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Leviticus 19

Common English Bible CEB

1 The LORD said to Moses,

2 Say to the whole community of the Israelites: You must be holy, because I, the LORD your God, am holy.

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

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

5 When you sacrifice a communal sacrifice of well-being to the LORD, offer it so that it will be accepted on your account.

6 It must be eaten on the day of your sacrifice or the following day; whatever is left over on the third day must be burned with fire.

7 If any of it is eaten on the third day, it is foul; it will not be accepted.

8 Anyone who eats it will be liable to punishment, because they defiled what is holy to the LORD. That person will be cut off from their people.

9 When you harvest your land's produce, you must not harvest all the way to the edge of your field; and don't gather up every remaining bit of your harvest.

10 Also do not pick your vineyard clean or gather up all the grapes that have fallen there. Leave these items for the poor and the immigrant; I am the LORD your God.

11 You must not steal nor deceive nor lie to each other.

12 You must not swear falsely by my name, desecrating your God's name in doing so; I am the LORD.

13 You must not oppress your neighbors or rob them. Do not withhold a hired laborer's pay overnight.

14 You must not insult a deaf person or put some obstacle in front of a blind person that would cause them to trip. Instead, fear your God; I am the LORD.

15 You must not act unjustly in a legal case. Do not show favoritism to the poor or deference to the great; you must judge your fellow Israelites fairly.

16 Do not go around slandering your people. Do not stand by while your neighbor's blood is shed; I am the LORD.

17 You must not hate your fellow Israelite in your heart. Rebuke your fellow Israelite strongly, so you don't become responsible for his sin.

18 You must not take revenge nor hold a grudge against any of your people; instead, you must love your neighbor as yourself; I am the LORD.

19 You must keep my rules. Do not crossbreed your livestock, do not plant your field with two kinds of seed, and do not wear clothes made from two kinds of material.

20 If a man has sexual relations with a woman who is a slave engaged to another man, who hasn't yet been released or given her freedom, there must be a punishment. But they will not be put to death because she had not yet been freed.

21 The man must bring as his compensation to the LORD at the meeting tent's entrance a ram for a compensation offering.

22 The priest will use the ram for the compensation offering to make reconciliation for him before the LORD on account of the sin he committed. Then he will be forgiven of the sin that he committed.

23 When you enter the land and plant any fruit tree, you must consider its fruit off-limits. For three years it will be off-limits to you; it must not be eaten.

24 In the fourth year, all of the tree's fruit will be holy, a celebration for the LORD.

25 In the fifth year you can eat the fruit. This is so as to increase its produce for you; I am the LORD your God.

26 You must not eat anything with its blood. You must not participate in divination or fortune-telling.

27 You must not cut off the hair on your forehead or clip the ends of your beard.

28 Do not cut your bodies for the dead or put marks on yourselves; I am the LORD.

29 Do not defile your daughter by making her sexually promiscuous or else the land will become promiscuous and full of shame.

30 You must keep my sabbaths and treat my sanctuary with respect; I am the LORD.

31 Do not resort to dead spirits or inquire of spirits of divination—you will be made unclean by them; I am the LORD your God.

32 You must rise in the presence of an old person and respect the elderly. You must fear your God; I am the LORD.

33 When immigrants live in your land with you, you must not cheat them.

34 Any immigrant who lives with you must be treated as if they were one of your citizens. You must love them as yourself, because you were immigrants in the land of Egypt; I am the LORD your God.

35 You must not act unjustly in a legal case involving measures of length, weight, or volume.

36 You must have accurate scales and accurate weights, an accurate ephah and an accurate hin. I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.

37 You must keep all my rules and all my regulations, and do them; I am the LORD.

The Message Bible MSG

1 God spoke to Moses:

2 "Speak to the congregation of Israel. Tell them: Be holy because I, God, your God, am holy.

3 "Every one of you must respect his mother and father. "Keep my Sabbaths. I am God, your God.

4 "Don't take up with no-god idols. Don't make gods of cast metal. I am God, your God.

5 "When you sacrifice a Peace-Offering to God, do it as you've been taught so it is acceptable.

6 Eat it on the day you sacrifice it and the day following. Whatever is left until the third day is to be burned up.

7 If it is eaten on the third day it is polluted meat and not acceptable.

8 Whoever eats it will be held responsible because he has violated what is holy to God. That person will be cut off from his people.

9 "When you harvest your land, don't harvest right up to the edges of your field or gather the gleanings from the harvest.

10 Don't strip your vineyard bare or go back and pick up the fallen grapes. Leave them for the poor and the foreigner. I am God, your God.

11 "Don't steal. "Don't lie. "Don't deceive anyone.

12 "Don't swear falsely using my name, violating the name of your God. I am God.

13 "Don't exploit your friend or rob him. "Don't hold back the wages of a hired hand overnight.

14 "Don't curse the deaf; don't put a stumbling block in front of the blind; fear your God. I am God.

15 "Don't pervert justice. Don't show favoritism to either the poor or the great. Judge on the basis of what is right.

16 "Don't spread gossip and rumors. "Don't just stand by when your neighbor's life is in danger. I am God.

17 "Don't secretly hate your neighbor. If you have something against him, get it out into the open; otherwise you are an accomplice in his guilt.

18 "Don't seek revenge or carry a grudge against any of your people. "Love your neighbor as yourself. I am God.

19 "Keep my decrees. "Don't mate two different kinds of animals. "Don't plant your fields with two kinds of seed. "Don't wear clothes woven of two kinds of material.

20 "If a man has sex with a slave girl who is engaged to another man but has not yet been ransomed or given her freedom, there must be an investigation. But they aren't to be put to death because she wasn't free.

21 The man must bring a Compensation-Offering to God at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, a ram of compensation.

22 The priest will perform the ritual of atonement for him before God with the ram of compensation for the sin he has committed. Then he will stand forgiven of the sin he committed.

23 "When you enter the land and plant any kind of fruit tree, don't eat the fruit for three years; consider it inedible.

24 By the fourth year its fruit is holy, an offering of praise to God.

25 Beginning in the fifth year you can eat its fruit; you'll have richer harvests this way. I am God, your God.

26 "Don't eat meat with blood in it. "Don't practice divination or sorcery.

27 "Don't cut the hair on the sides of your head or trim your beard.

28 "Don't gash your bodies on behalf of the dead. "Don't tattoo yourselves. I am God.

29 "Don't violate your daughter by making her a whore - the whole country would soon become a brothel, filled with sordid sex.

30 "Keep my Sabbaths and revere my Sanctuary: I am God.

31 "Don't dabble in the occult or traffic with mediums; you'll pollute your souls. I am God, your God.

32 "Show respect to the aged; honor the presence of an elder; fear your God. I am God.

33 "When a foreigner lives with you in your land, don't take advantage of him.

34 Treat the foreigner the same as a native. Love him like one of your own. Remember that you were once foreigners in Egypt. I am God, your God.

35 "Don't cheat when measuring length, weight, or quantity.

36 Use honest scales and weights and measures. I am God, your God. I brought you out of Egypt.

37 "Keep all my decrees and all my laws. Yes, do them. I am God."