in your land], do not mistreat them.

34 like/as born from you to be to/for you [the] sojourner [the] to sojourn with you and to love: lover to/for him like you for sojourner to be in/on/with land: country/planet Egypt I LORD God your

You must treat them like you treat your fellow-citizens. Love them like you love yourselves, and do not forget that once, when you were foreigners in Egypt, [you were badly mistreated by the people of Egypt]. I, Yahweh your God, [am commanding you to do this].

35 not to make: do injustice in/on/with justice: judgement in/on/with measure in/on/with weight and in/on/with capacity

‘When you are measuring things, to see how long they are or how much they weigh or how many there are,

36 balance righteousness stone: weight righteousness ephah righteousness and hin righteousness to be to/for you I LORD God your which to come out: send [obj] you from land: country/planet Egypt

use correct [measuring sticks and] scales and weights [on the scales] and measuring baskets and other measuring containers. I Yahweh, your God, who brought you out of Egypt, [am giving you these laws].

37 and to keep: obey [obj] all statute my and [obj] all justice: judgement my and to make: do [obj] them I LORD

‘Obey carefully [DOU] all my laws and decrees, because I, Yahweh, [am the one who am commanding them].’”