1  And YHWH spoke unto Moses, saying

Lv19:1  And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

1  The Lord spoke to Moses, saying

2  Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them: Ye shall be holy; for I YHWH your God am holy.

Lv19:2  Speak to the congregation of the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them, Ye shall be holy; for I the Lord your God am holy.

2  Speak to the entire assembly of the sons of Israel, and you shall say to them: Be holy, for I, the Lord your God, am holy.

3  Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and ye shall keep My sabbaths: I am YHWH your God.

Lv19:3  Let every one of you reverence his father and his mother; and ye shall keep my sabbaths: I am the Lord your God.

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

Lv19:4  Ye shall not follow idols, and ye shall not make to yourselves molten gods: I am the Lord your God.

4  Do not be willing to convert to idols, neither should you make molten gods for yourselves. I am the Lord your God.

5  And when ye offer a sacrifice of peace-offerings unto YHWH, ye shall offer it that ye may be accepted.

Lv19:5  And if ye will sacrifice a peace-offering to the Lord, ye shall offer it acceptable from yourselves.

5  If you immolate a victim of peace offerings to the Lord, so that he may be appeased,

6  It shall be eaten the same day ye offer it, and on the morrow; and if aught remain until the third day, it shall be burnt with fire.

Lv19:6  In what day soever ye shall sacrifice it, it shall be eaten; and on the following day, and if any of it should be left till the third day, it shall be thoroughly burnt with fire.

6  you shall eat it on the same day as when it was immolated, and the next day. Then whatever will remain on the third day you shall burn with fire.

7  And if it be eaten at all on the third day, it is a vile thing; it shall not be accepted.

7  If anyone, after two days, will have eaten from it, he shall be profane and guilty of impiety.

8  But every one that eateth it shall bear his iniquity, because he hath profaned the holy thing of YHWH; and that soul shall be cut off from his people.

8  And he shall bear his iniquity, for he has polluted what is holy to the Lord. And that soul shall perish from his people.

9  And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corner of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the gleaning of thy harvest.

9  When you will have harvested the grain fields of your land, you shall not cut it down to the surface of the land, even to the ground, nor shall you gather the remaining ears of grain.

10  And thou shalt not glean thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather the fallen fruit of thy vineyard; thou shalt leave them for the poor and for the stranger: I am YHWH your God.

10  Neither shall you gather the clusters or individual grapes which fall down in your vineyard, but you shall leave them for paupers and travelers to take. I am the Lord your God.

10  And you shall not glean your vineyards, neither shall you gather that which is fallen from your olive trees, but you shall leave them for the poor and the proselytes; for I am the LORD your God.

11  Ye shall not steal; neither shall ye deal falsely, nor lie one to another.

Lv19:11  Ye shall not steal, ye shall not lie, neither shall one bear false witness as an informer against his neighbour.

11  You shall not steal. You shall not lie. Neither shall anyone deceive his neighbor.

12  And ye shall not swear by My name falsely, so that thou profane the name of thy God: I am YHWH.

12  You shall not commit perjury in my name, nor shall you pollute the name of your God. I am the Lord.

12  You shall not swear by my name falsely and so profane the name of your God; I am the LORD.

13  Thou shalt not oppress thy neighbour, nor rob him; the wages of a hired servant shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.

13  You shall not slander your neighbor, nor shall you oppress him by violence. The wages of a hired hand, you shall not delay with you until tomorrow.

13  You shall not oppress your neighbor, neither carry him away by force; the wages of him who is hired shall not remain with you all night until the morning.

14  Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumbling-block before the blind, but thou shalt fear thy God: I am YHWH.

14  You shall not speak evil of the deaf, nor shall you place a stumbling block before the blind, but you shall fear the Lord your God, for I am the Lord.

15  Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment; thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor favour the person of the mighty; but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.

15  You shall not do what is unjust, nor shall you judge unjustly. You shall not consider the reputation of the poor, nor shall you honor the countenance of the powerful. Judge your neighbor justly.

16  Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people; neither shalt thou stand idly by the blood of thy neighbour: I am YHWH.

16  You shall not be a detractor, nor a whisperer, among the people. You shall not stand against the blood of your neighbor. I am the Lord.

17  Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thy heart; thou shalt surely rebuke thy neighbour, and not bear sin because of him.

17  You shall not hate your brother in your heart, but reprove him openly, lest you have sin over him.

18  Thou shalt not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am YHWH.

18  Do not seek revenge, neither should you be mindful of the injury of your fellow citizens. You shall love your friend as yourself. 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 two kinds of seed; neither shall there come upon thee a garment of two kinds of stuff mingled together.

19  Observe my laws. You shall not cause your cattle to breed with other kinds of animals. You shall not sow your field with diverse seeds. You shall not be clothed with a garment which has been woven from two things.

19  You shall keep my statutes. You shall not let your cattle breed with a diverse kind; you shall not sow your field with mixed seed; neither shall you wear a mantle made of mixed materials.

20  And whosoever lieth carnally with a woman, that is a bondmaid, designated for a man, and not at all redeemed, nor was freedom given her; there shall be inquisition; they shall not be put to death, because she was not free.

Lv19:20  And if any one lie carnally with a woman, and she should be a home-servant kept for a man, and she has not been ransomed, and her freedom has not been given to her, they shall be visited with punishment; but they shall not die, because she was not set at liberty.

20  If a man will have slept in sexual intercourse with a woman, who is a servant and who is also able to be married, and yet he has not redeemed her with a price, nor paid to set her free, they both shall be beaten, but they shall not die, for she was not a free woman.

21  And he shall bring his forfeit unto YHWH, unto the door of the tent of meeting, even a ram for a guilt-offering.

Lv19:21  And he shall bring for his trespass to the Lord to the door of the tabernacle of witness, a ram for a trespass-offering.

21  But, for his offense, he shall offer a ram to the Lord at the door of the tabernacle of the testimony.

22  And the priest shall make atonement for him with the ram of the guilt-offering before YHWH for his sin which he hath sinned; and he shall be forgiven for his sin which he hath sinned.

22  And the priest shall pray for him, and for his sin, before the Lord, and he shall win his favor again for him, and the sin shall 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 forbidden; three years shall it be as forbidden unto you; it shall not be eaten.

Lv19:23  And whenever ye shall enter into the land which the Lord your God gives you, and shall plant any fruit-tree, then shall ye purge away its uncleanness; its fruit shall be three years uncleansed to you, it shall not be eaten.

23  When you will have entered into the land, and will have planted in it fruit trees, you shall take away their first-fruits; the fruit that germinates shall be unclean to you, neither shall you eat from these.

24  And in the fourth year all the fruit thereof shall be holy, for giving praise unto YHWH.

24  But in the fourth year, all their fruit shall be sanctified for the praise of the Lord.

25  But in the fifth year may ye eat of the fruit thereof, that it may yield unto you more richly the increase thereof: I am YHWH your God.

Lv19:25  And in the fifth year ye shall eat the fruit, its produce is an increase to you. I am the Lord your God.

26  Ye shall not eat with the blood; neither shall ye practise divination nor soothsaying.

Lv19:26  Eat not on the mountains, nor shall ye employ auguries, nor divine by inspection of birds.

26  You shall not eat with blood. You shall not practice divination, nor the observation of dreams.

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

Lv19:27  Ye shall not make a round cutting of the hair of your head, nor disfigure your beard.

27  And you shall not cut the hair of your head circularly, nor shave your beard.

28  Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor imprint any marks upon you: I am YHWH.

Lv19:28  And ye shall not make cuttings in your body for a dead body, and ye shall not inscribe on yourselves any marks. I am the Lord your God.

28  You shall not cut your flesh for the dead, and you shall not make other figures or marks on yourself. I am the Lord.

29  Profane not thy daughter, to make her a harlot, lest the land fall into harlotry, and the land become full of lewdness.

Lv19:29  Thou shalt not profane thy daughter to prostitute her; so the land shall not go a whoring, and the land be filled with iniquity.

29  Do not prostitute your daughter, lest the land be contaminated and filled with crimes.

30  Ye shall keep My sabbaths, and reverence My sanctuary: I am YHWH.

30  Observe my Sabbaths, and be apprehensive toward my Sanctuary. I am the Lord.

30  You shall keep my commandments and reverence my sanctuary; I am the LORD.

31  Turn ye not unto the ghosts, nor unto familiar spirits; seek them not out, to be defiled by them: I am YHWH your God.

Lv19:31  Ye shall not attend to those who have in them divining spirits, nor attach yourselves to enchanters, to pollute yourselves with 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 thou shalt fear thy God: I am YHWH.

32  Rise up in the presence of a gray-haired head, and honor the reputation of an elder, and fear the Lord your God. I am the Lord.

32  You shall rise up before an elder and honor the person who is older than you and revere your God; I am the LORD your God.

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

33  If a newcomer lives in your land and abides among you, do not reproach him,

34  The stranger that sojourneth with you shall be unto you as the home-born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am YHWH your God.

34  but let him be among you like one native born. And you shall love him as yourselves. For you were also newcomers 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.

35  Do not be willing to accomplish iniquity in judgment, in lengths, in weights, in quantities.

35  You shall do no injustices in judgment, in balances, in weight, or in measure.

36  Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I am YHWH your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.

Lv19:36  There shall be among you just balances and just weights and just liquid measure. I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.

36  Let the scales be just and the weights equal, let the dry measure be just and the liquid measure be equal. I am the Lord your God, who led you away from the land of Egypt.

37  And ye shall observe all My statutes, and all Mine ordinances, and do them: I am YHWH.

37  Keep all my precepts, and all my judgments, and accomplish them. I am the Lord.

37  Therefore you shall keep all my commandments and all my judgments, and do them; I am the LORD.