Levítico 19

¹ Jehovah spoke to Moses:

² »Tell the entire congregation of Israel: ‘Be holy because I, Jehovah your God, am holy.

³ »‘Respect your mother and father. Observe my days of worship. I am Jehovah your God!

⁴ »‘Do not turn to worthless gods or cast metal idols. Never make any gods for yourselves. I am Jehovah your God.

⁵ »‘When you bring a peace offering to Jehovah, sacrifice it properly so that you will be accepted.

⁶ »‘Eat your sacrifice on the day you bring it and on the next day. On the third day burn whatever is left over.

⁷ »‘If you eat any of it on the third day, it is repulsive and will not be accepted.

⁸ »‘Those who eat it will be punished because they have dishonored what is holy to Jehovah. They must be excluded from the people.

⁹ »‘When you reap the harvest of your land, you should not reap to the very corners of your field. You should not gather the gleanings of your harvest.

¹⁰ »‘Do not glean your vineyard. Do not gather the fallen fruit of your vineyard. Leave them for the needy and for the stranger. I am Jehovah your God.

¹¹ »‘Do not steal. Do not deal falsely. Do not lie to one another.

¹² »‘Do not swear falsely by my name, so as to profane the name of your God. I am Jehovah.

¹³ »‘Do not oppress your neighbor and do not rob him. Do not fail to pay your workers at the end of each day.

¹⁴ »‘Do not curse a deaf man. Do not place a stumbling block before the blind. You must deeply respect your God. I am Jehovah.

¹⁵ »‘Do no injustice in judgment. Do not be partial to the poor nor defer to the great. Judge your neighbor fairly.

¹⁶ »‘Never gossip. Never endanger your neighbor's life. I am Jehovah.

¹⁷ »‘Never hate your brother in your heart. Be sure to correct your neighbor so that you will not be guilty of sinning along with him.

¹⁸ »‘Do not seek revenge. Never hold a grudge against any of your people. Instead, love your neighbor as you love yourself. I am Jehovah.

¹⁹ »‘Obey my laws. Never crossbreed different kinds of animals. Do not plant two kinds of crops in your field. Never wear clothes made from two kinds of material.

²⁰ »‘If a man has sexual intercourse with a female slave who is engaged to another man and if her freedom was never bought or given to her, they should not be put to death. He will only pay a fine because she is a slave.

²¹ »‘He must bring a ram for his guilt offering to Jehovah at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

²² »‘In Jehovah’s presence the priest will use them to pay compensation for the wrongdoing and make peace with Jehovah for this sin. The man will be forgiven for this sin.

²³ »‘When you come into the land and plant all kinds of fruit trees, you must not eat the fruit for the first three years.

²⁴ »‘All the fruit will be a holy offering of praise to Jehovah in the fourth year.

²⁵ »‘You may eat the fruit in the fifth year. Do this to make the trees produce more for you. I am Jehovah your God.

²⁶ »‘Do not eat any meat with blood still in it. Never cast evil spells, and never consult fortunetellers.

²⁷ »‘Do not shave the hair on your foreheads. Do not cut the edges of your beard.

²⁸ »‘Never slash your body to mourn the dead, and never get a tattoo. I am Jehovah.

²⁹ »‘Do not dishonor your daughter by making her a prostitute, or the country will turn to prostitution and be filled with people who are perverted.

³⁰ »‘Observe my days of worship and respect my holy tent. I am Jehovah.

³¹ »‘Do not turn to psychics or mediums to get help. That will make you unclean. I am Jehovah your God.

³² »‘Show respect to the elderly, and honor older people. In this way you show respect for your God. I am Jehovah.

³³ »‘Never mistreat a foreigner living in your land.

³⁴ »‘Foreigners living among you will be like your own people. Love them as you love yourself, because you were foreigners living in Egypt. I am Jehovah your God.

³⁵ »‘Do not be corrupt when administering justice concerning length, weight, or measuring liquid.

³⁶ »‘Use honest scales, honest weights, and honest measures. I am Jehovah your God who brought you out of Egypt.

³⁷ »‘Obey all my laws and all my rules, and live by them. I am Jehovah!’«