Leviticus, 19

1. And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

1. Yahweh spoke to Moses and said,

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.

2. "Speak to the entire assembly of the people of Israel and say to them: Be holy for I, Yahweh, 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.

3. Each of you must revere his mother and father; and you shall keep my sabbaths; I am Yahweh, your God.

4. Turn ye not unto idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I [am] the LORD your God.

4. Do not turn to idols or make for yourselves molten gods; I am Yahweh, your God.

5. And if ye offer a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the LORD, ye shall offer it at your own will.

5. When you offer a sacrifice of peace offering to Yahweh, sacrifice it so that you may be accepted.

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.

6. It shall be eaten on the day you offer it or on the next day. And whatever remains shall be burned on the third day.

7. And if it be eaten at all on the third day, it [is] abominable; it shall not be accepted.

7. If it is eaten on the third day it is unclean and will 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.

8. Whoever eats it will pay for his sin, for he has profaned a holy thing of Yahweh and this person shall be cut off from 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.

9. When you reap the harvest of your land do not reap to the extreme limits of your field or gather the gleanings after your 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.

10. Do not strip your vineyard bare and do not gather the grapes that have fallen; leave them for the needy and the stranger. I am Yahweh, your God.

11. Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.

11. Do not steal or lie or deceive one another.

12. And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I [am] the LORD.

12. Do not swear falsely by my name so as to profane the name of your God; I am Yahweh.

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.

13. Do not oppress your neighbor or rob him. The wages of a hired man are not to remain with you all night until morning.

14. Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumblingblock before the blind, but shalt fear thy God: I [am] the LORD.

14. You shall not curse a deaf man nor put a stumbling block in the way of the blind; but you shall fear your God; I am Yahweh.

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.

15. Do not pervert justice; do not show partiality to the poor nor bow to the great; you are to judge your neighbor fairly so as not to share in his guilt.

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.

16. Do not go about as a slanderer of your people and do not seek the death of your neighbor; I am Yahweh.

17. Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him.

17. Do not hate your brother in your heart; rebuke your neighbor frankly so as not to share in his guilt.

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.

18. Do not seek revenge or nurture a grudge against one of your people, but love your neighbor as yourself; I am Yahweh.

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.

19. Keep my practices. You shall not let your cattle breed with another kind. You shall not sow your field with two kinds of seed and you shall not wear clothing made of two different materials.

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.

20. If a man lies with a woman who is a slave promised to another man, and she has not been ransomed or given her freedom, there shall be punishment. 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.

21. but he shall bring a ram as a guilt offering to Yahweh for himself, to the door of the Tent of Meeting.

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.

22. The priest is to make atonement for him before Yahweh with the ram of the guilt offering, and the sin he has committed will be forgiven.

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.

23. When you enter the land and plant all kinds of trees for food, you shall count the fruit as unclean. For three years it shall be unclean for you and it must not be eaten.

24. But in the fourth year all the fruit thereof shall be holy to praise the LORD [withal].

24. In the fourth year all the fruit shall be holy, an offering of praise to the Lord.

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.

25. But in the fifth year you may eat of the fruit, that its yield may increase for you. I am Yahweh, your God.

26. Ye shall not eat [any thing] with the blood: neither shall ye use enchantment, nor observe times.

26. Do not eat anything over the blood nor practice divination or astrology.

27. Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard.

27. Do not round off the side-growth of your heads or clip off the edges of your beard.

28. Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I [am] the LORD.

28. Do not make cuttings in your flesh on account of the dead or make tattoo marks on yourselves. I am Yahweh.

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.

29. You shall not profane your daughter by making her a prostitute, lest the land turn to prostitution and be filled with wickedness.

30. Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I [am] the LORD.

30. Keep my sabbaths and revere my sanctuary. I am Yahweh.

31. Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I [am] the LORD your God.

31. Do not turn to mediums or spiritists for you will be defiled by them. I am Yahweh, 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.

32. Rise in the presence of the aged and honor the elderly; in doing this you honor your God. I am Yahweh.

33. And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex him.

33. When a stranger stays with you in your land, do him no wrong.

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.

34. He shall be to you as the native among you. Love him as yourself for you have been strangers in the land of Egypt. I am Yahweh, your God.

35. Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure.

35. Do no wrong in judgment or in measure or weight or quantity.

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.

36. Use honest scales and honest weights and exact containers. I am Yahweh, your God who 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.

37. You shall keep all my laws and all my practices and follow them. I am Yahweh."