19:1 The LORD said to Moses,
19:2 “Speak to the entire assembly of Israel and say to them: ‘Be holy because I, the LORD your God, am holy.
19:3 “‘Each of you must respect his mother and father, and you must observe my Sabbaths. I am the LORD your God.
19:4 “‘Do not turn to idols or make gods of cast metal for yourselves. I am the LORD your God.
19:5 “‘When you sacrifice a fellowship offering to the LORD, sacrifice it in such a way that it will be accepted on your behalf.
19:6 It shall be eaten on the day you sacrifice it or on the next day; anything left over until the third day must be burned up.
19:7 If any of it is eaten on the third day, it is impure and will not be accepted.
19:8 Whoever eats it will be held responsible because he has desecrated what is holy to the LORD; that person must be cut off from his people.
19:9 “‘When you reap the harvest of your land, do not reap to the very edges of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest.
19:10 Do not go over your vineyard a second time or pick up the grapes that have fallen. Leave them for the poor and the alien. I am the LORD your God.
19:11 “‘Do not steal. “‘Do not lie. “‘Do not deceive one another.
19:12 “‘Do not swear falsely by my name and so profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.
19:13 “‘Do not defraud your neighbor or rob him. “‘Do not hold back the wages of a hired man overnight.
19:14 “‘Do not curse the deaf or put a stumbling block in front of the blind, but fear your God. I am the LORD.
19:15 “‘Do not pervert justice; do not show partiality to the poor or favoritism to the great, but judge your neighbor fairly.
19:16 “‘Do not go about spreading slander among your people. “‘Do not do anything that endangers your neighbor’s life. I am the LORD.
19:17 “‘Do not hate your brother in your heart. Rebuke your neighbor frankly so you will not share in his guilt.
19:18 “‘Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against one of your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD.
19:19 “‘Keep my decrees. “‘Do not mate different kinds of animals. “‘Do not plant your field with two kinds of seed. “‘Do not wear clothing woven of two kinds of material.
19:20 “‘If a man sleeps with a woman who is a slave girl promised to another man but who has not been ransomed or given her freedom, there must be due punishment. Yet they are not to be put to death, because she had not been freed.
19:21 The man, however, must bring a ram to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting for a guilt offering to the LORD.
19:22 With the ram of the guilt offering the priest is to make atonement for him before the LORD for the sin he has committed, and his sin will be forgiven.
19:23 “‘When you enter the land and plant any kind of fruit tree, regard its fruit as forbidden. For three years you are to consider it forbidden; it must not be eaten.
19:24 In the fourth year all its fruit will be holy, an offering of praise to the LORD.
19:25 But in the fifth year you may eat its fruit. In this way your harvest will be increased. I am the LORD your God.
19:26 “‘Do not eat any meat with the blood still in it. “‘Do not practice divination or sorcery.
19:27 “‘Do not cut the hair at the sides of your head or clip off the edges of your beard.
19:28 “‘Do not cut your bodies for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves. I am the LORD.
19:29 “‘Do not degrade your daughter by making her a prostitute, or the land will turn to prostitution and be filled with wickedness.
19:30 “‘Observe my Sabbaths and have reverence for my sanctuary. I am the LORD.
19:31 “‘Do not turn to mediums or seek out spiritists, for you will be defiled by them. I am the LORD your God.
19:32 “‘Rise in the presence of the aged, show respect for the elderly and revere your God. I am the LORD.
19:33 “‘When an alien lives with you in your land, do not mistreat him.
19:34 The alien living with you must be treated as one of your native-born. Love him as yourself, for you were aliens in Egypt. I am the LORD your God.
19:35 “‘Do not use dishonest standards when measuring length, weight or quantity.
19:36 Use honest scales and honest weights, an honest ephah and an honest hin. I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt.
19:37 “‘Keep all my decrees and all my laws and follow them. I am the LORD.’”
19:1 Then Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
19:2 Speak to all the assembly of the children of Israel, and say to them, You shall be holy, for I, Jehovah your God, am holy.
19:3 Each one of you shall fear his mother and his father, and you shall keep My Sabbaths; I am Jehovah your God.
19:4 Do not turn to idols or make for yourselves molten gods; I am Jehovah your God.
19:5 And when you offer a sacrifice of peace offerings to Jehovah, you shall sacrifice it so that you may be accepted.
19:6 It shall be eaten on the day you sacrifice it, or on the next day, but what remains until the third day shall be burned with fire.
19:7 But if it is eaten at all on the third day, it is an abomination; it will not be accepted.
19:8 And whoever eats it will bear his own iniquity, because he has profaned what is holy to Jehovah; and that person shall be cut off from his people.
19:9 And when you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not wholly reap the corners of your field, nor shall you gather the gleanings of your harvest.
19:10 And you shall not glean your vineyard nor shall you gather the fallen fruit of your vineyard. You shall leave them for the poor and for the sojourner; I am Jehovah your God.
19:11 You shall not steal; neither shall you deceive nor deal falsely with one another.
19:12 And you shall not swear falsely by My name, thus profaning the name of your God; I am Jehovah.
19:13 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.
19:14 You shall not curse the deaf nor put a stumbling block before the blind, but you shall fear your God; I am Jehovah.
19:15 You shall do no unrighteousness in judgment; you shall not respect the person of the poor nor honor the person of the great, but in righteousness you shall judge your fellow countryman.
19:16 You shall not go around as a slanderer among your people, nor shall you profit by the blood of your neighbor; I am Jehovah.
19:17 You shall not hate your brother in your heart; but you shall surely reprove your fellow countryman, so that you do not bring sin upon yourself because of him.
19:18 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 Jehovah.
19:19 You shall keep My statutes. You shall not let your cattle breed with a different kind; you shall not sow your field with two kinds of seed, nor shall a garment made of two kinds of material come upon you.
19:20 And if a man lies down and has sexual relations with a woman who is a slave designated for another man, but not at all redeemed nor given her freedom, there shall be an inquiry; they shall not be put to death, because she was not freed.
19:21 And he shall bring his trespass offering to Jehovah, to the entrance of the Tent of Meeting, a ram for a trespass offering.
19:22 And the priest shall make expiation for him before Jehovah with the ram of the trespass offering for his sin which he has committed; and the sin which he has committed will be forgiven him.
19:23 And when you come into the land and plant all kinds of trees for food, then you shall count their fruit as unharvestable. Three years it shall be unharvestable to you; it shall not be eaten.
19:24 But in the fourth year all their fruit shall be holy, for giving praise to Jehovah.
19:25 And in the fifth year you may eat of their fruit, that their produce may increase for you; I am Jehovah your God.
19:26 You shall not eat anything with blood, nor shall you practice divination or soothsaying.
19:27 You shall not round the corners of your heads, nor shall you mar the edges of your beard.
19:28 You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor inscribe any marks upon you; I am Jehovah.
19:29 Do not profane your daughter by making her a harlot, so that the land does not fall to harlotry, and the land become full of wickedness.
19:30 You shall keep My Sabbaths and revere My sanctuary; I am Jehovah.
19:31 Do not turn to mediums or to spiritists; do not seek after them to be defiled by them; I am Jehovah your God.
19:32 You shall rise up before the grayheaded and honor the face of the old man. And you shall fear your God; I am Jehovah.
19:33 And if a sojourner sojourns with you in your land, you shall not do him wrong.
19:34 The sojourner who sojourns with you shall be to you as the native among you, and you shall love him as yourself; for you were sojourners in the land of Egypt; I am Jehovah your God.
19:35 You shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in measures of length, of weight, or of quantity.
19:36 You shall have just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin; I am Jehovah your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
19:37 And you shall observe all My statutes and all My ordinances, and do them; I am Jehovah.