Leviticus 19 Parallel Bible Translations

Leviticus 19 ▼
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1 And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, The LORD said to Moses,
2 Speak unto all the company of the sons of Israel, and thou hast said unto them, Ye are holy, for holy am I, Jehovah, your God. “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 his mother and his father ye do fear, and My sabbaths ye do keep; I am Jehovah 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 Ye do not turn unto the idols, and a molten god ye do not make to yourselves; I am Jehovah 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 'And when ye sacrifice a sacrifice of peace-offerings to Jehovah, at your pleasure ye do sacrifice it; “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 in the day of your sacrificing it is eaten, and on the morrow, and that which is left unto the third day with fire is burnt, 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 be 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 his iniquity doth bear, for the holy thing of Jehovah he hath polluted, and that person hath 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 ye do not completely reap the corner of thy field, and the gleaning of thy harvest thou dost not gather, “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 thy vineyard thou dost not glean, even the omitted part of thy vineyard thou dost not gather, to the poor and to the sojourner thou dost leave them; I am Jehovah 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 'Ye do not steal, nor feign, nor lie one 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 ye do not swear by My name to falsehood, or thou hast polluted the name of thy God; I am Jehovah. 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 'Thou dost not oppress thy neighbour, nor take plunder; the wages of the hireling doth not remain with thee till 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 Thou dost not revile the deaf; and before the blind thou dost not put a stumbling block; and thou hast been afraid of thy God; I am Jehovah. 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 'Ye do not do perversity in judgment; thou dost not lift up the face of the poor, nor honour the face of the great; in righteousness thou dost judge thy fellow. “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 Thou dost not go slandering among thy people; thou dost not stand against the blood of thy neighbour; I am Jehovah. 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 'Thou dost not hate thy brother in thy heart; thou dost certainly reprove thy fellow, and not suffer 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 Thou dost not take vengeance, nor watch the sons of thy people; and thou hast had love to thy neighbour as thyself; I am Jehovah. 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 My statutes ye do keep: thy cattle thou dost not cause to gender with diverse kinds; thy field thou dost not sow with diverse kinds, and a garment of diverse kinds, shaatnez, doth not go up upon thee. “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 lieth with a woman with seed of copulation, and she a maid-servant, betrothed to a man, and not really ransomed, or freedom hath not been given to her, an investigation there is; 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 hath brought in his guilt-offering to Jehovah, unto 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 hath made atonement for him with the ram of the guilt-offering before Jehovah, for his sin which he hath sinned, and it hath been forgiven him because of his sin which he hath 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 ye come in unto the land, and have planted all kinds of trees for food, then ye have reckoned as uncircumcised its fruit, three years it is to you uncircumcised, 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 Jehovah. 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 ye do eat its fruit -- to add to you its increase; I am Jehovah your God. 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 'Ye do not eat with the blood; ye 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 'Ye do not round the corner of your head, nor destroy the corner of thy 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 a cutting for the soul ye do not put in your flesh; and a writing, a cross-mark, ye do not put on you; I am Jehovah. 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 'Thou dost not pollute thy daughter to cause her to go a-whoring, that the land go not a-whoring, and the land hath 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 My sabbaths ye do keep, and My sanctuary ye do reverence; I am Jehovah. 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 Ye do not turn unto those having familiar spirits; and unto wizards ye do not seek, for uncleanness by them; I am Jehovah 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 At the presence of grey hairs thou dost rise up, and thou hast honoured the presence of an old man, and hast been afraid of thy God; I am Jehovah. “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 sojourneth with thee in your land, thou dost 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 as a native among you is the sojourner to you who is sojourning with you, and thou hast had love to him as to thyself, for sojourners ye have been in the land of Egypt; I am Jehovah your God. 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 'Ye do not do perversity in judgment, in mete-yard, in weight, or in 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 righteous balances, righteous weights, a righteous ephah, and a righteous hin ye have; I am Jehovah your God, who hath 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 ye have observed all my statutes, and all my judgments, and have done them; I am Jehovah.' 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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