Leviticus 19:1-7 ▼

1 The LORD spoke to Moses:

2 Speak to the whole congregation of the Israelites and tell them, 'You must be holy because I, the LORD your God, am holy.

3 Each of you must respect his mother and his father, and you must keep my Sabbaths. I am the LORD your God.

4 Do not turn to idols, and you must not make for yourselves gods of cast metal. I am the LORD your God.

5 'When you sacrifice a peace offering sacrifice to the LORD, you must sacrifice it so that it is accepted for you.

6 It must be eaten on the day of your sacrifice and on the following day, but what is left over until the third day must be burned up.

7 If, however, it is eaten on the third day, it is spoiled, it will not be accepted,