Leviticus 19 Parallel Bible

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1	And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,	The LORD said to Moses:	The LORD said to Moses,
2	“Speak to all the congregation of the people of Israel and say to them, You shall be holy, for I the LORD your God am holy.	Speak to the whole Israelite community and tell them: Be holy, for I, the LORD your God, am holy.	“Speak to the entire assembly of Israel and say to them: ‘Be holy because I, the LORD your God, am holy.
3	Every one of you shall revere his mother and his father, and you shall keep my Sabbaths: I am the LORD your God.	Each of you revere your mother and father, and keep my sabbaths. I, the LORD, am your God.	“’Each of you must respect your mother and father, and you must observe my Sabbaths. I am the LORD your God.
4	Do not turn to idols or make for yourselves any gods of cast metal: I am the LORD your God.	Do not turn aside to idols, nor make molten gods for yourselves. I, the LORD, am your God.	“’Do not turn to idols or make metal gods for yourselves. I am the LORD your God.
5	“When you offer a sacrifice of peace offerings to the LORD, you shall offer it so that you may be accepted.	When you sacrifice your communion sacrifice to the LORD, you shall sacrifice it so that it is acceptable on your behalf.	“’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 the same day you offer it or on the day after, and anything left over until the third day shall be burned up with fire.	It must be eaten on the day of your sacrifice or on the following day. Whatever is left over until the third day shall be burned in fire.	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.
7	If it is eaten at all on the third day, it is tainted; it will not be accepted,	If any of it is eaten on the third day, it will be a desecrated offering and not be accepted;	If any of it is eaten on the third day, it is impure and will not be accepted.
8	and everyone who eats it shall bear his iniquity, because he has profaned what is holy to the LORD, and that person shall be cut off from his people.	whoever eats of it then shall bear the penalty for having profaned what is sacred to the LORD. Such a one shall be cut off from the people.	Whoever eats it will be held responsible because they have desecrated what is holy to the LORD; they must be cut off from their people.
9	“When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap your field right up to its edge, neither shall you gather the gleanings after your harvest.	When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not be so thorough that you reap the field to its very edge, nor shall you gather the gleanings of your harvest.	“’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.
10	And you shall not strip your vineyard bare, neither shall you gather the fallen grapes of your vineyard. You shall leave them for the poor and for the sojourner: I am the LORD your God.	Likewise, you shall not pick your vineyard bare, nor gather up the grapes that have fallen. These things you shall leave for the poor and the alien. I, the LORD, am your God.	Do not go over your vineyard a second time or pick up the grapes that have fallen. Leave them for the poor and the foreigner. I am the LORD your God.
11	“You shall not steal; you shall not deal falsely; you shall not lie to one another.	You shall not steal. You shall not deceive or speak falsely to one another.	“’Do not steal. “’Do not lie. “’Do not deceive one another.
12	You shall not swear by my name falsely, and so profane the name of your God: I am the LORD.	You shall not swear falsely by my name, thus profaning the name of your God. I am the LORD.	“’Do not swear falsely by my name and so profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.
13	“You shall not oppress your neighbor or rob him. The wages of a hired worker shall not remain with you all night until the morning.	You shall not exploit your neighbor. You shall not commit robbery. You shall not withhold overnight the wages of your laborer.	“’Do not defraud or rob your neighbor. “’Do not hold back the wages of a hired worker overnight.
14	You shall not curse the deaf or put a stumbling block before the blind, but you shall fear your God: I am the LORD.	You shall not insult the deaf, or put a stumbling block in front of the blind, but you shall fear your God. I am the LORD.	“’Do not curse the deaf or put a stumbling block in front of the blind, but fear your God. I am the LORD.
15	“You shall do no injustice in court. You shall not be partial to the poor or defer to the great, but in righteousness shall you judge your neighbor.	You shall not act dishonestly in rendering judgment. Show neither partiality to the weak nor deference to the mighty, but judge your neighbor justly.	“’Do not pervert justice; do not show partiality to the poor or favoritism to the great, but judge your neighbor fairly.
16	You shall not go around as a slanderer among your people, and you shall not stand up against the life of your neighbor: I am the LORD.	You shall not go about spreading slander among your people; nor shall you stand by idly when your neighbor’s life is at stake. I am the LORD.	“’Do not go about spreading slander among your people. “’Do not do anything that endangers your neighbor’s life. I am the LORD.
17	“You shall not hate your brother in your heart, but you shall reason frankly with your neighbor, lest you incur sin because of him.	You shall not hate any of your kindred in your heart. Reprove your neighbor openly so that you do not incur sin because of that person.	“’Do not hate a fellow Israelite in your heart. Rebuke your neighbor frankly so you will not share in their guilt.
18	You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against the sons of your own people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the LORD.	Take no revenge and cherish no grudge against your own people. You shall love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD.	“’Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against anyone among your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD.
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 you wear a garment of cloth made of two kinds of material.	Keep my statutes: do not breed any of your domestic animals with others of a different species; do not sow a field of yours with two different kinds of seed; and do not put on a garment woven with two different kinds of thread.	“’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.
20	“If a man lies sexually with a woman who is a slave, assigned to another man and not yet ransomed or given her freedom, a distinction shall be made. They shall not be put to death, because she was not free;	If a man has sexual relations with a female slave who has been acquired by another man but has not yet been redeemed or given her freedom, an investigation shall be made. They shall not be put to death, because she has not been freed.	“’If a man sleeps with a female slave who is 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.
21	but he shall bring his compensation to the LORD, to the entrance of the tent of meeting, a ram for a guilt offering.	The man shall bring to the entrance of the tent of meeting as his reparation to the LORD a ram as a reparation offering.	The man, however, must bring a ram to the entrance to the tent of meeting for a guilt offering to the LORD.
22	And the priest shall make atonement for him with the ram of the guilt offering before the LORD for his sin that he has committed, and he shall be forgiven for the sin that he has committed.	With the ram of the reparation offering the priest shall make atonement before the LORD for the wrong the man has committed, so that he will be forgiven for the wrong he has committed.	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.
23	“When you come into the land and plant any kind of tree for food, then you shall regard its fruit as forbidden. Three years it shall be forbidden to you; it must not be eaten.	When you come into the land and plant any fruit tree there, first look upon its fruit as if it were uncircumcised. For three years, it shall be uncircumcised for you; it may not be eaten.	“’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.
24	And in the fourth year all its fruit shall be holy, an offering of praise to the LORD.	In the fourth year, however, all of its fruit shall be dedicated to the LORD in joyous celebration.	In the fourth year all its fruit will be holy, an offering of praise to the LORD.
25	But in the fifth year you may eat of its fruit, to increase its yield for you: I am the LORD your God.	Not until the fifth year may you eat its fruit, to increase the yield for you. I, the LORD, am your God.	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	“You shall not eat any flesh with the blood in it. You shall not interpret omens or tell fortunes.	Do not eat anything with the blood still in it. Do not recite charms or practice soothsaying.	“’Do not eat any meat with the blood still in it. “’Do not practice divination or seek omens.
27	You shall not round off the hair on your temples or mar the edges of your beard.	Do not clip your hair at the temples, nor spoil the edges of your beard.	“’Do not cut the hair at the sides of your head or clip off the edges of your beard.
28	You shall not make any cuts on your body for the dead or tattoo yourselves: I am the LORD.	Do not lacerate your bodies for the dead, and do not tattoo yourselves. I am the LORD.	“’Do not cut your bodies for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves. I am the LORD.
29	“Do not profane your daughter by making her a prostitute, lest the land fall into prostitution and the land become full of depravity.	You shall not degrade your daughter by making a prostitute of her; otherwise the land will prostitute itself and become full of lewdness.	“’Do not degrade your daughter by making her a prostitute, or the land will turn to prostitution and be filled with wickedness.
30	You shall keep my Sabbaths and reverence my sanctuary: I am the LORD.	Keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary. I am the LORD.	“’Observe my Sabbaths and have reverence for my sanctuary. I am the LORD.
31	“Do not turn to mediums or necromancers; do not seek them out, and so make yourselves unclean by them: I am the LORD your God.	Do not turn to ghosts or consult spirits, by which you will be defiled. I, the LORD, am your God.	“’Do not turn to mediums or seek out spiritists, for you will be defiled by them. I am the LORD your God.
32	“You shall stand up before the gray head and honor the face of an old man, and you shall fear your God: I am the LORD.	Stand up in the presence of the aged, show respect for the old, and fear your God. I am the LORD.	“’Stand up in the presence of the aged, show respect for the elderly and revere your God. I am the LORD.
33	“When a stranger sojourns with you in your land, you shall not do him wrong.	When an alien resides with you in your land, do not mistreat such a one.	“’When a foreigner resides among you in your land, do not mistreat them.
34	You shall treat the stranger who sojourns with you as the native among you, and you shall love him as yourself, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.	You shall treat the alien who resides with you no differently than the natives born among you; you shall love the alien as yourself; for you too were once aliens in the land of Egypt. I, the LORD, am your God.	The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born. Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egypt. I am the LORD your God.
35	“You shall do no wrong in judgment, in measures of length or weight or quantity.	Do not act dishonestly in using measures of length or weight or capacity.	“’Do not use dishonest standards when measuring length, weight or quantity.
36	You shall have just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin: I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.	You shall have a true scale and true weights, an honest ephah and an honest hin. I, the LORD, am your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.	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.
37	And you shall observe all my statutes and all my rules, and do them: I am the LORD.”	Be careful, then, to observe all my statutes and decrees. I am the LORD.	“’Keep all my decrees and all my laws and follow them. I am the LORD.’”
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