Leviticus 19
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The Lord Is Holy
1And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2“Speak to all the congregation of the people of Israel and say to them, #See ch. 11:44, 45You shall be holy, for I the Lord your God am holy. 3#See Ex. 20:12 Every one of you shall revere his mother and his father, and #See Ex. 20:8you shall keep my Sabbaths: I am the Lord your God. 4#ch. 26:1; 1 John 5:21; See Ex. 20:3-5 Do not turn to idols #Ex. 34:17; [Deut. 27:15]or make for yourselves any gods of cast metal: I am the Lord your God.
5 # See ch. 7:15-18 “When you offer a sacrifice of peace offerings to the Lord, you shall offer it so #ch. 1:3; 22:19that you may be accepted. 6It shall be eaten the same day you offer it or on the day after, and anything left over until the third day shall be burned up with fire. 7If it is eaten at all on the third day, it is #ch. 7:18tainted; it will not be accepted, 8and everyone who eats it shall #See ch. 5:1 bear his iniquity, because #ch. 22:15he has profaned what is holy to the Lord, and that person shall be cut off from his people.
Love Your Neighbor as Yourself
9 # ch. 23:22; Deut. 24:19-21; [Ruth 2:15, 16] “When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap your field right up to its edge, neither shall you gather the gleanings after your harvest. 10And you shall not strip your vineyard bare, neither shall you gather the fallen grapes of your vineyard. You shall leave them for the poor and for the sojourner: I am the Lord your God.
11 # See Ex. 20:15 “You shall not steal; #[ch. 6:2, 3; Eph. 4:15, 25; Col. 3:9]you shall not deal falsely; you shall not lie to one another. 12#See Ex. 20:7 You shall not swear by my name falsely, and so #See ch. 18:21profane the name of your God: I am the Lord.
13 # ch. 6:2, 3 “You shall not oppress your neighbor or rob him. #Deut. 24:14, 15; Mal. 3:5; [James 5:4]The wages of a hired worker shall not remain with you all night until the morning. 14#Deut. 27:18 You shall not curse the deaf or put a stumbling block before the blind, but you shall #ver. 32; ch. 25:17; Eccles. 5:7; 12:13; 1 Pet. 2:17fear your God: I am the Lord.
15 #
Ex. 23:2, 3; Deut. 1:17; 16:19; 27:19; Ps. 82:2; Prov. 24:23; James 2:9; [2 Chr. 19:6, 7] “You shall do no injustice in court. You shall not be partial to the poor or defer to the great, but in righteousness shall you judge your neighbor. 16#Prov. 11:13; 20:19 You shall not go around as a slanderer among your people, and you shall not #Ex. 23:1, 7; [Matt. 26:60, 61]; See 1 Kgs. 21:10-13; Acts 6:11-13stand up against the life#19:16 Hebrew blood of your neighbor: I am the Lord.
17 #
1 John 2:9, 11; 3:15 “You shall not hate your brother in your heart, but #Prov. 27:5, 6; Matt. 18:15; Luke 17:3; Gal. 6:1; Eph. 5:11 you shall reason frankly with your neighbor, lest you #[ch. 22:16; Rom. 1:32; 1 Tim. 5:22; 2 John 11]incur sin because of him. 18#Prov. 20:22; Rom. 12:17, 19; Heb. 10:30 You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against the sons of your own people, but #Matt. 5:43; Cited Matt. 19:19; 22:39; Mark 12:31; Luke 10:27; Rom. 13:9; Gal. 5:14; James 2:8you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the Lord.
You Shall Keep My Statutes
19 # See ch. 18:4, 5 “You shall keep my statutes. You shall not let your cattle breed with a different kind. #Deut. 22:9-11You shall not sow your field with two kinds of seed, nor shall you wear a garment of cloth made of two kinds of material.
20“If a man lies sexually with a woman who is a slave, assigned to another man and not yet ransomed or given her freedom, a distinction shall be made. They shall not be put to death, because she was not free; 21but #ch. 5:15; 6:6, 7he shall bring his compensation to the Lord, to the entrance of the tent of meeting, a ram for a guilt offering. 22And the priest shall make atonement for him with the ram of the guilt offering before the Lord for his sin that he has committed, and he shall be forgiven for the sin that he has committed.
23“When you come into the land and plant any kind of tree for food, then you shall regard its fruit as forbidden.#19:23 Hebrew as its uncircumcision Three years it shall be forbidden to you; it must not be eaten. 24And in the fourth year all its fruit shall be holy, an offering of praise to the Lord. 25But in the fifth year you may eat of its fruit, to increase its yield for you: I am the Lord your God.
26 # See ch. 3:17 “You shall not eat any flesh with the blood in it. #Deut. 18:10; 2 Kgs. 17:17 You shall not interpret omens or #2 Kgs. 21:6; 2 Chr. 33:6tell fortunes. 27#ch. 21:5; [Isa. 15:2; Jer. 9:26; 48:37]You shall not round off the hair on your temples or mar the edges of your beard. 28You shall not make any #ch. 21:1, 4, 5; Deut. 14:1; 1 Kgs. 18:28; Jer. 16:6; 41:5; 47:5; 48:37cuts on your body for the dead or tattoo yourselves: I am the Lord.
29 # [Deut. 23:17] “Do not profane your daughter by making her a prostitute, lest the land fall into prostitution and the land become full of depravity. 30#ver. 3; ch. 26:2; See Ex. 20:8 You shall keep my Sabbaths and #Eccles. 5:1; [Matt. 21:12, 13; Mark 11:15-17; Luke 19:45, 46; John 2:14-16]reverence my sanctuary: I am the Lord.
31 # ch. 20:6, 27; Deut. 18:11; Isa. 8:19; [Ex. 22:18; 1 Sam. 28:3, 7, 9; 1 Chr. 10:13; Acts 16:16] “Do not turn to mediums or necromancers; do not seek them out, and so make yourselves unclean by them: I am the Lord your God.
32 #
Prov. 20:29; [Lam. 5:12] “You shall stand up before the gray head and honor the face of an old man, and you shall #See ver. 14fear your God: I am the Lord.
33 #
Ex. 22:21; 23:9; Mal. 3:5 “When a stranger sojourns with you in your land, you shall not do him wrong. 34#See ch. 16:29 You shall treat the stranger who sojourns with you as the native among you, and #Deut. 10:19; See ver. 18you shall love him as yourself, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.
35 # See ver. 15 “You shall do no wrong in judgment, in measures of length or weight or quantity. 36#Deut. 25:13, 15; Prov. 11:1; 16:11; 20:10; Ezek. 45:10; [Amos 8:5; Mic. 6:11]You shall have just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin:#19:36 An ephah was about 3/5 bushel or 22 liters; a hin was about 4 quarts or 3.5 liters I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt. 37And #See ch. 18:4, 5you shall observe all my statutes and all my rules, and do them: I am the Lord.”
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Vayikra (Lev) 19
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1Adonai said to Moshe, 2“Speak to the entire community of Isra’el; tell them, ‘You people are to be holy because I, Adonai your God, am holy.
3“‘Every one of you is to revere his father and mother, and you are to keep my Shabbats; I am Adonai your God.
4“‘Do not turn to idols, and do not cast metal gods for yourselves; I am Adonai your God.
5“‘When you offer a sacrifice of peace offerings to Adonai, offer it in a way that will make you accepted. 6It is to be eaten the same day you offer it and the following day; but if any of it remains until the third day, it is to be burned up completely. 7If any of it is eaten on the third day, it will have become a disgusting thing and will not be accepted; 8moreover, everyone who eats it will bear the consequences of profaning something holy meant for Adonai — that person will be cut off from his people.
9“‘When you harvest the ripe crops produced in your land, don’t harvest all the way to corners of your field, and don’t gather the ears of grain left by the harvesters. 10Likewise, don’t gather the grapes left on the vine or fallen on the ground after harvest; leave them for the poor and the foreigner; I am Adonai your God.
11“‘Do not steal from, defraud or lie to each other. 12Do not swear by my name falsely, which would be profaning the name of your God; I am Adonai. 13Do not oppress or rob your neighbor; specifically, you are not to keep back the wages of a hired worker all night until morning.
14“‘Do not speak a curse against a deaf person or place an obstacle in the way of a blind person; rather, fear your God; I am Adonai.
(RY: v, LY: ii) 15“‘Do not be unjust in judging — show neither partiality to the poor nor deference to the mighty, but with justice judge your neighbor.
16“‘Do not go around spreading slander among your people, but also don’t stand idly by when your neighbor’s life is at stake; I am Adonai.
17“‘Do not hate your brother in your heart, but rebuke your neighbor frankly, so that you won’t carry sin because of him. 18Don’t take vengeance on or bear a grudge against any of your people; rather, love your neighbor as yourself; I am Adonai.
19“‘Observe my regulations.
“‘Don’t let your livestock mate with those of another kind, don’t sow your field with two different kinds of grain, and don’t wear a garment of cloth made with two different kinds of thread.
20“‘If a man has sexual relations with a woman who is a slave intended for another man, and she has neither been redeemed nor given her freedom, there is to be an investigation. They are not to be put to death, because she was not free. 21In reparation he is to bring a ram as a guilt offering for himself to the entrance of the tent of meeting. 22The cohen will make atonement for him with the ram of the guilt offering before Adonai for the sin he committed, and he will be forgiven for the sin he committed.
(LY: iii) 23“‘When you enter the land and plant various kinds of fruit trees, you are to regard its fruit as forbidden — for three years it will be forbidden to you and not eaten. 24In the fourth year all its fruit will be holy, for praising Adonai. 25But in the fifth year you may eat its fruit, so that it will produce even more for you; I am Adonai your God.
26“‘Do not eat anything with blood. Do not practice divination or fortune-telling. 27Don’t round your hair at the temples or mar the edges of your beard. 28Don’t cut gashes in your flesh when someone dies or tattoo yourselves; I am Adonai.
29“‘Do not debase your daughter by making her a prostitute, so that the land will not fall into prostitution and become full of shame.
30“‘Keep my Shabbats, and revere my sanctuary; I am Adonai.
31“‘Do not turn to spirit-mediums or sorcerers; don’t seek them out, to be defiled by them; I am Adonai your God.
32“‘Stand up in the presence of a person with gray hair, show respect for the old; you are to fear your God; I am Adonai.
(RY: vi, LY: iv) 33“‘If a foreigner stays with you in your land, do not do him wrong. 34Rather, treat the foreigner staying with you like the native-born among you — you are to love him as yourself, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt; I am Adonai your God.
35“‘Don’t be dishonest when measuring length, weight or capacity. 36Rather, use an honest balance-scale, honest weights, an honest bushel dry-measure and an honest gallon liquid-measure; I am Adonai your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt. 37Observe all my regulations and rulings, and do them; I am Adonai.’”
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