Leviticus 19 Parallel Bible Translations

Leviticus 19
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1 And YHWH speaks to Moses, saying, And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, The LORD said to Moses,
2 “Speak to all the congregation of the sons of Israel, and you have said to them: You are holy, because I, your God YHWH, [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 You each fear his mother and his father, and you keep My Sabbaths; I [am] your God YHWH. 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 do not turn to the idols, and you do not make a molten god for yourselves; I [am] your God YHWH. 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 And when you sacrifice a sacrifice of peace-offerings to YHWH, you sacrifice it at your pleasure; “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 it is eaten in the day of your sacrificing [it], and on the next day, and that which is left to the third day is burned with fire, 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 and if it is really eaten on the third day, it [is] an abomination, it is not pleasing, 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 and he who is eating it bears his iniquity, for he has defiled the holy thing of YHWH, and that person has been cut off from 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 And in your reaping the harvest of your land you do not completely reap the corner of your field, and you do not gather the gleaning of 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 and you do not glean your vineyard, even the omitted part of your vineyard you do not gather, you leave them for the poor and for the sojourner; I [am] your God YHWH. 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 do not steal, nor feign, nor lie—each against his fellow. “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 And you do not swear by My Name for falsehood, or you have defiled the Name of your God; I [am] YHWH. 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 do not oppress your neighbor, nor take plunder; the wages of the hired worker do not remain with you 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 do not revile the deaf; and you do not put a stumbling block before the blind; and you have been afraid of your God; I [am] YHWH. 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 do not do perversity in judgment; you do not lift up the face of the poor, nor honor the face of the great; you judge your fellow in 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 do not go slandering among your people; you do not stand against the blood of your neighbor; I [am] YHWH. 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 do not hate your brother in your heart; you certainly reprove your fellow, and do not permit sin on 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 do not take vengeance, nor watch the sons of your people; and you have had love for your neighbor as yourself; I [am] YHWH. 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 You keep My statutes. You do not cause your livestock to mate [with] two kinds; you do not sow your field with two kinds; and a garment of two kinds, mixed material, does not go up on you. “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 And when a man lies with a woman with seed [from] intercourse, and she [is] a maidservant, betrothed to a man, and not really ransomed, or freedom has not been given to her, there is an investigation; they are not put to death, for she [is] not free. “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 And he has brought in his guilt-offering to YHWH, to the opening of the Tent of Meeting, a ram [for] 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 and the priest has made atonement for him with the ram of the guilt-offering before YHWH, for his sin which he has sinned, and it has been forgiven him because of his sin which he has sinned. 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 And when you come into the land and have planted all [kinds] of trees [for] food, then you have reckoned its fruit as uncircumcised, it is uncircumcised to you [for] three years, it is not 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 and in the fourth year all its fruit is holy—praises for YHWH. 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 And in the fifth year you eat its fruit—to add to you its increase; I [am] your God YHWH. 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 do not eat with the blood. You do not enchant, nor observe clouds. “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 do not round the corner of your head, nor destroy the corner 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 And you do not put a cutting for the soul in your flesh; and a writing, a cross-mark, you do not put on yourself; I [am] YHWH. 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 do not defile your daughter to cause her to go whoring, that the land does not go whoring, and the land has been full of 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 You keep My Sabbaths and you revere My sanctuary; I [am] YHWH. 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 do not turn to those having familiar spirits, and you do not seek for wizards, to become unclean by them; I [am] your God YHWH. “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 You rise up at the presence of grey hairs, and you have honored the presence of an old man, and have been afraid of your God; I [am] YHWH. “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 And when a sojourner sojourns with you in your land, you do not oppress 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 the sojourner who is sojourning with you is to you as a native among you, and you have had love for him as for yourself, for you have been sojourners in the land of Egypt; I [am] your God YHWH. 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 do not do perversity in the judgment, in the measure, in the weight, and in the liquid measure; “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 have righteous balances, righteous weights, a righteous ephah, and a righteous hin; I [am] your God YHWH, who has brought you out from 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 and you have observed all my statutes, and all my judgments, and have done them; I [am] YHWH.” 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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