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Leviticus 19
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Laws of Holiness and Justice

19The LORD told MosesH3068H1696H4872H559
2to say to the community of Israel, "Be holy, because I, the LORD your God, am holy.H1696H5712H1121H3478H559H6918H3068H430H6918
3Each of you must respect your mother and your father, and must keep the Sabbath, as I have commanded. I am the LORD your God.H3372H376H517H1H8104H7676H3068H430
4"Do not abandon me and worship idols; do not make gods of metal and worship them. I am the LORD your God.H6437H457H6213H4541H430H3068H430
5"When you kill an animal for a fellowship offering, keep the regulations that I have given you, and I will accept the offering.H2076H2077H8002H3068H2076H7522
6The meat must be eaten on the day the animal is killed or on the next day. Any meat left on the third day must be burned,H398H3117H2077H4283H3498H7992H3117H8313H784
7because it is ritually unclean, and if anyone eats it, I will not accept the offering.H398H398H7992H3117H6292H7521
8Any who eat it will be guilty of treating as ordinary what is dedicated to me, and they will no longer be considered my people.H398H5375H5771H2490H6944H3068H5315H3772H5971
9"When you harvest your fields, do not cut the grain at the edges of the fields, and do not go back to cut the heads of grain that were left.H7114H7105H776H3615H6285H7704H3950H3951H7105
10Do not go back through your vineyard to gather the grapes that were missed or to pick up the grapes that have fallen; leave them for poor people and foreigners. I am the LORD your God.H5953H3754H3950H6528H3754H5800H6041H1616H3068H430
11"Do not steal or cheat or lie.H1589H3584H8266H376H5997
12Do not make a promise in my name if you do not intend to keep it; that brings disgrace on my name. I am the LORD your God.H7650H8034H8267H2490H8034H430H3068
13"Do not rob or take advantage of anyone. Do not hold back the wages of someone you have hired, not even for one night.H6231H7453H1497H6468H7916H3885H1242
14Do not curse the deaf or put something in front of the blind so as to make them stumble over it. Obey me; I am the LORD your God.H7043H2795H5414H4383H6440H5787H3372H430H3068
15"Be honest and just when you make decisions in legal cases; do not show favoritism to the poor or fear the rich.H6213H5766H4941H5375H6440H1800H1921H6440H1419H6664H8199H5997
16Do not spread lies about anyone, and when someone is on trial for his life, speak out if your testimony can help him. I am the LORD.H3212H7400H5971H5975H1818H7453H3068
17"Do not bear a grudge against others, but settle your differences with them, so that you will not commit a sin because of them.H8130H251H3824H3198H3198H5997H5375H2399
18Do not take revenge on others or continue to hate them, but love your neighbors as you love yourself. I am the LORD.H5358H5201H1121H5971H157H7453H3644H3068
19"Obey my commands. Do not crossbreed domestic animals. Do not plant two kinds of seed in the same field. Do not wear clothes made of two kinds of material.H8104H2708H929H7250H3610H2232H7704H3610H899H3610H8162H5927
20"If a slave woman is the recognized concubine of a man and she has not been paid for and freed, then if another man has sexual relations with her, they will be punished, but not put to death, since she is a slave.H376H7901H2233H7902H802H8198H2778H376H6299H6299H2668H5414H1244H4191H2666
21The man shall bring a ram to the entrance of the Tent of my presence as his repayment offering,H935H817H3068H6607H168H4150H352H817
22and with it the priest shall perform the ritual of purification to remove the man's sin, and God will forgive him.H3548H3722H352H817H6440H3068H2403H2398H2403H2398H5545
23"When you come into the land of Canaan and plant any kind of fruit tree, consider the fruit ritually unclean for the first three years. During that time you must not eat it.H935H776H5193H6086H3978H6188H6529H6188H6190H7969H8141H6189H398
24In the fourth year all the fruit shall be dedicated as an offering to show your gratitude to me, the LORD.H7243H8141H6529H6944H1974H3068
25But in the fifth year you may eat the fruit. If you do all this, your trees will bear more fruit. I am the LORD your God.H2549H8141H398H6529H3254H8393H3068H430
26"Do not eat any meat with blood still in it. Do not practice any kind of magic.H398H1818H5172H6049
27Do not cut the hair on the sides of your head or trim your beardH5362H6285H7218H7843H6285H2206
28or tattoo yourselves or cut gashes in your body to mourn for the dead. I am the LORD.H5414H3793H8296H1320H5315H5414H7085H3068
29"Do not disgrace your daughters by making them temple prostitutes; if you do, you will turn to other gods and the land will be full of immorality.H2490H1323H2181H776H2181H776H4390H2154
30Keep the Sabbath, and honor the place where I am worshiped. I am the LORD.H8104H7676H3372H4720H3068
31"Do not go for advice to people who consult the spirits of the dead. If you do, you will be ritually unclean. I am the LORD your God.H6437H178H1245H3049H2930H3068H430
32"Show respect for old people and honor them. Reverently obey me; I am the LORD.H6965H6440H7872H1921H6440H2205H3372H430H3068
33"Do not mistreat foreigners who are living in your land.H1616H1481H776H3238
34Treat them as you would an Israelite, and love them as you love yourselves. Remember that you were once foreigners in the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.H1616H1481H249H157H1616H776H4714H3068H430
35"Do not cheat anyone by using false measures of length, weight, or quantity.H6213H5766H4941H4060H4948H4884
36Use honest scales, honest weights, and honest measures. I am the LORD your God, and I brought you out of Egypt.H6664H3976H6664H68H6664H374H6664H1969H3068H430H3318H776H4714
37Obey all my laws and commands. I am the LORD."H8104H2708H4941H6213H3068


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