Leviticus 19

1 The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

And YHWH speaks 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 all the congregation of the sons of Israel, and you have said to them: You are holy, because I, your God YHWH, [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.

You each fear his mother and his father, and you keep My Sabbaths; I [am] your God YHWH.

4 “‘Don’t turn to idols, nor make molten gods for yourselves. I am the LORD your God.

You do not turn to the idols, and you do not make a molten god for yourselves; I [am] your God YHWH.

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

And when you sacrifice a sacrifice of peace-offerings to YHWH, you sacrifice it at your pleasure;

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

it is eaten in the day of your sacrificing [it], and on the next day, and that which is left to the third day is burned 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 is really eaten on the third day, it [is] an abomination, it is not pleasing,

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 who is eating it bears his iniquity, for he has defiled the holy thing of YHWH, and that person has been cut off from his 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 in your reaping the harvest of your land you do not completely reap the corner of your field, and you do not gather the gleaning of your harvest,

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 you do not glean your vineyard, even the omitted part of your vineyard you do not gather, you leave them for the poor and for the sojourner; I [am] your God YHWH.

11 “‘You shall not steal. “‘You shall not lie. “‘You shall not deceive one another.

You do not steal, nor feign, nor lie—each against his fellow.

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

And you do not swear by My Name for falsehood, or you have defiled the Name of your God; I [am] YHWH.

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.

You do not oppress your neighbor, nor take plunder; the wages of the hired worker do not remain with you until 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.

You do not revile the deaf; and you do not put a stumbling block before the blind; and you have been afraid of your God; I [am] YHWH.

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.

You do not do perversity in judgment; you do not lift up the face of the poor, nor honor the face of the great; you judge your fellow in righteousness.

16 “‘You shall not go around as a slanderer among your people. “‘You shall not endanger the life of your neighbor. I am the LORD.

You do not go slandering among your people; you do not stand against the blood of your neighbor; I [am] YHWH.

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

You do not hate your brother in your heart; you certainly reprove your fellow, and do not permit sin on him.

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.

You do not take vengeance, nor watch the sons of your people; and you have had love for your neighbor as yourself; I [am] YHWH.

19 “‘You shall keep my statutes. “‘You shall not cross-breed different kinds of animals. “‘You shall not sow your field with two kinds of seed; “‘Don’t wear a garment made of two kinds of material.

You keep My statutes. You do not cause your livestock to mate [with] two kinds; you do not sow your field with two kinds; and a garment of two kinds, mixed material, does not go up on you.

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 when a man lies with a woman with seed [from] intercourse, and she [is] a maidservant, betrothed to a man, and not really ransomed, or freedom has not been given to her, there is an investigation; they are not put to death, for she [is] not free.

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 has brought in his guilt-offering to YHWH, to the opening of the Tent of Meeting, a ram [for] a guilt-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 has made atonement for him with the ram of the guilt-offering before YHWH, for his sin which he has sinned, and it has been forgiven him because of his sin which he has sinned.

23 “‘When you come into the land, and have planted all kinds of trees for food, then you shall count their fruit as forbidden. For three years it shall be forbidden to you. It shall not be eaten.

And when you come into the land and have planted all [kinds] of trees [for] food, then you have reckoned its fruit as uncircumcised, it is uncircumcised to you [for] three years, it is not 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 is holy—praises for YHWH.

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 you eat its fruit—to add to you its increase; I [am] your God YHWH.

26 “‘You shall not eat any meat with the blood still in it. You shall not use enchantments, nor practice sorcery.

You do not eat with the blood. You do not enchant, nor observe clouds.

27 “‘You shall not cut the hair on the sides of your head or clip off the edge of your beard.

You do not round the corner of your head, nor destroy the corner of 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 you do not put a cutting for the soul in your flesh; and a writing, a cross-mark, you do not put on yourself; I [am] YHWH.

29 “‘Don’t profane your daughter, to make her a prostitute; lest the land fall to prostitution, and the land become full of wickedness.

You do not defile your daughter to cause her to go whoring, that the land does not go whoring, and the land has been full of wickedness.

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

You keep My Sabbaths and you revere My sanctuary; I [am] YHWH.

31 “‘Don’t turn to those who are mediums, nor to the wizards. Don’t seek them out, to be defiled by them. I am the LORD your God.

You do not turn to those having familiar spirits, and you do not seek for wizards, to become unclean by them; I [am] your God YHWH.

32 “‘You shall rise up before the gray head and honor the face of the elderly; and you shall fear your God. I am the LORD.

You rise up at the presence of grey hairs, and you have honored the presence of an old man, and have been afraid of your God; I [am] YHWH.

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

And when a sojourner sojourns with you in your land, you do not oppress 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 sojourner who is sojourning with you is to you as a native among you, and you have had love for him as for yourself, for you have been sojourners in the land of Egypt; I [am] your God YHWH.

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

You do not do perversity in the judgment, in the measure, in the weight, and in the liquid measure;

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.

you have righteous balances, righteous weights, a righteous ephah, and a righteous hin; I [am] your God YHWH, who has brought you out from the land of Egypt;

37 “‘You shall observe all my statutes and all my ordinances, and do them. I am the LORD.’”

and you have observed all my statutes, and all my judgments, and have done them; I [am] YHWH.”