Leviticus 19 :: New King James Version (NKJV)

Moral and Ceremonial Laws

Lev 19:1And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

Lev 19:2“Speak to all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say to them: ‘You shall be holy, for I the LORD your God am holy.

Lev 19:3

Lev 19:3‘Every one of you shall revere his mother and his father, and keep My Sabbaths: I am the LORD your God.

Lev 19:4

Lev 19:4‘Do not turn to idols, nor make for yourselves molded gods: I am the LORD your God.

Lev 19:5

Lev 19:5‘And if you offer a sacrifice of a peace offering to the LORD, you shall offer it of your own free will.

Lev 19:6

Lev 19:6‘It shall be eaten the same day you offer it, and on the next day. And if any remains until the third day, it shall be burned in the fire.

Lev 19:7

Lev 19:7‘And if it is eaten at all on the third day, it is an abomination. It shall not be accepted.

Lev 19:8

Lev 19:8‘Therefore everyone who eats it shall bear his iniquity, because he has profaned the hallowed offering of the LORD; and that person shall be cut off from his people.

Lev 19:9

Lev 19:9‘When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not wholly reap the corners of your field, nor shall you gather the gleanings of your harvest.

Lev 19:10

Lev 19:10‘And you shall not glean your vineyard, nor shall you gather every grape of your vineyard; you shall leave them for the poor and the stranger: I am the LORD your God.

Lev 19:11

Lev 19:11‘You shall not steal, nor deal falsely, nor lie to one another.

Lev 19:12

Lev 19:12‘And you shall not swear by My name falsely, nor shall you profane the name of your God: I am the LORD.

Lev 19:13

Lev 19:13‘You shall not cheat your neighbor, nor rob him. The wages of him who is hired shall not remain with you all night until morning.

Lev 19:14

Lev 19:14‘You shall not curse the deaf, nor put a stumbling block before the blind, but shall fear your God: I am the LORD.

Lev 19:15

Lev 19:15‘You shall do no injustice in judgment. You shall not be partial to the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty. In righteousness you shall judge your neighbor.

Lev 19:16

Lev 19:16‘You shall not go about as a talebearer among your people; nor shall you take a stand against the life of your neighbor: I am the LORD.

Lev 19:17

Lev 19:17‘You shall not hate your brother in your heart. You shall surely rebuke your neighbor, and not bear sin because of him.

Lev 19:18

Lev 19:18‘You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the LORD.

Lev 19:19

Lev 19:19‘You shall keep My statutes. You shall not let your livestock breed with another kind. You shall not sow your field with mixed seed. Nor shall a garment of mixed linen and wool come upon you.

Lev 19:20

Lev 19:20‘Whoever lies carnally with a woman who is betrothed to a man as a concubine, and who has not at all been redeemed nor given her freedom, for this there shall be scourging; but they shall not be put to death, because she was not free.

Lev 19:21

Lev 19:21‘And he shall bring his trespass offering to the LORD, to the door of the tabernacle of meeting, a ram as a trespass offering.

Lev 19:22

Lev 19:22‘The priest shall make atonement for him with the ram of the trespass offering before the LORD for his sin which he has committed. And the sin which he has committed shall be forgiven him.

Lev 19:23

Lev 19:23‘When you come into the land, and have planted all kinds of trees for food, then you shall count their fruit as uncircumcised. Three years it shall be as uncircumcised to you. It shall not be eaten.

Lev 19:24

Lev 19:24‘But in the fourth year all its fruit shall be holy, a praise to the LORD.

Lev 19:25

Lev 19:25‘And in the fifth year you may eat its fruit, that it may yield to you its increase: I am the LORD your God.

Lev 19:26

Lev 19:26‘You shall not eat anything with the blood, nor shall you practice divination or soothsaying.

Lev 19:27

Lev 19:27‘You shall not shave around the sides of your head, nor shall you disfigure the edges of your beard.

Lev 19:28

Lev 19:28‘You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor tattoo any marks on you: I am the LORD.

Lev 19:29

Lev 19:29‘Do not prostitute your daughter, to cause her to be a harlot, lest the land fall into harlotry, and the land become full of wickedness.

Lev 19:30

Lev 19:30‘You shall keep My Sabbaths and reverence My sanctuary: I am the LORD.

Lev 19:31

Lev 19:31‘Give no regard to mediums and familiar spirits; do not seek after them, to be defiled by them: I am the LORD your God.

Lev 19:32

Lev 19:32‘You shall rise before the gray headed and honor the presence of an old man, and fear your God: I am the LORD.

Lev 19:33

Lev 19:33‘And if a stranger dwells with you in your land, you shall not mistreat him.

Lev 19:34

Lev 19:34‘The stranger who dwells among you shall be to you as one born among you, and you shall love him as yourself; for you were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.

Lev 19:35

Lev 19:35‘You shall do no injustice in judgment, in measurement of length, weight, or volume.

Lev 19:36

Lev 19:36‘You shall have honest scales, honest weights, an honest ephah, and an honest hin: I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.

Lev 19:37

Lev 19:37‘Therefore you shall observe all My statutes and all My judgments, and perform them: I am the LORD.’ ”

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