Leviticus · Majority Standard Bible
Leviticus 19 Majority Standard Bible
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1 Then the LORD said to Moses,
1 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
2 “Speak to the whole congregation of Israel and tell them: Be holy because I, the LORD your God, 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 Each of you must respect his mother and father, and you must keep My Sabbaths. I am the LORD your God.
3 “‘Each one of you shall respect his mother and his father. You shall keep my Sabbaths. I am Yahweh your God.
4 Do not turn to idols or make for yourselves molten gods. I am the LORD your God.
4 “‘Don’t turn to idols, nor make molten gods for yourselves. I am Yahweh your God.
5 When you sacrifice a peace offering to the LORD, you shall offer it for your acceptance.
5 “‘When you offer a sacrifice of peace offerings to Yahweh, you shall offer it so that you may be accepted.
6 It shall be eaten on the day you sacrifice it, or on the next day; but what remains on the third day must be burned up.
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 If any of it is eaten on the third day, it is tainted and will not be accepted.
7 If it is eaten at all on the third day, it is an abomination. It will not be accepted;
8 Whoever eats it will bear his iniquity, for he has profaned what is holy to the LORD. That person must be 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 When you reap the harvest of your land, you are not to reap to the very edges of your field or gather the gleanings 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 You must not strip your vineyard bare or gather its fallen grapes. Leave them for the poor and the foreigner. I am the LORD your God.
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 must not steal. You must not lie or deceive one another.
11 “‘You shall not steal. “‘You shall not lie. “‘You shall not deceive one another.
12 You must not swear falsely by My name and so profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.
12 “‘You shall not swear by my name falsely, and profane the name of your God. I am Yahweh.
13 You must not defraud your neighbor or rob him. You must not withhold until morning the wages due a hired hand.
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 must not curse the deaf or place a stumbling block before the blind, but you shall fear your God. I am the LORD.
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 must not pervert justice; you must not show partiality to the poor or favoritism to the rich; you are to judge your neighbor fairly.
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 must not go about spreading slander among your people. You must not endanger the life of your neighbor. I am the LORD.
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 must not harbor hatred against your brother in your heart. Directly rebuke your neighbor, so that you will not incur guilt on account of 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 Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against any of your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD.
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 are to keep My statutes. You shall not crossbreed two different kinds of livestock; you shall not sow your fields with two kinds of seed; and you shall not wear clothing made of two kinds of material.
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 If a man lies carnally with a slave girl promised to another man but who has not been redeemed or given her freedom, there must be due punishment. But they are not to be put to death, because she had not been freed.
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 The man, however, must bring a ram to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting as his guilt offering to the LORD.
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 The priest shall make atonement on his behalf before the LORD with the ram of the guilt offering for the sin he has committed, and he will be forgiven the sin he has committed.
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 When you enter the land and plant any kind of tree for food, you shall regard the fruit as forbidden. For three years it will be forbidden to you and must not be 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 In the fourth year all its fruit must be consecrated as a praise offering to the LORD.
24 But in the fourth year all its fruit shall be holy, for giving praise to Yahweh.
25 But in the fifth year you may eat its fruit; thus your harvest will be increased. I am the LORD your God.
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 must not eat anything with blood still in it. You must not practice divination or sorcery.
26 “‘You shall not eat any meat with the blood still in it. You shall not use enchantments, nor practice sorcery.
27 You must not cut off the hair at the sides of your head or clip off the edges 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 You must not make any cuts in your bodies for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves. I am the LORD.
28 “‘You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor tattoo any marks on you. I am Yahweh.
29 You must not defile your daughter by making her a prostitute, or the land will be prostituted and filled with depravity.
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 must keep My Sabbaths and have reverence for My sanctuary. I am the LORD.
30 “‘You shall keep my Sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary; I am Yahweh.
31 You must not turn to mediums or spiritists; do not seek them out, or you will be defiled by them. I am the LORD your God.
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 are to rise in the presence of the elderly, honor the aged, and fear your God. I am the LORD.
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 When a foreigner resides with you in your land, you must not oppress him.
33 “‘If a stranger lives as a foreigner with you in your land, you shall not do him wrong.
34 You must treat the foreigner living among you as native-born and love him as yourself, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.
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 must not use dishonest measures of length, weight, or volume.
35 “‘You shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in measures of length, of weight, or of quantity.
36 You shall maintain honest scales and weights, an honest ephah, and an honest hin. I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of 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 You must keep all My statutes and all My ordinances and follow them. I am the LORD.”
37 “‘You shall observe all my statutes and all my ordinances, and do them. I am Yahweh.’”
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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
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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).
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“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)