Leviticus · Literal Standard Version
Leviticus 19 Literal Standard Version
Audio: World English Bible (WEB), read by Winfred W. Henson · About the recordings
1 And YHWH speaks to Moses, saying,
1 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
2 “Speak to all the congregation of the sons of Israel, and you have said to them: You are holy, because I, your God YHWH, [am] holy.
2 “Speak to all the congregation of the children of Israel, and tell them, ‘You shall be holy; for I, Yahweh your God, am holy.
3 You each fear his mother and his father, and you keep My Sabbaths; I [am] your God YHWH.
3 “‘Each one of you shall respect his mother and his father. You shall keep my Sabbaths. I am Yahweh your God.
4 You do not turn to the idols, and you do not make a molten god for yourselves; I [am] your God YHWH.
4 “‘Don’t turn to idols, nor make molten gods for yourselves. I am Yahweh your God.
5 And when you sacrifice a sacrifice of peace-offerings to YHWH, you sacrifice it at your pleasure;
5 “‘When you offer a sacrifice of peace offerings to Yahweh, you shall offer it so that you may be accepted.
6 it is eaten in the day of your sacrificing [it], and on the next day, and that which is left to the third day is burned with fire,
6 It shall be eaten the same day you offer it, and on the next day. If anything remains until the third day, it shall be burned with fire.
7 and if it is really eaten on the third day, it [is] an abomination, it is not pleasing,
7 If it is eaten at all on the third day, it is an abomination. It will not be accepted;
8 and he who is eating it bears his iniquity, for he has defiled the holy thing of YHWH, and that person has been cut off from his people.
8 but everyone who eats it shall bear his iniquity, because he has profaned the holy thing of Yahweh, and that soul shall be cut off from his people.
9 And in your reaping the harvest of your land you do not completely reap the corner of your field, and you do not gather the gleaning of your harvest,
9 “‘When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not wholly reap the corners of your field, neither shall you gather the gleanings of your harvest.
10 and you do not glean your vineyard, even the omitted part of your vineyard you do not gather, you leave them for the poor and for the sojourner; I [am] your God YHWH.
10 You shall not glean your vineyard, neither shall you gather the fallen grapes of your vineyard. You shall leave them for the poor and for the foreigner. I am Yahweh your God.
11 You do not steal, nor feign, nor lie—each against his fellow.
11 “‘You shall not steal. “‘You shall not lie. “‘You shall not deceive one another.
12 And you do not swear by My Name for falsehood, or you have defiled the Name of your God; I [am] YHWH.
12 “‘You shall not swear by my name falsely, and profane the name of your God. I am Yahweh.
13 You do not oppress your neighbor, nor take plunder; the wages of the hired worker do not remain with you until morning.
13 “‘You shall not oppress your neighbor, nor rob him. “‘The wages of a hired servant shall not remain with you all night until the morning.
14 You do not revile the deaf; and you do not put a stumbling block before the blind; and you have been afraid of your God; I [am] YHWH.
14 “‘You shall not curse the deaf, nor put a stumbling block before the blind; but you shall fear your God. I am Yahweh.
15 You do not do perversity in judgment; you do not lift up the face of the poor, nor honor the face of the great; you judge your fellow in righteousness.
15 “‘You shall do no injustice in judgment. You shall not be partial to the poor, nor show favoritism to the great; but you shall judge your neighbor in righteousness.
16 You do not go slandering among your people; you do not stand against the blood of your neighbor; I [am] YHWH.
16 “‘You shall not go around as a slanderer among your people. “‘You shall not endanger the life of your neighbor. I am Yahweh.
17 You do not hate your brother in your heart; you certainly reprove your fellow, and do not permit sin on him.
17 “‘You shall not hate your brother in your heart. You shall surely rebuke your neighbor, and not bear sin because of him.
18 You do not take vengeance, nor watch the sons of your people; and you have had love for your neighbor as yourself; I [am] YHWH.
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 Yahweh.
19 You keep My statutes. You do not cause your livestock to mate [with] two kinds; you do not sow your field with two kinds; and a garment of two kinds, mixed material, does not go up on you.
19 “‘You shall keep my statutes. “‘You shall not cross-breed different kinds of animals. “‘You shall not sow your field with two kinds of seed; “‘Don’t wear a garment made of two kinds of material.
20 And when a man lies with a woman with seed [from] intercourse, and she [is] a maidservant, betrothed to a man, and not really ransomed, or freedom has not been given to her, there is an investigation; they are not put to death, for she [is] not free.
20 “‘If a man lies carnally with a woman who is a slave girl, pledged to be married to another man, and not ransomed or given her freedom; they shall be punished. They shall not be put to death, because she was not free.
21 And he has brought in his guilt-offering to YHWH, to the opening of the Tent of Meeting, a ram [for] a guilt-offering,
21 He shall bring his trespass offering to Yahweh, to the door of the Tent of Meeting, even a ram for a trespass offering.
22 and the priest has made atonement for him with the ram of the guilt-offering before YHWH, for his sin which he has sinned, and it has been forgiven him because of his sin which he has sinned.
22 The priest shall make atonement for him with the ram of the trespass offering before Yahweh for his sin which he has committed; and the sin which he has committed shall be forgiven him.
23 And when you come into the land and have planted all [kinds] of trees [for] food, then you have reckoned its fruit as uncircumcised, it is uncircumcised to you [for] three years, it is not eaten,
23 “‘When you come into the land, and have planted all kinds of trees for food, then you shall count their fruit as forbidden. For three years it shall be forbidden to you. It shall not be eaten.
24 and in the fourth year all its fruit is holy—praises for YHWH.
24 But in the fourth year all its fruit shall be holy, for giving praise to Yahweh.
25 And in the fifth year you eat its fruit—to add to you its increase; I [am] your God YHWH.
25 In the fifth year you shall eat its fruit, that it may yield its increase to you. I am Yahweh your God.
26 You do not eat with the blood. You do not enchant, nor observe clouds.
26 “‘You shall not eat any meat with the blood still in it. You shall not use enchantments, nor practice sorcery.
27 You do not round the corner of your head, nor destroy the corner of your beard.
27 “‘You shall not cut the hair on the sides of your head or clip off the edge of your beard.
28 And you do not put a cutting for the soul in your flesh; and a writing, a cross-mark, you do not put on yourself; I [am] YHWH.
28 “‘You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor tattoo any marks on you. I am Yahweh.
29 You do not defile your daughter to cause her to go whoring, that the land does not go whoring, and the land has been full of wickedness.
29 “‘Don’t profane your daughter, to make her a prostitute; lest the land fall to prostitution, and the land become full of wickedness.
30 You keep My Sabbaths and you revere My sanctuary; I [am] YHWH.
30 “‘You shall keep my Sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary; I am Yahweh.
31 You do not turn to those having familiar spirits, and you do not seek for wizards, to become unclean by them; I [am] your God YHWH.
31 “‘Don’t turn to those who are mediums, nor to the wizards. Don’t seek them out, to be defiled by them. I am Yahweh your God.
32 You rise up at the presence of grey hairs, and you have honored the presence of an old man, and have been afraid of your God; I [am] YHWH.
32 “‘You shall rise up before the gray head and honor the face of the elderly; and you shall fear your God. I am Yahweh.
33 And when a sojourner sojourns with you in your land, you do not oppress him;
33 “‘If a stranger lives as a foreigner with you in your land, you shall not do him wrong.
34 the sojourner who is sojourning with you is to you as a native among you, and you have had love for him as for yourself, for you have been sojourners in the land of Egypt; I [am] your God YHWH.
34 The stranger who lives as a foreigner with you shall be to you as the native-born among you, and you shall love him as yourself; for you lived as foreigners in the land of Egypt. I am Yahweh your God.
35 You do not do perversity in the judgment, in the measure, in the weight, and in the liquid measure;
35 “‘You shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in measures of length, of weight, or of quantity.
36 you have righteous balances, righteous weights, a righteous ephah, and a righteous hin; I [am] your God YHWH, who has brought you out from the land of Egypt;
36 You shall have just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin. I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
37 and you have observed all my statutes, and all my judgments, and have done them; I [am] YHWH.”
37 “‘You shall observe all my statutes and all my ordinances, and do them. I am Yahweh.’”
People & places in this chapter
From this site's family tree and Bible maps, only where those guides cite this chapter.
People
Moses
Drawn from the Nile, he led Israel out of Egypt and received God's Law.
Cited in the guide: Exodus 2–Deuteronomy 34
Cross references (36)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 2 Leviticus 11:44–45; Leviticus 20:7; 1 Peter 1:15–16; 2 Corinthians 6:14–16; Matthew 5:48
- 3 Exodus 20:12; Exodus 20:8; Ephesians 6:1–3; Hebrews 12:9; Proverbs 30:17
- 4 Leviticus 26:1; Exodus 34:17; Psalm 115:4–7; Exodus 20:23; Deuteronomy 27:15
- 5 Leviticus 22:19; Leviticus 22:29; Leviticus 7:16; Leviticus 1:3; Ephesians 2:13–14
- 6 Leviticus 7:11–17
- 7 Leviticus 7:18–21; Leviticus 22:25; Jeremiah 16:18; Leviticus 22:23; Isaiah 66:3
- 8 Leviticus 22:15; Leviticus 5:1
- 9 Leviticus 23:22; Deuteronomy 24:19–22; Ruth 2:15; Ruth 2:2; Leviticus 23:10
- 10 Isaiah 17:6; Leviticus 25:6; Isaiah 24:13; Judges 8:2; Micah 7:1
- 11 Colossians 3:9; Psalm 101:7; Exodus 20:15; Ephesians 4:25; Zechariah 5:3–4
- 12 Exodus 20:7; Deuteronomy 5:11; Leviticus 18:21; Leviticus 6:3; James 5:12
- 13 James 5:4; Malachi 3:5; Deuteronomy 24:14–15; Jeremiah 22:13; Proverbs 20:10
- 14 Deuteronomy 27:18; Leviticus 19:32; 1 Peter 2:17; Leviticus 25:17; Romans 14:13
- 15 Deuteronomy 1:17; Deuteronomy 27:19; Proverbs 24:23; Exodus 23:6–8; Exodus 23:2–3
- 16 Exodus 23:1; Exodus 23:7; Proverbs 20:19; Proverbs 11:13; Ezekiel 22:9
- 17 1 John 2:9; Luke 17:3; 1 John 2:11; Proverbs 27:5–6; 1 John 3:12–15
- 18 Matthew 22:39–40; Romans 13:9; Mark 12:31–34; Luke 10:27–37; Galatians 5:14
- 19 2 Corinthians 6:14–17; Deuteronomy 22:9–11; Matthew 9:16–17; Galatians 3:9–11; 2 Samuel 13:29
- 20 Deuteronomy 22:23–24; Exodus 21:20–21
- 21 Leviticus 6:6–7; Leviticus 5:1–6; Leviticus 5:15
- 22 Leviticus 4:26; Leviticus 4:20
- 23 Leviticus 22:27; Acts 7:51; Jeremiah 9:25–26; Jeremiah 6:10; Leviticus 14:34
- 24 Deuteronomy 18:4; Proverbs 3:9; Numbers 18:12–13; Deuteronomy 14:28–29; Deuteronomy 12:17–18
- 25 Haggai 1:9–11; Leviticus 26:3–4; Haggai 1:4–6; Ecclesiastes 11:1–2; Haggai 2:18–19
- 26 Deuteronomy 18:10–14; 2 Kings 17:17; 2 Chronicles 33:6; Deuteronomy 12:23; 2 Kings 21:6
- 27 Leviticus 21:5; Deuteronomy 14:1; Ezekiel 44:20; Jeremiah 48:37; Isaiah 15:2
- 28 Deuteronomy 14:1; 1 Kings 18:28; Leviticus 21:5; Leviticus 21:1; Jeremiah 16:6
- 29 Deuteronomy 23:17–18; 1 Corinthians 6:15; Leviticus 21:7; Hosea 4:12–14
- 30 Leviticus 26:2; Leviticus 19:3; Ecclesiastes 5:1; Exodus 20:8; Psalm 89:7
- 31 Isaiah 8:19; Leviticus 20:6–7; Leviticus 20:27; 2 Chronicles 33:6; Deuteronomy 18:10–14
- 32 1 Timothy 5:1; Proverbs 16:31; Lamentations 5:12; Proverbs 20:29; Leviticus 19:14
- 33 Exodus 22:21; Exodus 23:9; Jeremiah 7:6; Deuteronomy 24:14; Malachi 3:5
- 34 Deuteronomy 10:19; Leviticus 19:18; Exodus 12:48–49; Matthew 5:43
- 35 Deuteronomy 25:15; Deuteronomy 25:13; Proverbs 16:11; Micah 6:1; Leviticus 19:15
- 36 Proverbs 11:1; Exodus 20:2; Proverbs 20:10; Deuteronomy 25:13–15
- 37 Deuteronomy 8:1; Leviticus 18:4–5; Deuteronomy 5:1; 1 John 3:22–23; Psalm 119:34
Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences
What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
How these were chosen
“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
"A new commandment," He says, "I give unto you, that ye love one another." But was not this already commanded in the ancient law of God, where it is written, "Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself"? Why, then, is it called a new one by the Lord, when it is proved to be so old?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 7 (1888)