“1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Speak unto all the
congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be
holy: for I the LORD your God [am] holy. 3 Ye shall fear every man his
mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I [am] the LORD your God.
4 Turn ye not unto idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I [am] the
LORD your God. 5 And if ye offer a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the
LORD, ye shall offer it at your own will. 6 It shall be eaten the same
day ye offer it, and on the morrow: and if ought remain until the third
day, it shall be burnt in the fire. 7 And if it be eaten at all on the
third day, it [is] abominable; it shall not be accepted. 8 Therefore
[every one] that eateth it shall bear his iniquity, because he hath
profaned the hallowed thing of the LORD: and that soul shall be cut off
from among his people. 9 And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou
shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field, neither shalt thou
gather the gleanings of thy harvest. 10 And thou shalt not glean thy
vineyard, neither shalt thou gather [every] grape of thy vineyard; thou
shalt leave them for the poor and stranger: I [am] the LORD your God.”
“11 Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to
another. 12 And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, neither shalt
thou profane the name of thy God: I [am] the LORD. 13 Thou shalt not
defraud thy neighbour, neither rob [him]: the wages of him that is hired
shall not abide with thee all night until the morning. 14 Thou shalt not
curse the deaf, nor put a stumblingblock before the blind, but shalt
fear thy God: I [am] the LORD. 15 Ye shall do no unrighteousness in
judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the
person of the mighty: [but] in righteousness shalt thou judge thy
neighbour. 16 Thou shalt not go up and down [as] a talebearer among thy
people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbour: I
[am] the LORD. 17 Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou
shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him. 18
Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy
people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I [am] the LORD.”
“19 Ye shall keep my statutes. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender
with a diverse kind: thou shalt not sow thy field with mingled seed:
neither shall a garment mingled of linen and woollen come upon thee. 20
And whosoever lieth carnally with a woman, that [is] a bondmaid,
betrothed to an husband, and not at all redeemed, nor freedom given her;
she shall be scourged; they shall not be put to death, because she was
not free. 21 And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the LORD,
unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, [even] a ram for a
trespass offering. 22 And the priest shall make an atonement for him
with the ram of the trespass offering before the LORD for his sin which
he hath done: and the sin which he hath done shall be forgiven him. 23
And when ye shall come into the land, and shall have planted all manner
of trees for food, then ye shall count the fruit thereof as
uncircumcised: three years shall it be as uncircumcised unto you: it
shall not be eaten of. 24 But in the fourth year all the fruit thereof
shall be holy to praise the LORD [withal]. 25 And in the fifth year
shall ye eat of the fruit thereof, that it may yield unto you the
increase thereof: I [am] the LORD your God. 26 Ye shall not eat [any
thing] with the blood: neither shall ye use enchantment, nor observe
times. 27 Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt
thou mar the corners of thy beard. 28 Ye shall not make any cuttings in
your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I [am] the LORD.
29 Do not prostitute thy daughter, to cause her to be a whore; lest the
land fall to whoredom, and the land become full of wickedness.”
“30 Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I [am] the
LORD. 31 Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after
wizards, to be defiled by them: I [am] the LORD your God. 32 Thou shalt
rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and
fear thy God: I [am] the LORD. 33 And if a stranger sojourn with thee in
your land, ye shall not vex him. 34 [But] the stranger that dwelleth
with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love
him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I [am] the
LORD your God. 35 Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in
meteyard, in weight, or in measure. 36 Just balances, just weights, a
just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I [am] the LORD your God,
which brought you out of the land of Egypt. 37 Therefore shall ye
observe all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: I [am] the
LORD.” (Le 19:1-37 AV)
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