Leviticus 19 :: Amplified Bible (AMP)

“Say to all the congregation of the children of Israel, ‘You shall be holy, for I the LORD your God am holy.

‘Now when you offer a sacrifice of peace offerings to the LORD, you shall offer it so that you may be accepted.

‘Now when you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap to the very corners of your field, nor shall you gather the gleanings (grain left after reaping) of your harvest.

‘You shall not steal, nor deal deceptively, nor lie to one another.

‘You shall not oppress or exploit your neighbor, nor rob him. You shall not withhold the wages of a hired man overnight until morning.

‘You shall not do injustice in judgment; you shall not be partial to the poor nor show a preference for the great, but judge your neighbor fairly.

‘You shall not hate your brother in your heart; you may most certainly rebuke your neighbor, but shall not incur sin because of him.

‘You are to keep My statutes. You shall not breed together two kinds of your cattle; you shall not sow your field with two kinds of seed, nor wear clothing of two kinds of material mixed together.

‘Now if a man has intimate relations with a woman who is a slave acquired for [marriage to] another man, but who has not been redeemed nor given her freedom, there shall be punishment [after an investigation]; they shall not be put to death, because she was not free;

‘When you enter the land and plant all kinds of trees for food, then you shall consider their fruit [fn]forbidden. For three years the fruit shall be forbidden to you; it shall not be eaten.

‘You shall not eat anything with the blood, nor practice divination [using omens or witchcraft] or soothsaying.

‘Do not profane your daughter by making her a prostitute, so that the land will not fall to prostitution and become full of wickedness.

‘Do not turn to mediums [who pretend to consult the dead] or to spiritists [who have spirits of divination]; do not seek them out to be defiled by them. I am the LORD your God.

‘You shall rise before the gray-headed and honor the aged, and you shall fear your God [with profound reverence]; I am the LORD.

‘When a stranger resides with you in your land, you shall not oppress or mistreat him.

‘You shall do no wrong in judgment, in measurement of weight or quantity.