Leviticus 19 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 The LORD spoke to Moses, And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, The LORD said to Moses,
2 |Tell the entire assembly of Israel that they are to be holy, since I, the LORD your God, am holy. “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 entire assembly of Israel and say to them: ‘Be holy because I, the LORD your God, am holy.
3 |Each of you is to fear his mother and father. |Observe my Sabbaths. I am the LORD your God. 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 must respect your mother and father, and you must observe my Sabbaths. I am the LORD your God.
4 |You are not to turn to their idols or cast gods out of melted metal for yourselves. I am the LORD your God. Do not turn to idols or make for yourselves any gods of cast metal: I am the LORD your God. “’Do not turn to idols or make metal gods for yourselves. I am the LORD your God.
5 |When you offer a peace offering to the LORD, you are to offer it for your acceptance. “When you offer a sacrifice of peace offerings to the LORD, you shall offer it so that you may be accepted. “’When you sacrifice a fellowship offering to the LORD, sacrifice it in such a way that it will be accepted on your behalf.
6 Your sacrifice is to be eaten on that day and the next day. Anything that remains to the third day is to be incinerated. 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 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 on the third day, it's unclean. It won't be accepted. 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 is impure and will not be accepted.
8 Anyone who eats it will bear the punishment of his sin, since he will have defiled himself regarding the LORD's holy things. That person is to be eliminated from contact with his people.| 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 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 are not to completely finish harvesting the corners of the field—that is, you are not to pick what remains after you have reaped your harvest. “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, do not reap to the very edges of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest.
10 You are not to gather your vineyard or pick up the fallen grapes of your vineyard. Leave something for the poor and the resident alien who lives among you. I am the LORD your God.| 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. 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 are not to steal or lie or deal falsely with your neighbor. “You shall not steal; you shall not deal falsely; you shall not lie to one another. “’Do not steal. “’Do not lie. “’Do not deceive one another.
12 |You are not to use my name to deceive, thereby defiling the name of your God. I am the LORD. You shall not swear by my name falsely, and so profane 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 are not to oppress your neighbor or rob him. |The wages of a hired laborer are not to remain in your possession until morning. “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. “’Do not defraud or rob your neighbor. “’Do not hold back the wages of a hired worker overnight.
14 |You are not to curse a deaf person or put a stumbling block before the blind. |You are to fear God. I am the LORD. You shall not curse the deaf or put a stumbling block before 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 are not to be unjust in deciding a case. You are not to show partiality to the poor or honor the great. Instead, decide the case of your neighbor with righteousness.| “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. “’Do not pervert justice; do not show partiality to the poor or favoritism to the great, but judge your neighbor fairly.
16 |You are not to go around slandering your people. |You are not to stand idle when your neighbor's life is at stake. I am the LORD. 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. “’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 are not to hate your relative in your heart. Rebuke your neighbor if you must, but you are not to incur guilt on account of him. “You shall not hate your brother in your heart, but you shall reason frankly with your neighbor, lest you incur sin because of him. “’Do not hate a fellow Israelite in your heart. Rebuke your neighbor frankly so you will not share in their guilt.
18 |You are not to seek vengeance or hold a grudge against the descendants of your people. Instead, love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD.| 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. “’Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against anyone among your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD.
19 |Observe my statutes. |You are not to let your cattle breed with a different species. |You are not to sow your fields with two different kinds of seeds. |You are not to wear clothing made from two different kinds of material. “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 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 |When a person has sexual relations with a woman servant who is engaged to another man, but she has not been completely redeemed nor has her freedom been granted to her, there is to be an inquiry, but they won't be put to death, since she has not been freed. “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 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 The perpetrator is to bring his guilt offering to the LORD at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting—that is, a ram as a guilt offering. 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, however, must bring a ram to the entrance to the tent of meeting for a guilt offering to the LORD.
22 Then the priest is to make atonement for him with the ram as a guilt offering in the LORD's presence on account of his sin which he has committed, but which will be forgiven him.| 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 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 have entered the land and planted all sorts of trees for food, regard its fruit as uncircumcised for the first three years for you. It is not to be eaten. “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 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 During the fourth year, all its fruit is to be offered as a holy token of praise to the LORD. And in the fourth year all its fruit shall be holy, an offering of praise to the LORD. In the fourth year all its fruit will be holy, an offering of praise to the LORD.
25 But on the fifth year, you may eat its fruits to increase its produce for you.| But in the fifth year you may eat of its fruit, to increase its yield for you: I am the LORD 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 are not to eat anything containing blood, engage in occult practices, or practice fortune telling. “You shall not eat any flesh with the blood in it. You shall not interpret omens or tell fortunes. “’Do not eat any meat with the blood still in it. “’Do not practice divination or seek omens.
27 |You are not to cut your hair in ritualistic patterns on your head or deface the edges of your beard. You shall not round off the hair on your temples or mar 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 are not to make incisions in your flesh on account of the dead nor submit to cuts or tattoos. I am the LORD. You shall not make any cuts on your body for the dead or 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 |You are not to defile your daughter by engaging her in prostitution so the land won't become filled with wickedness. “Do not profane your daughter by making her a prostitute, lest the land fall into prostitution and the land become full of depravity. “’Do not degrade your daughter by making her a prostitute, or the land will turn to prostitution and be filled with wickedness.
30 |Observe my Sabbath and stand in awe of my sanctuary. I am the LORD. You shall 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 |You are to consult neither mediums nor familiar spirits. You are never to seek them—you'll just be defiled by them. I am the LORD your God. “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 mediums or seek out spiritists, for you will be defiled by them. I am the LORD your God.
32 |Rise in the presence of the aged and honor the elderly face-to-face. |Fear your God. I am the LORD. “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 elderly and revere your God. I am the LORD.
33 |If a resident alien lives with you in your land, you are not to mistreat him. “When a stranger sojourns with you in your land, you shall not do him wrong. “’When a foreigner resides among you in your land, do not mistreat them.
34 You are to treat the resident alien the same way you treat the native born among you—love him like yourself, since you were foreigners in the land of Egypt. 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. 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 are not to act unjustly in deciding a case or when measuring weight and quantity. “You shall do no wrong in judgment, in measures of length or weight or quantity. “’Do not use dishonest standards when measuring length, weight or quantity.
36 You are to maintain just balances and reliable standards for weights, dry volumes, and liquid volumes. I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt. 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. 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 Observe all my statutes and all my ordinances in order to practice them. I am the LORD.| And you shall observe all my statutes and all my rules, and do them: I am the LORD.” “’Keep all my decrees and all my laws and follow them. I am the LORD.’”
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