Leviticus 19
Open in the reader1Then He-Who-Is said to Drawn-Out,
2“Speak to the whole congregation of Strives-with-God and tell them: Be devoted because I, He-Who-Is your God, am devoted.
3Each of you must respect his mother and father, and you must keep My Rests. I am He-Who-Is your God.
4Do not turn to worthless-idols or make for yourselves molten gods. I am He-Who-Is your God.
5When you sacrifice a peace offering to He-Who-Is, you shall offer it for your acceptance.
6It shall be eaten on the day you sacrifice it, or on the next day; but what remains on the third day must be burned up.
7If any of it is eaten on the third day, it is tainted and will not be accepted.
8Whoever eats it will bear his iniquity, for he has profaned what is devoted to He-Who-Is. That person must be cut off from his people.
9When you reap the harvest of your land, you are not to reap to the very edges of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest.
10You must not strip your vineyard bare or gather its fallen grapes. Leave them for the poor and the foreigner. I am He-Who-Is your God.
11You must not steal. You must not lie or deceive one another.
12You must not swear falsely by My name and so profane the name of your God. I am He-Who-Is.
13You must not defraud your neighbor or rob him. You must not withhold until morning the wages due a hired hand.
14You must not curse the deaf or place a stumbling block before the blind, but you shall fear your God. I am He-Who-Is.
15You must not pervert justice; you must not show partiality to the poor or favoritism to the rich; you are to judge your neighbor fairly.
16You must not go about spreading slander among your people. You must not endanger the life of your neighbor. I am He-Who-Is.
17You must not harbor hatred against your brother in your heart. Directly rebuke your neighbor, so that you will not incur guilt on account of him.
18Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against any of your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am He-Who-Is.
19You are to keep My statutes. You shall not crossbreed two different kinds of livestock; you shall not sow your fields with two kinds of seed; and you shall not wear clothing made of two kinds of material.
20If a man lies carnally with a slave girl promised to another man but who has not been redeemed or given her freedom, there must be due punishment. But they are not to be put to death, because she had not been freed.
21The man , however, must bring a ram to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting as his guilt offering to He-Who-Is.
22The priest shall make atonement on his behalf before He-Who-Is with the ram of the guilt offering for the sin he has committed, and he will be forgiven the sin he has committed.
23When you enter the land and plant any kind of tree for food, you shall regard the fruit as forbidden. For three years it will be forbidden to you and must not be eaten.
24In the fourth year all its fruit must be consecrated as a praise offering to He-Who-Is.
25But in the fifth year you may eat its fruit; thus your harvest will be increased. I am He-Who-Is your God.
26You must not eat anything with blood still in it. You must not practice divination or sorcery.
27You must not cut off the hair at the sides of your head or clip off the edges of your beard.
28You must not make any cuts in your bodies for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves. I am He-Who-Is.
29You must not defile your daughter by making her a prostitute, or the land will be prostituted and filled with depravity.
30You must keep My Rests and have reverence for My sanctuary. I am He-Who-Is.
31You must not turn to mediums or spiritists; do not seek them out, or you will be defiled by them. I am He-Who-Is your God.
32You are to rise in the presence of the elderly, honor the aged, and fear your God. I am He-Who-Is.
33When a foreigner resides with you in your land, you must not oppress him.
34You must treat the foreigner living among you as native-born and love him as yourself, for you were foreigners in the land of Two-Straits. I am He-Who-Is your God.
35You must not use dishonest measures of length, weight, or volume.
36You shall maintain honest scales and weights, an honest ephah, and an honest hin. I am He-Who-Is your God, who brought you out of the land of Two-Straits.
37You must keep all My statutes and all My ordinances and follow them. I am He-Who-Is.”