Leviticus 19:1-22 ▼

1 AND the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

2 Speak to all the congregation of the children of Israel and say to them, You shall be holy; for I the LORD your God am holy.

3 You must revere every man his father and his mother, and keep my commandments; for I am the LORD your God.

4 You shall not turn to idols nor make to yourselves molten gods; I am the LORD your God.

5 And if you offer a sacrifice of peace offering to the LORD, you shall offer the ones which are acceptable.

6 It shall be eaten the same day you offer it and on the morrow; and what is left over until the third day, it shall be burned in the fire and shall not be eaten.

7 And if it is eaten at all on the third day, it is abominable; and it shall not be accepted.

8 Therefore every one who eats of it shall suffer for his iniquity, because he has profaned the hallowed thing of the LORD; and that person shall be cut off from among his people.

9 And when you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap your field to the very corners, neither shall you gather the gleanings of your harvest.

10 And you shall not glean your vineyards, neither shall you gather that which is fallen from your olive trees, but you shall leave them for the poor and the proselytes; for I am the LORD your God.

11 You shall not steal; you shall not deal falsely; neither shall you lie to one another.

12 You shall not swear by my name falsely and so profane the name of your God; I am the LORD.

13 You shall not oppress your neighbor, neither carry him away by force; the wages of him who is hired shall not remain with you all night until the morning.

14 You shall not curse the deaf, nor put a stumbling block before the blind, but you shall revere your God; I am the LORD.

15 You shall do no injustice in judgment; you shall not be partial to the poor, nor respect the person of the mighty; but in righteousness shall you judge your neighbor.

16 You shall not accuse your own people neither shall you stand against the blood of your neighbor; I am the LORD.

17 You shall not hate your brother in your heart; but you shall in any wise rebuke your neighbor, lost you incur sin because of him.

18 You shall not bear any enmity against the children of your own people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself; I am the LORD.

19 You shall keep my statutes. You shall not let your cattle breed with a diverse kind; you shall not sow your field with mixed seed; neither shall you wear a mantle made of mixed materials.

20 And whosoever lies carnally with a woman who is his bondmaid betrothed to a husband, and not yet redeemed nor given her freedom, an inquiry shall be made into their case; and they shall not be put to death, because she was not free.

21 And he shall bring his trespass offering to the LORD, to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, a ram for a trespass offering.

22 And the priest shall make an atonement for him with the ram of the trespass offering before the LORD for his sin which he has committed; and the sin which he has committed shall be forgiven him.