Leviticus 19:1-10 ▼

1 The LORD spoke to Moses:

2 “Speak to the entire Israelite community and tell them: Be holy because I, the LORD your God, am holy.

3 “Each of you is to respect his mother and father. You are to keep my Sabbaths; I am the LORD your God.

4 Do not turn to worthless idols or make cast images of gods for yourselves; I am the LORD your God.

5 “When you offer a fellowship sacrifice to the LORD, sacrifice it so that you may be accepted.

6 It is to be eaten on the day you sacrifice it or on the next day, but what remains on the third day must be burned.

7 If any is eaten on the third day, it is a repulsive thing; it will not be accepted.

8 Anyone who eats it will bear his iniquity, for he has profaned what is holy to the LORD. That person is to be cut off from his people.

9 “When you reap the harvest of your land, you are not to reap to the very edge of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest.

10 Do not strip your vineyard bare or gather its fallen grapes. Leave them for the poor and the resident alien; I am the LORD your God.