Leviticus
19:1-37 HCSB The LORD spoke to
Moses: 2 "Speak to the entire Israelite community
and tell them: Be holy because I, the LORD your God, am holy. 3 "Each of you is to respect his mother
and father. You are to keep My Sabbaths; I am the LORD your God. 4 Do not turn to idols or make cast
images of gods for yourselves; I am the LORD your God. 5 "When you offer a fellowship
sacrifice to the LORD, sacrifice it that you may be accepted. 6 It is to be eaten on the day you
sacrifice it or on the next day, but what remains on the third day must
be burned up. 7 If
any is eaten on the third day, it is a repulsive thing; it will not be
accepted. 8 Anyone
who eats it will bear his punishment, for he has profaned what is holy to the
LORD. That person must be cut off from his people. 9 "When you reap the harvest of
your land, you are not to reap to the very edge of your field or gather the
gleanings of your harvest. 10
You must not strip your vineyard bare or gather its fallen
grapes. Leave them for the poor and the foreign resident; I am the LORD your
God. 11 "You
must not steal. You must not act deceptively or lie to one another. 12 You must not swear falsely by My name,
profaning the name of your God; I am the LORD.
13 "You must not oppress your
neighbor or rob him. The wages due a hired hand must not remain with you
until morning. 14 You
must not curse the deaf or put a stumbling block in front of the blind, but you
are to fear your God; I am the LORD. 15
"You must not act unjustly when rendering judgment. Do not
be partial to the poor or give preference to the rich; judge your neighbor
fairly. 16 You
must not go about spreading slander among your people; you must not jeopardize
your neighbor's life; I am the LORD. 17
"You must not hate your brother in your heart. Rebuke your
neighbor directly, and you will not incur guilt because of him. 18 Do not take revenge or bear a grudge
against members of your community, but love your neighbor as yourself; I am the
LORD. 19 "You
are to keep My statutes. You must not crossbreed two different kinds of your
livestock, sow your fields with two kinds of seed, or put on a garment made of
two kinds of material. 20
"If a man has sexual intercourse with a woman who is a slave
designated for another man, but she has not been redeemed or given her
freedom, there must be punishment. They are not to be put to death, because she
had not been freed. 21 However,
he must bring his ram as a restitution offering to the LORD at the entrance to
the tent of meeting. 22 The
priest will make atonement on his behalf before the LORD with the ram of the
restitution offering for the sin he has committed, and he will be forgiven for
the sin he committed. 23 "When
you come into the land and plant any kind of tree for food, you are to consider
the fruit forbidden. It will be forbidden to you for three years; it is not to
be eaten. 24 In
the fourth year all its fruit must be consecrated as a praise offering to the
LORD. 25 But
in the fifth year you may eat its fruit. In this way its yield will increase
for you; I am the LORD your God. 26
"You are not to eat anything with blood in it.
You are not to practice divination or sorcery.
27 You are not to cut off the hair at the
sides of your head or mar the edge of your beard. 28 You are not to make gashes on your
bodies for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves; I am the LORD. 29 "Do not debase your daughter by
making her a prostitute, or the land will be prostituted and filled with
depravity. 30 You
must keep My Sabbaths and revere My sanctuary; I am the LORD. 31 "Do not turn to mediums or
consult spiritists, or you will be defiled by them; I
am the LORD your God. 32 "You
are to rise in the presence of the elderly and honor the old. Fear your God; I
am the LORD. 33 "When
a foreigner lives with you in your land, you must not oppress him. 34 You must regard the foreigner who
lives with you as the native-born among you. You are to love him as yourself,
for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt; I am the LORD your God. 35 "You must not act unfairly in
measurements of length, weight, or volume.
36 You are to have honest balances,
honest weights, an honest dry measure, and an honest liquid measure; I am the
LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt. 37 You must keep all My statutes and all
My ordinances and do them; I am the LORD."
Devotionals: Leviticus 19:11 Is Lying Ever Permitted?
Leviticus 19:33-34 Race Wars
Sermons: Leviticus 19:15 Judging Fairly
Commentary: Leviticus 19:2
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