The Bible
Leviticus Chapter 19
1Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 2"Speak to all the congregation of the children of Israel, and tell them, 'Be holy, for I, Yahweh your God, am holy.
3"'Each one of you must respect his mother and his father. Keep my Sabbaths. I am Yahweh your God.
4"'Don't turn to idols, nor make cast-metal gods for yourselves. I am Yahweh your God.
5"'When you offer a sacrifice of peace offerings to Yahweh, offer it so that you may be accepted. 6It 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. 7If it is eaten at all on the third day, it is an abomination. It will not be accepted; 8but everyone who eats it shall bear his iniquity, because he has profaned Yahweh's holy thing. That soul shall be cut off from his people.
9"'When you reap the harvest of your land, don't wholly reap the corners of your field, and don't gather the gleanings of your harvest. 10Don't glean your vineyard, nor gather the fallen grapes of your vineyard. Leave them for the poor and for the foreigner. I am Yahweh your God.
11"'Don't steal.
"'Don't lie.
"'Don't deceive one another.
12"'Don't swear by my name falsely, and profane the name of your God. I am Yahweh.
13"'Don't oppress your neighbor, nor rob him.
"'The wages of a hired servant shall not remain with you all night until the morning.
14"'Don't curse the deaf, nor put a stumbling block before the blind; but you must fear your God. I am Yahweh.
15"'Don't be unjust in judgment. You mustn't be partial to the poor, nor show favoritism to the great; but judge your neighbor in righteousness.
16"'Don't go around as a slanderer among your people.
"'Don't endanger the life of your neighbor. I am Yahweh.
17"'Don't hate your brother in your heart. Surely rebuke your neighbor, and don't bear sin because of him.
18"'Don't take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people; but love your neighbor as yourself. I am Yahweh.
19"'Keep my statutes.
"'Don't cross-breed different kinds of animals.
"'Don't sow your field with two kinds of seed;
"'Don't wear a garment made of two kinds of material.
20"'If a man lies sexually with a woman who is a slave girl, pledged to be married to another man, and not ransomed or given her freedom; they are going to be punished. They shall not be put to death, because she was not free. 21He shall bring his trespass offering to Yahweh, to the door of the Tent of Meeting, even a ram for a trespass offering. 22The priest is to make atonement for him with the ram of the trespass offering in Yahweh's presence for his sin which he has committed; and the sin which he has committed will be forgiven.
23"'When you enter the land, and have planted all kinds of trees for food, then count their fruit as forbidden. It will be forbidden for you for three years. It must not be eaten. 24But in the fourth year all its fruit shall be holy, for giving praise to Yahweh. 25In the fifth year you are to eat its fruit, that it may yield its produce to you. I am Yahweh your God.
26"'Don't eat any meat with the blood still in it. Don't use enchantments, nor practice sorcery.
27"'Don't cut the hair on the sides of your head or clip off the edge of your beard.
28"'Don't make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor tattoo any marks on you. I am Yahweh.
29"'Don't profane your daughter by making her a prostitute; lest the land fall to prostitution, and the land become full of wickedness.
30"'Keep my Sabbaths, and revere my sanctuary. I am Yahweh.
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 Yahweh your God.
32"'Rise up before the gray head and honor the face of the elderly; and fear your God. I am Yahweh.
33"'If a stranger lives as a foreigner with you in your land, you mustn't do him wrong. 34The stranger who lives as a foreigner with you will be to you as the native-born among you, and you must love him as yourself; for you lived as foreigners in the land of Egypt. I am Yahweh your God.
35"'Don't be unrighteous in judgment, in measures of length, of weight, or of quantity. 36Have just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin. I am Yahweh your God, who brought you from the land of Egypt.
37"'Observe all my statutes and all my ordinances, and do them. I am Yahweh.'"
The Bible text is an adaptation of the WEB
to include nuanced meanings of particular ancient words for placenames, God and others of special interest.
In general square brackets:[] are used to indicate words not found in the original text.
They also indicate the 5 books of the Psalms, and the letters in Psalm 119;
and a few passages considered by some to be of questionable authenticity, marked with an asterisk(*).
