Leviticus 19

Various Laws

1 The LORD said to Moses,
2 “Speak to the entire assembly of Israel and say to them: ‘Be holy because I, the LORD your God, am holy.
3 “ ‘Each of you must respect your mother and father, and you must observe my Sabbaths. I am the LORD your God.
4 “ ‘Do not turn to idols or make metal gods for yourselves. I am the LORD your God.
5 “ ‘When you sacrifice a fellowship offering to the LORD, sacrifice it in such a way that it will be accepted on your behalf.
6 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 If any of it is eaten on the third day, it is impure and will not be accepted.
8 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 “ ‘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 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 “ ‘Do not steal. “ ‘Do not lie. “ ‘Do not deceive one another.
12 “ ‘Do not swear falsely by my name and so profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.
13 “ ‘Do not defraud or rob your neighbor. “ ‘Do not hold back the wages of a hired worker overnight.
14 “ ‘Do not curse the deaf or put a stumbling block in front of the blind, but fear your God. I am the LORD.
15 “ ‘Do not pervert justice; do not show partiality to the poor or favoritism to the great, but judge your neighbor fairly.
16 “ ‘Do not go about spreading slander among your people. “ ‘Do not do anything that endangers your neighbor’s life. I am the LORD.
17 “ ‘Do not hate a fellow Israelite in your heart. Rebuke your neighbor frankly so you will not share in their guilt.
18 “ ‘Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against anyone among your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD.
19 “ ‘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 “ ‘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.[a] Yet they are not to be put to death, because she had not been freed.
21 The man, however, must bring a ram to the entrance to the tent of meeting for a guilt offering to the LORD.
22 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 “ ‘When you enter the land and plant any kind of fruit tree, regard its fruit as forbidden.[b] For three years you are to consider it forbidden[c] ; it must not be eaten.
24 In the fourth year all its fruit will be holy, an offering of praise to the LORD.
25 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 “ ‘Do not eat any meat with the blood still in it. “ ‘Do not practice divination or seek omens.
27 “ ‘Do not cut the hair at the sides of your head or clip off the edges of your beard.
28 “ ‘Do not cut your bodies for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves. I am the LORD.
29 “ ‘Do not degrade your daughter by making her a prostitute, or the land will turn to prostitution and be filled with wickedness.
30 “ ‘Observe my Sabbaths and have reverence for my sanctuary. I am the LORD.
31 “ ‘Do not turn to mediums or seek out spiritists, for you will be defiled by them. I am the LORD your God.
32 “ ‘Stand up in the presence of the aged, show respect for the elderly and revere your God. I am the LORD.
33 “ ‘When a foreigner resides among you in your land, do not mistreat them.
34 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 “ ‘Do not use dishonest standards when measuring length, weight or quantity.
36 Use honest scales and honest weights, an honest ephah[d] and an honest hin.[e] I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt.
37 “ ‘Keep all my decrees and all my laws and follow them. I am the LORD.’ ”

Cross References 77

  • 1. Numbers 14:5; Psalms 68:26
  • 2. S Exodus 20:2
  • 3. S Exodus 15:11; 1 Peter 1:16*; S Leviticus 11:44; S Leviticus 20:26
  • 4. Exodus 20:12
  • 5. S Exodus 20:8
  • 6. Leviticus 11:44
  • 7. S Exodus 20:4; Exodus 20:4,23; Exodus 34:17; Leviticus 26:1; Judges 17:3; Psalms 96:5; Psalms 115:4-7; Psalms 135:15
  • 8. Leviticus 11:44
  • 9. Leviticus 7:16-17
  • 10. Leviticus 7:18
  • 11. S Leviticus 5:1
  • 12. Lev 22:2,15,16; Numbers 18:32
  • 13. S Genesis 17:14
  • 14. Ru 2:2,3,7,16,17
  • 15. Leviticus 23:10,22; Deuteronomy 24:19-22; Job 24:10
  • 16. Deuteronomy 24:20
  • 17. ver 9
  • 18. Deuteronomy 24:19,21
  • 19. Exodus 20:15; S Exodus 23:4; Luke 3:14
  • 20. S Exodus 20:16; S Ephesians 4:25
  • 21. S Leviticus 6:2
  • 22. Jeremiah 5:2; Jeremiah 7:9; Malachi 3:5
  • 23. Exodus 3:13; Exodus 20:7; Deuteronomy 18:19; Proverbs 18:10; Isaiah 42:8; Jeremiah 44:16,26; S Matthew 5:33
  • 24. Jeremiah 34:16
  • 25. Leviticus 25:14,17
  • 26. S Exodus 20:15
  • 27. S Ex 22:15,25-27
  • 28. Job 7:2; Job 24:12; Job 31:39; Isaiah 16:14; Malachi 3:5
  • 29. Deuteronomy 24:15; Jeremiah 22:13; Matthew 20:8; 1 Timothy 5:18; James 5:4
  • 30. S Exodus 4:11; Leviticus 21:18; Deuteronomy 27:18
  • 31. ver 32; Leviticus 25:17,36
  • 32. S Exodus 23:2; Exodus 23:2,6
  • 33. Deuteronomy 1:17; Deuteronomy 24:17; Job 13:8,10; Job 32:21; Proverbs 28:21
  • 34. Job 34:19
  • 35. S Exodus 23:8; Proverbs 24:23; Malachi 2:9; James 2:1-4
  • 36. Psalms 15:3; Psalms 31:13; Psalms 41:6; Psalms 101:5; Jeremiah 6:28; Jeremiah 9:4; Ezekiel 22:9
  • 37. Exodus 23:7; Deuteronomy 10:17; Deuteronomy 27:25; Psalms 15:5; Ezekiel 22:12
  • 38. S 1 John 2:9; 1 John 3:15
  • 39. S Matthew 18:15; Luke 17:3
  • 40. S Genesis 4:23; Romans 12:19; Hebrews 10:30
  • 41. Psalms 103:9
  • 42. S Exodus 12:48
  • 43. S Exodus 20:16
  • 44. ver 34; S Matthew 5:43*; Matthew 19:16*; Matthew 22:39*; Mark 12:31*; Luke 10:27*; John 13:34; Romans 13:9*; Galatians 5:14*; James 2:8*
  • 45. S Genesis 26:5
  • 46. Deuteronomy 22:9
  • 47. Deuteronomy 22:11
  • 48. Deuteronomy 22:23-27
  • 49. S Leviticus 5:15
  • 50. S Leviticus 5:15
  • 51. S Exodus 22:29; Proverbs 3:9
  • 52. S Genesis 9:4; Leviticus 17:10
  • 53. S Genesis 30:27; S Isaiah 44:25
  • 54. S Exodus 22:18; 2 Kings 17:17; Deuteronomy 18:10
  • 55. Leviticus 21:5; Deuteronomy 14:1; 2 Samuel 10:4-5; Jeremiah 41:5; Jeremiah 48:37; Ezekiel 5:1-5
  • 56. Leviticus 21:5; Deuteronomy 14:1; 1 Kings 18:28; Jeremiah 16:6; Jeremiah 41:5; Jeremiah 47:5
  • 57. Leviticus 21:9; Deuteronomy 23:18
  • 58. Genesis 34:7; Leviticus 21:9
  • 59. S Exodus 20:8
  • 60. Leviticus 26:2
  • 61. S Exodus 22:18; 1 Samuel 28:7-20; 1 Chronicles 10:13
  • 62. Leviticus 20:6; 2 Kings 21:6; 2 Kings 23:24; Isaiah 8:19; Isaiah 19:3; Isaiah 29:4; Isaiah 47:12; Isaiah 65:4
  • 63. 1 Kings 12:8
  • 64. Job 32:4; Proverbs 23:22; Lamentations 5:12; 1 Timothy 5:1
  • 65. S ver 14; Job 29:8
  • 66. Leviticus 11:44; Leviticus 25:17
  • 67. S Exodus 12:48
  • 68. S ver 18
  • 69. S Exodus 22:21
  • 70. Exodus 23:9; Deuteronomy 10:19; Deuteronomy 23:7; Psalms 146:9
  • 71. Deuteronomy 25:13-16
  • 72. Job 31:6; Proverbs 11:1; Hosea 12:7; Micah 6:11
  • 73. Judges 6:19; Ruth 2:17; 1 Samuel 1:24; 1 Samuel 17:17; Ezekiel 45:10
  • 74. Deuteronomy 25:13-15; Proverbs 20:10; Ezekiel 45:11
  • 75. S Exodus 12:17
  • 76. 2 Kings 17:37; 2 Chronicles 7:17; Psalms 119:5; Ezekiel 18:9
  • 77. S Genesis 26:5

Footnotes 5

  • [a]. Or "be an inquiry"
  • [b]. Hebrew "uncircumcised"
  • [c]. Hebrew "uncircumcised"
  • [d]. An ephah was a dry measure having the capacity of about 3/5 of a bushel or about 22 liters.
  • [e]. A hin was a liquid measure having the capacity of about 1 gallon or about 3.8 liters.

Leviticus 19 Commentaries

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