Leviticus Chapter 19
1-2 Yahveh told Moses to tell the whole community of Israel,
“Be holy because I’m holy. 3 Respect your parents and keep my Sabbaths. 4 Don’t turn to idols or make molten gods. I’m Yahveh your God.
5 “When you offer a peace offering to Yahveh, offer it so he’ll accept it. 6 Eat it the day you offer it and the next day. Burn what’s left over till the third day. 7 If you eat it on the third day, Yahveh won’t accept it. 8 You’ll be guilty of profaning what’s holy to him and be excluded from the community.
Lev 19:1-8
9 “When you harvest, don’t harvest the corners of your field or pick up the gleanings of your harvest. 10 Don’t glean your vineyard or pick up its fallen fruit. Leave it for the needy and foreigners. I’m Yahveh your God.
11 “Don’t steal, lie, or deal falsely with one another. 12 Don’t swear falsely by me and profane my name.
13 “Don’t oppress or rob anyone or keep a hired hand’s wages overnight. 14 Don’t curse the deaf or trip the blind. Respect your God. I’m Yahveh.
Lev 19:9-14
15 “Be just when you judge. Don’t be partial to the poor or defer to someone with status. Judge fairly. 16 Don’t slander or act against anyone’s life.
17 “You can reprove but not sin against or hate a fellow citizen. 18 Don’t take revenge or bear a grudge. Love your neighbor as yourself.
Lev 19:15-18
19 “Keep my statutes. Don’t crossbreed two kinds of cattle, sow your field with two kinds of seed, or wear a piece of clothes that blends two kinds of material. 20 If a man lies carnally with a slave woman that’s engaged to another man but not yet redeemed or given her freedom, punish them. Don’t put them to death; she wasn’t free. 21 He’ll take a ram to Yahveh at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. 22 The priest will atone for him with the ram, and he will be forgiven.
Lev 19:19-22
23 “When you go into the land and plant fruit trees, consider their fruit forbidden for three years. 24 In the fourth year, their fruit will be holy, a praise offering to Yahveh. 25 The fifth year, you can eat it so it’ll increase for you. I’m Yahveh your God.
26 “Don’t eat anything with blood in it or practice fortunetelling or soothsaying.
27 “Don’t trim off the hair on your temples or trim the edges of your beard.
28 “Don’t make cuts on your body for the dead or wear tattoos. I’m Yahveh.
Lev 19:23-28
29 “Don’t profane your daughter by making her a prostitute, so your country won’t fall into prostitution and fill up with lewdness.
30 “Keep my Sabbaths and respect my sanctuary.
31 “Don’t defile yourself by appealing to mediums or spiritualists.
32 “Stand up for the gray headed, honor the aged, respect God.
33 “Don’t mistreat foreigners living in your country. 34 Treat them like the natives among you. Love them like yourself. You were foreigners in Egypt. Yahveh your God.
35 “Don’t cheat in judgment in measuring weight or volume. 36 Have accurate balances, weights, ephahs, and hins. 37 Observe my statutes and ordinances. I’m Yahveh that brought you out of Egypt.”
Lev 19:29-37