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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Leviticus 19
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1 AND THE Lord said to Moses,
2 Say to all the assembly of the Israelites, You shall be holy, for I the Lord your God am holy. [I Pet. 1:15.]
3 Each of you shall give due respect to his mother and his father, and keep My Sabbaths holy. I the Lord am your God.
4 Do not turn to idols and things of nought or make for yourselves molten gods. I the Lord am your God.
5 And when you offer a sacrifice of peace offering to the Lord, you shall offer it so that you may be accepted.
6 It shall be eaten the same day you offer it and on the day following; and if anything remains until the third day, it shall be burned in the fire.
7 If it is eaten at all the third day, it is loathsome; it will not be accepted.
8 But everyone who eats it shall bear his iniquity, for he has profaned a holy thing of the Lord; and that soul shall be cut off from his people [and not be included in the atonement made for them].
9 And when you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap your field to its very corners, neither shall you gather the fallen ears or gleanings of your harvest.
10 And you shall not glean your vineyard bare, neither shall you gather its fallen grapes; you shall leave them for the poor and the stranger. I am the Lord your God.
11 You shall not steal, or deal falsely, or lie one to another. [Col. 3:9, 10.]
12 And you shall not swear by My name falsely, neither shall you profane the name of your God. I am the Lord.
13 You shall not defraud or oppress your neighbor or rob him; the wages of a hired servant shall not remain with you all night until morning.
14 You shall not curse the deaf or put a stumbling block before the blind, but you shall [reverently] fear your God. I am the Lord.
15 You shall do no injustice in judging a case; you shall not be partial to the poor or show a preference for the mighty, but in righteousness and according to the merits of the case judge your neighbor.
16 You shall not go up and down as a dispenser of gossip and scandal among your people, nor shall you [secure yourself by false testimony or by silence and] endanger the life of your neighbor. I am the Lord.
17 You shall not hate your brother in your heart; but you shall surely rebuke your neighbor, lest you incur sin because of him. [Gal. 6:1; I John 2:9, 11; 3:15.]
18 You shall not take revenge or bear any grudge against the sons of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself. I am the Lord. [Matt. 5:43-46; Rom. 12:17, 19.]
19 You shall keep My statutes. You shall not let your domestic animals breed with a different kind [of animal]; you shall not sow your field with mixed seed, neither wear a garment of linen mixed with wool.
20 And if a man lies carnally with a woman who is a slave betrothed to a husband and not yet ransomed or given her freedom, they shall be punished [after investigation]; they shall not be put to death, because she was not free;
21 But he shall bring his guilt or trespass offering to the Lord to the door of the Tent of Meeting, a ram for a guilt or trespass offering.
22 The priest shall make atonement for him with the ram of the guilt or trespass offering before the Lord for his sin, and he shall be forgiven for committing the sin.
23 And when you come into the land and have planted all kinds of trees for food, then you shall count the fruit of them as inedible and forbidden to you for three years; it shall not be eaten.
24 In the fourth year all their fruit shall be holy for giving praise to the Lord.
25 But in the fifth year you may eat of the fruit [of the trees], that their produce may enrich you; I am the Lord your God.
26 You shall not eat anything with the blood; neither shall you use magic, omens, or witchcraft [or predict events by horoscope or signs and lucky days].
27 You shall not round the corners of the hair of your heads nor trim the corners of your beard [as some idolaters do].
28 You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead nor print or tattoo any marks upon you; I am the Lord.
29 Do not profane your daughter by causing her to be a harlot, lest the land fall into harlotry and become full of wickedness.
30 You shall keep My Sabbaths and reverence My sanctuary. I am the Lord.
31 Turn not to those [mediums] who have familiar spirits or to wizards; do not seek them out to be defiled by them. I am the Lord your God.
32 You shall rise up before the hoary head and honor the face of the old man and [reverently] fear your God. I am the Lord.
33 And if a stranger dwells temporarily with you in your land, you shall not suppress and mistreat him.
34 But the stranger who dwells with you shall be to you as one born among you; 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 unrighteousness in judgment, in measures of length or weight or quantity.
36 You shall have accurate and just balances, just weights, just ephah and hin measures. I am the Lord your God, Who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
37 You shall observe all My statutes and ordinances and do them. I am the Lord.
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