19 The Lord said to Moses, 2 ‘Speak to Israel's people. They must be holy because I am holy. You must tell them that.
3 Each person must respect his mother and his father. All the people must keep the Sabbath as a day of rest. I am the Lord your God.
4 You must not worship idols. You must not use metal to make gods for yourselves. I am the Lord your God.
5 When a person sacrifices a friendship offering to the Lord , he must obey the rules. If he does, the Lord will accept the gift. 6 The people must eat the meat on the day that the person offers it. Or they must eat it on the next day. The person must burn any meat that he has not eaten after the second day. 7 On the third day, the meat is not clean. 8 If he eats the meat on the third day he makes unclean a gift that is holy to the Lord . You must send him away from the camp.
9 When a person cuts the plants in his field, he must not cut to the edge of the field. He must not pick up what he drops. 10 If a person grows fruit to make wine, he must not pick all the fruit. He must not pick up the fruit that drops. The fruit that drops is for the poor people. And it is for those who are foreign. I am the Lord your God.
11 You must not take something that belongs to another person. You must not say something that is not true. You must obey my rules.
12 You must not use the name of your God to say a promise. This will make my name unclean. I am the Lord .
13 You must not rob another person. You must not keep a slave's money until the morning.
14 You must not speak bad words against a person who is deaf. You must not put something in front of a blind person, to make them fall down. I am the Lord . Obey me.
15 You must be fair to other people when you judge them. You must not be more kind to a rich person than to a poor person. You must be fair to everyone.
16 You must not speak bad words about other people. If somebody is in danger of death, do not keep quiet if you know the truth. I am the Lord .
17 You must not think bad thoughts about another person. A person may do something that is wrong. You must tell him that he is doing a wrong thing. If you do, you will not be a part of the wrong thing.
18 You must not try to punish a person who has done something wrong against you. You must not continue to hate a person like that. Instead, you must love other people as much you love yourself. I am the Lord .
19 The people must obey God's rules. They must not let two different kinds of animals have sex together. They must not put two different kinds of seeds in one field. They must not make clothes from two different materials.
20 A slave girl belongs to a man. Another man must not have sex with her. If he does, he is doing a wrong thing. But the girl is not free. He has not bought her. You must punish them. But you must not kill them because the girl was not free. 21 The man must bring a male sheep to the door of the Tent of Meeting. It is an offering to the Lord . 22 The priest will sacrifice the gift to the Lord . The sacrifice will atone for the man's sin. Then the Lord will forgive the man.
23 When you go into Canaan, a person may plant a fruit tree there. But he must not eat the fruit for three years. 24 In the fourth year, the fruit is holy. It is an offering to praise the Lord . 25 In the fifth year, the people can eat the fruit. If they do this, the trees will give much fruit to the people. I am the Lord your God.
26 You must not eat any meat that has the blood in it. You must not do magic. You must not use magic to learn about future times.
27 A man must not cut the hair on the sides of his head. He must not cut the edges of his beard.
28 He must not cut his body to remember the dead people. He must not paint his body. I am the Lord your God.
29 He must not sell his daughter for sex. You would make her ashamed. If he does this, all the people might do the same. The whole land would become full of sin.
30 God has said what the people can do on the Sabbath day of rest. On the day of rest, the people must do only those things. They must respect the Lord 's house. I am the Lord .
31 They must not ask people who do magic to help them. That would make Israel's people unclean. I am the Lord your God.
32 The people must stand up when they are with old people. They must respect the old people. They must give honour to their God. I am the Lord your God.
33 A foreign person may live in your land. You must be kind to him or to her. 34 People must love the person from a different country as they love themselves. They must remember the time when they lived in Egypt. Egypt was not their country. I am the Lord your God.
35 They must be fair when they measure length or weight or size. 36 They must use correct weights and measures. I am the Lord your God. I led you out of Egypt.
37 They must obey all my rules. I am the Lord .’
19 The Lord said to Moses, 2 “Tell all the Israelites: I am the Lord your God. I am holy, so you must be holy.
3 “Each of you must honor your mother and father and keep my special days of rest. [ a ] I am the Lord your God!
4 “Do not worship idols. Do not make statues of gods for yourselves. I am the Lord your God.
5 “When you offer a sacrifice of fellowship offerings to the Lord , you must offer it in the right way so that you will be accepted. 6 You may eat it the same day you offer it and on the next day. But if any of that sacrifice is left on the third day, you must burn it in the fire. 7 You must not eat any of that sacrifice on the third day. It will be unclean, [ b ] and it will not be accepted. 8 You will be guilty of sin if you do that because you did not respect the holy things that belong to the Lord . If you do that, you will be separated from your people.
9 “When you cut your crops at harvest time, don’t cut all the way to the corners of your fields. And if grain falls on the ground, you must not gather up that grain. 10 Don’t pick all the grapes in your vineyards or pick up the grapes that fall to the ground. You must leave those things for your poor people and for people traveling through your country. I am the Lord your God.
11 “You must not steal. You must not cheat people. You must not lie to each other. 12 You must not use my name to make false promises. If you do that, you will show that you don’t respect the name of your God. I am the Lord !
13 “You must not cheat or rob your neighbor. You must not hold a hired worker’s salary overnight until morning. [ c ]
14 “You must not curse anyone who is deaf. You must not do anything to make a blind person fall. But you must respect your God. I am the Lord .
15 “You must be fair in judgment. You must not show special favor to the poor. And you must not show special favor to important people. You must be fair when you judge your neighbor. 16 You must not go around spreading false stories against other people. Don’t do anything that would put your neighbor’s life in danger. I am the Lord .
17 “Don’t secretly hate any of your neighbors. But tell them openly what they have done wrong so that you will not be just as guilty of sin as they are. 18 Forget about the wrong things people do to you. Don’t try to get even. Love your neighbor as yourself. I am the Lord .
19 “You must obey my laws. You must not let your animals mate with animals of a different kind. You must not sow your field with two kinds of seed. You must not wear clothing made from two kinds of material mixed together.
20 “It may happen that a man has sexual relations with a woman who is the slave of another man. But this slave woman has not been bought or given her freedom. If this happens, there must be punishment. But they will not be put to death because the woman was not free. 21 The man must bring his guilt offering to the Lord at the entrance of the Meeting Tent. He must bring a ram for a guilt offering. 22 The priest will make him pure by offering the ram as a guilt offering before the Lord . The offering is for the man’s sins, which will then be forgiven.
23 “In the future, when you enter your country, you will plant many kinds of trees for food. After planting a tree, you must wait three years before you can use any of the fruit from that tree. You must not use that fruit. 24 In the fourth year, the fruit from that tree will belong to the Lord , a holy offering of praise to him. 25 Then, in the fifth year, you can eat the fruit from that tree. And the tree will produce more and more fruit for you. I am the Lord your God.
26 “You must not eat any meat with blood still in it.
“You must not try to use different kinds of magic to tell the future.
27 “You must not round off the hair that grows on the side of your face. You must not cut your beard that grows on the side of your face. 28 You must not cut your body as a way to remember the dead. You must not make any tattoo marks on yourselves. I am the Lord .
29 “Do not dishonor your daughters by making them become prostitutes. If you do that, your whole country will turn away from God and be filled with all kinds of sinful things.
30 “You must not work on my special days of rest. You must honor my holy place. I am the Lord .
31 “Do not go to mediums or wizards for advice—they will only make you unclean. I am the Lord your God.
32 “Show honor to old people. Stand up when they come into the room. And show respect to your leaders. [ d ] I am the Lord .
33 “Do not do bad things to foreigners living in your country. 34 You must treat them the same as you treat your own citizens. Love them as you love yourselves. Remember, you were foreigners in Egypt. I am the Lord your God!
35 “You must be fair when you judge people, and you must be fair when you measure and weigh things. 36 Your baskets should be the right size. Your jars should hold the right amount of liquids. Your weights and balances should weigh things correctly. I am the Lord your God. I brought you out of the land of Egypt.
37 “You must remember all my laws and rules. And you must obey them. I am the Lord .”
19 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
2 Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be holy: for I the Lord your God am holy.
3 Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the Lord your God.
4 Turn ye not unto idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I am the Lord your God.
5 And if ye offer a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the Lord , ye shall offer it at your own will.
6 It shall be eaten the same day ye offer it, and on the morrow: and if ought remain until the third day, it shall be burnt in the fire.
7 And if it be eaten at all on the third day, it is abominable; it shall not be accepted.
8 Therefore every one that eateth it shall bear his iniquity, because he hath profaned the hallowed thing of the Lord : and that soul shall be cut off from among his people.
9 And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the gleanings of thy harvest.
10 And thou shalt not glean thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather every grape of thy vineyard; thou shalt leave them for the poor and stranger: I am the Lord your God.
11 Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.
12 And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the Lord .
13 Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob him: the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.
14 Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumblingblock before the blind, but shalt fear thy God: I am the Lord .
15 Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.
16 Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbour; I am the Lord .
17 Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him.
18 Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the Lord .
19 Ye shall keep my statutes. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a diverse kind: thou shalt not sow thy field with mingled seed: neither shall a garment mingled of linen and woollen come upon thee.
20 And whosoever lieth carnally with a woman, that is a bondmaid, betrothed to an husband, and not at all redeemed, nor freedom given her; she shall be scourged; they shall not be put to death, because she was not free.
21 And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the Lord , unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, even a ram for a trespass offering.
22 And the priest shall make an atonement for him with the ram of the trespass offering before the Lord for his sin which he hath done: and the sin which he hath done shall be forgiven him.
23 And when ye shall come into the land, and shall have planted all manner of trees for food, then ye shall count the fruit thereof as uncircumcised: three years shall it be as uncircumcised unto you: it shall not be eaten of.
24 But in the fourth year all the fruit thereof shall be holy to praise the Lord withal.
25 And in the fifth year shall ye eat of the fruit thereof, that it may yield unto you the increase thereof: I am the Lord your God.
26 Ye shall not eat any thing with the blood: neither shall ye use enchantment, nor observe times.
27 Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard.
28 Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the Lord .
29 Do not prostitute thy daughter, to cause her to be a whore; lest the land fall to whoredom, and the land become full of wickedness.
30 Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the Lord .
31 Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the Lord your God.
32 Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the Lord .
33 And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex him.
34 But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.
35 Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure.
36 Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I am the Lord your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt.
37 Therefore shall ye observe all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: I am the Lord .
19 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
2 “Speak to all the congregation of the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘ ( A ) You shall be holy, for I the Lord your God am holy. 3 Every one of you ( B ) shall revere his mother and his father, and you shall keep ( C ) My Sabbaths; ( D ) I am the Lord your God. 4 Do not turn to ( E ) idols or make for yourselves cast metal ( F ) gods; I am the Lord your God.
5 ‘Now when you offer a sacrifice of peace offerings to the Lord , you shall offer it so that you may be accepted. 6 It shall be eaten on the same day you offer it , and on the next day; but what remains until the third day shall be burned with fire. 7 So if it is eaten at all on the third day, it is unclean; it will not be accepted. 8 And everyone who eats it will bear the consequences for his guilt, because he has profaned the holy thing of the Lord ; and that person shall be cut off from his people.
9 ‘ ( G ) Now when you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap to the very edges of your field, nor shall you gather the gleanings of your harvest. 10 And you shall not glean your vineyard, nor shall you gather the fallen grapes of your vineyard; you shall leave them for the needy and for the stranger. I am the Lord your God.
11 ‘ ( H ) You shall not steal, nor deal falsely, ( I ) nor lie to one another. 12 And ( J ) you shall not swear falsely by My name, so as to ( K ) profane the name of your God; I am the Lord .
13 ‘ ( L ) You shall not oppress your neighbor, nor rob him . ( M ) The wages of a hired worker are not to remain with you all night until morning. 14 You shall not curse a person who is deaf, nor ( N ) put a stumbling block before a person who is blind, but you shall revere your God; I am the Lord .
15 ‘ ( O ) You shall not do injustice in judgment; you shall not show partiality to the poor nor give preference to the great, but you are to judge your neighbor fairly. 16 You shall not go about as ( P ) a slanderer among your people; and you are not to [ a ] jeopardize the [ b ] ( Q ) life of your neighbor. I am the Lord .
17 ‘You ( R ) shall not hate your fellow countryman in your heart; you ( S ) may certainly rebuke your neighbor, but you are not to incur sin because of him. 18 ( T ) You shall not take vengeance, ( U ) nor hold any grudge against the sons of your people, but ( V ) you shall love your neighbor as yourself; I am the Lord .
19 ‘You are to keep My statutes. You shall not cross-breed two kinds of your cattle; ( W ) you shall not sow your field with two kinds of seed, nor wear a garment of two kinds of material mixed together.
20 ‘ ( X ) Now if a man has sexual relations with a woman who is a slave acquired for another man, but who has in no way been redeemed nor given her freedom, there shall be punishment; they shall not, however , be put to death, because she was not free. 21 He shall bring his guilt offering to the Lord to the doorway of the tent of meeting, ( Y ) a ram as a guilt offering. 22 The priest shall also make atonement for him with the ram of the guilt offering before the Lord for his sin which he has committed, and the sin which he has committed will be forgiven him.
23 ‘Now when you enter the land and plant all kinds of trees for food, then you shall count their fruit as [ c ] forbidden. For three years it shall be [ d ] forbidden to you; it shall not be eaten. 24 And in the fourth year all its fruit shall be holy, an offering of praise to the Lord . 25 But in the fifth year you shall eat its fruit, so that its yield may increase for you; I am the Lord your God.
26 ‘You shall not eat any meat ( Z ) with the blood. You shall not practice ( AA ) divination nor soothsaying. 27 ( AB ) You shall not round off the [ e ] hairline of your heads, nor trim the edges of your beard. 28 You shall not make any cuts in your [ f ] body for the [ g ] dead, nor make any tattoo marks on yourselves: I am the Lord .
29 ‘ ( AC ) Do not profane your daughter by making her a prostitute, so that the land does not fall into prostitution, and the land does not become full of outrageous sin. 30 You shall ( AD ) keep My Sabbaths and ( AE ) revere My sanctuary; I am the Lord .
31 ‘Do not turn to [ h ] ( AF ) mediums or spiritists; do not seek them out to be defiled by them. I am the Lord your God.
32 ‘ ( AG ) You shall stand up in the presence of the grayheaded and honor [ i ] elders, and you shall [ j ] fear your God; I am the Lord .
33 ‘ ( AH ) When a stranger resides with you in your land, you shall not [ k ] do him wrong. 34 The stranger who resides with you shall be to you as the native among you, and ( AI ) you shall love him as yourself, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt; I am the Lord your God.
35 ‘ ( AJ ) You shall do no wrong in judgment, in measurement of weight, or volume. 36 You shall have ( AK ) accurate balances, accurate weights, an accurate [ l ] ephah, and an accurate [ m ] hin; I am the Lord your God, who brought you out from the land of Egypt. 37 So you shall keep all My statutes and all My ordinances, and do them; I am the Lord .’”
19 The Lord said to Moses, 2 “Speak to the entire assembly of Israel ( A ) and say to them: ‘Be holy because I, the Lord your God, ( B ) am holy. ( C )
3 “‘Each of you must respect your mother and father, ( D ) and you must observe my Sabbaths. ( E ) I am the Lord your God. ( F )
4 “‘Do not turn to idols or make metal gods for yourselves. ( G ) I am the Lord your God. ( H )
5 “‘When you sacrifice a fellowship offering to the Lord , sacrifice it in such a way that it will be accepted on your behalf. 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. ( I ) 7 If any of it is eaten on the third day, it is impure and will not be accepted. ( J ) 8 Whoever eats it will be held responsible ( K ) because they have desecrated what is holy ( L ) to the Lord ; they must be cut off from their people. ( M )
9 “‘When you reap the harvest of your land, do not reap to the very edges ( N ) of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest. ( O ) 10 Do not go over your vineyard a second time ( P ) or pick up the grapes that have fallen. ( Q ) Leave them for the poor and the foreigner. ( R ) I am the Lord your God.
11 “‘Do not steal. ( S )
“‘Do not lie. ( T )
“‘Do not deceive one another. ( U )
12 “‘Do not swear falsely ( V ) by my name ( W ) and so profane ( X ) the name of your God. I am the Lord .
13 “‘Do not defraud or rob ( Y ) your neighbor. ( Z )
“‘Do not hold back the wages of a hired worker ( AA ) overnight. ( AB )
14 “‘Do not curse the deaf or put a stumbling block in front of the blind, ( AC ) but fear your God. ( AD ) I am the Lord .
15 “‘Do not pervert justice; ( AE ) do not show partiality ( AF ) to the poor or favoritism to the great, ( AG ) but judge your neighbor fairly. ( AH )
16 “‘Do not go about spreading slander ( AI ) among your people.
“‘Do not do anything that endangers your neighbor’s life. ( AJ ) I am the Lord .
17 “‘Do not hate a fellow Israelite in your heart. ( AK ) Rebuke your neighbor frankly ( AL ) so you will not share in their guilt.
18 “‘Do not seek revenge ( AM ) or bear a grudge ( AN ) against anyone among your people, ( AO ) but love your neighbor ( AP ) as yourself. ( AQ ) I am the Lord .
19 “‘Keep my decrees. ( AR )
“‘Do not mate different kinds of animals.
“‘Do not plant your field with two kinds of seed. ( AS )
“‘Do not wear clothing woven of two kinds of material. ( AT )
20 “‘If a man sleeps with a female slave who is promised to another man ( AU ) but who has not been ransomed or given her freedom, there must be due punishment. [ a ] Yet they are not to be put to death, because she had not been freed. 21 The man, however, must bring a ram to the entrance to the tent of meeting for a guilt offering to the Lord . ( AV ) 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. ( AW )
23 “‘When you enter the land and plant any kind of fruit tree, regard its fruit as forbidden. [ b ] For three years you are to consider it forbidden [ c ] ; it must not be eaten. 24 In the fourth year all its fruit will be holy, ( AX ) an offering of praise to the Lord . 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.
26 “‘Do not eat any meat with the blood still in it. ( AY )
“‘Do not practice divination ( AZ ) or seek omens. ( BA )
27 “‘Do not cut the hair at the sides of your head or clip off the edges of your beard. ( BB )
28 “‘Do not cut ( BC ) your bodies for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves. I am the Lord .
29 “‘Do not degrade your daughter by making her a prostitute, ( BD ) or the land will turn to prostitution and be filled with wickedness. ( BE )
30 “‘Observe my Sabbaths ( BF ) and have reverence for my sanctuary. I am the Lord . ( BG )
31 “‘Do not turn to mediums ( BH ) or seek out spiritists, ( BI ) for you will be defiled by them. I am the Lord your God.
32 “‘Stand up in the presence of the aged, show respect ( BJ ) for the elderly ( BK ) and revere your God. ( BL ) I am the Lord . ( BM )
33 “‘When a foreigner resides among you in your land, do not mistreat them. 34 The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born. ( BN ) Love them as yourself, ( BO ) for you were foreigners ( BP ) in Egypt. ( BQ ) I am the Lord your God.
35 “‘Do not use dishonest standards when measuring length, weight or quantity. ( BR ) 36 Use honest scales ( BS ) and honest weights, an honest ephah [ d ] ( BT ) and an honest hin. [ e ] ( BU ) I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt. ( BV )
37 “‘Keep all my decrees ( BW ) and all my laws ( BX ) and follow them. I am the Lord .’”
