Leviticus 19 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

Yahweh Is Holy

Then Yahweh^H3068 spoke^H1696 to Moses^H4872, saying^H559:

“Speak^H1696 to all^H3605 the congregation^H5712 of the sons^H1121 of Israel^H3478 and say^H559 to them, ‘You shall be holy^H6918, for I, Yahweh^H3068 your God^H430, am holy^H6918.

Lev 19:3

Lev 19:3‘Every one of you shall fear his mother and his father, and you shall keep My sabbaths; I am Yahweh your God.

Lev 19:4

Lev 19:4‘Do not turn to idols or make for yourselves molten gods; I am Yahweh your God.

Lev 19:5

‘Now when^H3588 you offer^H2076 a sacrifice^H2077 of peace^H8002 offerings^H8002 to Yahweh^H3068, you shall offer^H2076 it so that you may be accepted^H7522.

Lev 19:6

Lev 19:6‘It shall be eaten the same day you offer it and the next day; but what remains until the third day shall be burned with fire.

Lev 19:7

Lev 19:7‘So if it is eaten at all on the third day, it is an offense; it will not be accepted.

Lev 19:8

Lev 19:8‘And everyone who eats it will bear his iniquity, for he has profaned the holy thing of Yahweh; and that person shall be cut off from his people.

Various Statutes

Lev 19:9

‘Now when you reap^H7114 the harvest^H7105 of your land^H776, you shall not reap^H7114 to the very corners^H6285 of your field^H7704, nor^H3808 shall you gather^H3950 the gleanings^H3951 of your harvest^H7105.

Lev 19:10

Lev 19:10‘Nor shall you glean your vineyard, nor shall you gather the fallen fruit of your vineyard; you shall leave them for the afflicted and for the sojourner. I am Yahweh your God.

Lev 19:11

‘You shall not steal^H1589, nor^H3808 deal^H3584 falsely^H3584, nor^H3808 lie^H8266 to one^H376 another^H5997.

Lev 19:12

Lev 19:12‘And you shall not swear falsely by My name, so as to profane the name of your God; I am Yahweh.

Lev 19:13

‘You shall not oppress^H6231 your neighbor^H7453 nor^H3808 rob^H1497 him. The wages^H6468 of a hired^H7916 man^H7916 shall not remain^H3885 with you overnight^H3885 until^H5704 morning^H1242.

Lev 19:14

Lev 19:14‘You shall not curse a deaf man nor place a stumbling block before the blind, but you shall fear your God; I am Yahweh.

Lev 19:15

‘You shall do^H6213 no injustice^H5766 in judgment^H4941; you shall not be partial^H5375^H6440 to the poor^H1800 nor^H3808 defer^H1921^H6440 to the great^H1419, but you shall judge^H8199 your neighbor^H5997 in righteousness^H6664.

Lev 19:16

Lev 19:16‘You shall not go about as a slanderer among your people, and you shall not stand against the [fn]life of your neighbor; I am Yahweh.

Lev 19:17

‘You shall not hate^H8130 your brother^H251 in your heart^H3824; you may surely^H3198 reprove^H3198 your neighbor^H5997, and so not bear^H5375 sin^H2399 because^H5921 of him.

Lev 19:18

Lev 19:18‘You shall not take vengeance, and you shall not keep your anger against the sons of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself; I am Yahweh.

Lev 19:19

‘You are to keep^H8104 My statutes^H2708. You shall not breed^H7250 together^H7250 two^H3610 kinds^H3610 of your cattle^H929; you shall not sow^H2232 your field^H7704 with two^H3610 kinds^H3610 of seed nor^H3808 wear^H5927 a garment^H899 upon you of two^H3610 kinds^H3610 of material^H8162 mixed^H8162 together^H8162.

Lev 19:20

‘Now if^H3588 a man^H376 lies^H7901 sexually^H7902^H2233 with a woman^H802 who^H1931 is a slave^H8198 assigned^H2778 to another man^H376, but who has in^H6299 no^H3808 way^H6299 been redeemed^H6299 nor^H3808 given^H5414 her freedom^H2668, there shall be punishment^H1244; they shall not, however, be put^H4191 to^H4191 death^H4191 because^H3588 she was not free^H2666.

Lev 19:21

Lev 19:21‘And he shall bring his guilt offering to Yahweh to the doorway of the tent of meeting, a ram for a guilt offering.

Lev 19:22

Lev 19:22‘The priest shall also make atonement for him with the ram of the guilt offering before Yahweh for his sin which he has committed, and the sin which he has committed will be forgiven him.

Lev 19:23

‘When^H3588 you enter^H935 the land^H776 and plant^H5193 all^H3605 kinds of trees^H6086 for food^H3978, then you shall designate^H6188 their fruit^H6529 as [fn]forbidden^H6190. Three^H7969 years^H8141 it shall be [fn]forbidden^H6189 to you; it shall not be eaten^H398.

Lev 19:24

Lev 19:24‘But in the fourth year all its fruit shall be holy, an offering of praise to Yahweh.

Lev 19:25

Lev 19:25‘Now in the fifth year you shall eat of its fruit, that its produce may increase for you; I am Yahweh your God.

Lev 19:26

‘You shall not eat^H398 anything with the blood^H1818 nor^H3808 interpret^H5172 omens^H5172 or soothsaying^H6049.

Lev 19:27

Lev 19:27‘You shall not round off the side-growth of your heads nor harm the edges of your beard.

Lev 19:28

Lev 19:28‘And you shall not make any cuts in your [fn]body for the [fn]dead nor make any tattoo marks on yourselves: I am Yahweh.

Lev 19:29

‘Do not [fn]profane^H2455 your daughter^H1323 by making^H2181 her a^H2181 harlot^H2181, so that the land^H776 will not fall^H2181 to harlotry^H2181 and the land^H776 become^H4390 full^H4390 of lewdness^H2154.

Lev 19:30

Lev 19:30‘You shall keep My sabbaths and fear My sanctuary; I am Yahweh.

Lev 19:31

‘Do not turn^H6437 to [fn]mediums^H178 or spiritists^H3049; do not seek^H1245 them out^H1245 to be defiled^H2930 by them. I am Yahweh^H3068 your God^H430.

Lev 19:32

‘You shall rise^H6965 up^H6965 before^H4480^H6440 the gray-haired^H7872 and honor^H1921 the [fn]aged^H6440^H2205, and you shall fear^H3372 your God^H430; I am Yahweh^H3068.

Lev 19:33

‘And when^H3588 a sojourner^H1616 sojourns^H1481 with you in your land^H776, you shall not mistreat^H3238 him.

Lev 19:34

Lev 19:34‘The sojourner who sojourns with you shall be to you as the native among you, and you shall love him as yourself, for you were sojourners in the land of Egypt; I am Yahweh your God.

Lev 19:35

‘You shall do^H6213 no^H3808 wrong^H5766 in judgment^H4941, in measurement^H4060 of weight^H4948, or in volume^H4884.

Lev 19:36

Lev 19:36‘You shall have [fn]just balances, [fn]just weights, a [fn]just [fn]ephah, and a [fn]just [fn]hin; I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out from the land of Egypt.

Lev 19:37