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Leviticus 19 :: New International Version (NIV)

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:1 - The LORD said to Moses,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:2 - “Speak to the entire assembly of Israel and say to them: ‘Be holy because I, the LORD your God, am holy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:3 - “ ‘Each of you must respect your mother and father, and you must observe my Sabbaths. I am the LORD your God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:4 - “ ‘Do not turn to idols or make metal gods for yourselves. I am the LORD your God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:5 - “ ‘When you sacrifice a fellowship offering to the LORD, sacrifice it in such a way that it will be accepted on your behalf.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:6 - 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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:7 - If any of it is eaten on the third day, it is impure and will not be accepted.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:8 - 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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:9 - “ ‘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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:10 - 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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:11 - “ ‘Do not steal. “ ‘Do not lie. “ ‘Do not deceive one another.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:12 - “ ‘Do not swear falsely by my name and so profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:13 - “ ‘Do not defraud or rob your neighbor. “ ‘Do not hold back the wages of a hired worker overnight.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:14 - “ ‘Do not curse the deaf or put a stumbling block in front of the blind, but fear your God. I am the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:15 - “ ‘Do not pervert justice; do not show partiality to the poor or favoritism to the great, but judge your neighbor fairly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:16 - “ ‘Do not go about spreading slander among your people. “ ‘Do not do anything that endangers your neighbor’s life. I am the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:17 - “ ‘Do not hate a fellow Israelite in your heart. Rebuke your neighbor frankly so you will not share in their guilt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:18 - “ ‘Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against anyone among your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:19 - “ ‘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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:20 - “ ‘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.[fn] Yet they are not to be put to death, because she had not been freed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:21 - The man, however, must bring a ram to the entrance to the tent of meeting for a guilt offering to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:22 - 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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:23 - “ ‘When you enter the land and plant any kind of fruit tree, regard its fruit as forbidden.[fn] For three years you are to consider it forbidden[fn]; it must not be eaten.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:24 - In the fourth year all its fruit will be holy, an offering of praise to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:25 - But in the fifth year you may eat its fruit. In this way your harvest will be increased. I am the LORD your God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:26 - “ ‘Do not eat any meat with the blood still in it. “ ‘Do not practice divination or seek omens.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:27 - “ ‘Do not cut the hair at the sides of your head or clip off the edges of your beard.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:28 - “ ‘Do not cut your bodies for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves. I am the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:29 - “ ‘Do not degrade your daughter by making her a prostitute, or the land will turn to prostitution and be filled with wickedness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:30 - “ ‘Observe my Sabbaths and have reverence for my sanctuary. I am the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:31 - “ ‘Do not turn to mediums or seek out spiritists, for you will be defiled by them. I am the LORD your God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:32 - “ ‘Stand up in the presence of the aged, show respect for the elderly and revere your God. I am the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:33 - “ ‘When a foreigner resides among you in your land, do not mistreat them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:34 - 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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:35 - “ ‘Do not use dishonest standards when measuring length, weight or quantity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:36 - Use honest scales and honest weights, an honest ephah[fn] and an honest hin.[fn] I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:37 - “ ‘Keep all my decrees and all my laws and follow them. I am the LORD.’ ”
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Hebrew uncircumcised
Hebrew uncircumcised
An ephah was a dry measure having the capacity of about 3/5 of a bushel or about 22 liters.
A hin was a liquid measure having the capacity of about 1 gallon or about 3.8 liters.
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