Chapter 19
1 The LORD spoke to Moses , saying ,
2 " Speak to all the congregation of the children of Israel , and tell them , ‘ You shall be holy ; for I , the LORD your God , am holy .
3 "‘Each one of you shall respect his mother and his father. You shall keep my Sabbaths . I am the LORD your God .
4 "‘Don’t turn to idols, nor make molten gods for yourselves . I am the LORD your God .
5 "‘ When you offer a sacrifice of peace offerings to the LORD , you shall offer it so that you may be accepted .
6 It shall be eaten the same day you offer it , and on the next day . If anything remains until the third day , it shall be burnt with fire.
7 If it is eaten at all on the third day , it is an abomination . It will not be accepted ;
8 but everyone who eats it shall bear his iniquity , because he has profaned the holy thing of the LORD , and that soul shall be cut off from his people .
9 "‘ When you reap the harvest of your land , you shall not wholly reap the corners of your field , neither shall you gather the gleanings of your harvest .
10 You shall not glean your vineyard , neither shall you gather the fallen grapes of your vineyard . You shall leave them for the poor and for the foreigner . I am the LORD your God .
11 "‘ You shall not steal . "‘ You shall not lie . "‘ You shall not deceive one another .
12 "‘ You shall not swear by my name falsely , and profane the name of your God . I am the LORD .
13 "‘ You shall not oppress your neighbour , nor rob him . "‘ The wages of a hired servant 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 fear your God . I am the LORD .
15 "‘ You shall do no injustice in judgement. You shall not be partial to the poor , nor show favouritism to the great ; but you shall judge your neighbour in righteousness .
16 "‘ You shall not go around as a slanderer amongst your people . "‘ You shall not endanger the life of your neighbour . I am the LORD .
17 "‘ You shall not hate your brother in your heart . You shall surely rebuke your neighbour , and not bear sin because of him .
18 "‘ You shall not take vengeance , nor bear any grudge against the children of your people ; but you shall love your neighbour as yourself. I am the LORD .
19 "‘ You shall keep my statutes . "‘ You shall not cross-breed different kinds of animals. "‘ You shall not sow your field with two kinds of seed ; "‘Don’t wear a garment made of two kinds of material .
20 "‘ If a man lies carnally with a woman who is a slave girl , pledged to be married to another man , and not ransomed or given her freedom ; they shall be punished. They shall not be put to death , because she was not free .
21 He shall bring his trespass offering to the LORD , to the door of the Tent of Meeting , even a ram for a trespass offering .
22 The priest shall make 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 .
23 "‘ When you come into the land, and have planted all kinds of trees for food , then you shall count their fruit as forbidden . For three years it shall be forbidden to you . It shall not be eaten .
24 But in the fourth year all its fruit shall be holy , for giving praise to the LORD .
25 In the fifth year you shall eat its fruit , that it may yield its increase to you . I am the LORD your God .
26 "‘ You shall not eat any meat with the blood still in it . You shall not use enchantments , nor practise sorcery.
27 "‘ You shall not cut the hair on the sides of your head or clip off the edge of your beard .
28 "‘ You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead , nor tattoo any marks on you . I am the LORD .
29 "‘Don’t profane your daughter , to make her a prostitute ; lest the land fall to prostitution, and the land become full of wickedness .
30 "‘ You shall keep my Sabbaths , and reverence my sanctuary ; I am the LORD .
31 "‘Don’t turn to those who are mediums, nor to the wizards . Don’t seek them out , to be defiled by them . I am the LORD your God .
32 "‘ You shall rise up before the grey head and honour the face of the elderly; and you shall fear your God . I am the LORD .
33 "‘ If a stranger lives as a foreigner with you in your land, you shall not do him wrong .
34 The stranger who lives as a foreigner with you shall be to you as the native-born amongst you , and you shall love him as yourself; for you lived as foreigners in the land of Egypt . I am the LORD your God .
35 "‘ You shall do no unrighteousness in judgement, in measures of length, of weight , or of quantity.
36 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 .
37 "‘ You shall observe all my statutes and all my ordinances , and do them . I am the LORD .’"