Leviticus 19

Revised Geneva Translation

19 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

² “Speak to all the Congregation of the children of Israel and say to them, ‘You shall be holy. For I, the LORD your God, am Holy.

³ ‘Every man shall fear his mother and his father and shall keep My Sabbath. I am the LORD your God.

⁴ ‘You shall not turn to idols, nor make molten gods. I am the LORD your God.

⁵ ‘And when you shall offer a Peace Offering to the LORD, you shall offer it freely.

⁶ ‘It shall be eaten the day you offer it, or the next day. And that which remains until the third day shall be burnt in the fire.

⁷ ‘For if it is eaten on the third day, it shall be unclean. It shall not be accepted.

⁸ ‘Therefore, he who eats it shall bear his iniquity. Because he has defiled the hallowed thing of the LORD. And that person shall be cut off from his people.

⁹ ‘When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap every corner of your field. Nor shall you gather the gleanings of your harvest.

¹⁰ ‘You shall not gather the grapes of your vineyard, nor gather every grape of your vineyard. You shall leave them for the poor and for the stranger. I am the LORD your God.

¹¹ ‘You shall neither steal, nor deal falsely, nor lie to one another.

¹² ‘Also, you shall not swear by My Name falsely. Nor shall you defile the Name of your God. I am the LORD.

¹³ ‘You shall neither wrong nor rob your neighbor. The workman’s wages shall not remain with you until the morning.

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

¹⁵ ‘You shall not do unjustly in judgment. You shall neither favor the person of the poor nor honor the person of the mighty. You shall judge your neighbor justly.

¹⁶ ‘You shall not walk about with tales among your people. You shall not stand against the life of your neighbor. I am the LORD.

¹⁷ ‘You shall not hate your brother in your heart. You shall plainly rebuke your neighbor, and not allow him to sin.

¹⁸ ‘You shall neither avenge nor be mindful against the children of your people, but shall love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD.

¹⁹ ‘You shall keep My Ordinances. You shall not let your cattle breed with diverse kinds. You shall not sow your field with mixed seed. Nor shall a garment of diverse things, of linen or wool, come upon you.

²⁰ ‘Also, whoever lies carnally with a woman who is a bondmaid, engaged to a husband, and not redeemed, nor freedom given her, she shall be scourged. They shall not die because she is not made free.

²¹ ‘And he shall bring for his Trespass Offering to the LORD—at the door of the Tabernacle of the Congregation—a ram for a Trespass Offering.

²² ‘Then, the Priest shall make an atonement for him before the LORD with the ram of the Trespass Offering, concerning his sin which he has done. And pardon shall be given to him for his sin which he has committed.

²³ ‘Also, when you shall come into the land, and have planted every tree for food, you shall count its fruit as uncircumcised. Three years it shall be uncircumcised to you. It shall not be eaten.

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

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

²⁶ ‘You shall not eat flesh with the blood. You shall not practice witchcraft or soothsaying.

²⁷ ‘You shall not shave around the sides of your heads. Nor shall you mar the tufts of your beard.

²⁸ ‘You shall not cut your flesh for the dead, nor make any print of a mark upon you. I am the LORD.

²⁹ ‘You shall not make your daughter common, to cause her to be a whore, lest the land also falls to whoredom, and the land is full of wickedness.

³⁰ ‘You shall keep My Sabbaths and reverence My Sanctuary. I am the LORD.

³¹ ‘You shall not regard those who work with spirits, or soothsayers. You shall not seek them, to be defiled by them. I am the LORD your God.

³² ‘You shall stand up before the gray-headed and honor the person of the elderly and revere your God. I am the LORD.

³³ ‘And if a stranger dwells with you in your land, you shall not mistreat him.

³⁴ ‘The stranger who dwells with you shall be as one of yourselves. And you shall love him as yourself. For you were strangers in the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.

³⁵ ‘You shall do no injustice in judgment (in length, weight or in measure).

³⁶ ‘You shall have just balances, true weights, a true ephah, and a true hin. I am the LORD your God, Who has brought you out of the land of Egypt.

³⁷ ‘Therefore, you shall observe all My Ordinances, and all My Judgments, and do them. I am the LORD.’”