Leviticus 19

Respect and Worship Leviticus 19:3–4

³Verse 3. “‘Each one of you shall respect his mother and his father. You shall keep my Sabbaths. I am Yahweh your God. ⁴Verse 4. “‘Don’t turn to idols, nor make molten gods for yourselves. I am Yahweh your God.

Sacrificial Guidelines and Social Care Leviticus 19:5–10

⁵Verse 5. “‘When you offer a sacrifice of peace offerings to Yahweh, you shall offer it so that you may be accepted. ⁶Verse 6. It shall be eaten the same day you offer it, and on the next day: and if anything remains until the third day, it shall be burned with fire. ⁷Verse 7. If it is eaten at all on the third day, it is an abomination. It will not be accepted; ⁸Verse 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. ⁹Verse 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.

¹⁰Verse 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.

Moral and Ethical Commands Leviticus 19:11–18

¹¹Verse 11. “‘You shall not steal. “‘You shall not lie. “‘You shall not deceive one another. ¹²Verse 12. “‘You shall not swear by my name falsely, and profane the name of your God. I am Yahweh. ¹³Verse 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. ¹⁴Verse 14. “‘You shall not curse the deaf, nor put a stumbling block before the blind; but you shall fear your God. I am Yahweh. ¹⁵Verse 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.

¹⁶Verse 16. “‘You shall not go up and down as a slanderer among your people. “‘You shall not endanger the life of your neighbor. I am Yahweh. ¹⁷Verse 17. “‘You shall not hate your brother in your heart. You shall surely rebuke your neighbor, and not bear sin because of him. ¹⁸Verse 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.

Ritual Laws and Personal Conduct Leviticus 19:19–29

¹⁹Verse 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. ²⁰Verse 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. ²¹Verse 21. He shall bring his trespass offering to Yahweh, to the door of the Tent of Meeting, even a ram for a trespass offering.

²²Verse 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. ²³Verse 23. “‘When you come into the land, and have planted all kinds of trees for food, then you shall count their fruit as forbidden. Three years they shall be forbidden to you. It shall not be eaten. ²⁴Verse 24. But in the fourth year all its fruit shall be holy, for giving praise to Yahweh. ²⁵Verse 25. In the fifth year you shall eat its fruit, that it may yield its increase to you. I am Yahweh your God.

²⁶Verse 26. “‘You shall not eat any meat with the blood still in it. You shall not use enchantments, nor practice sorcery. ²⁷Verse 27. “‘You shall not cut the hair on the sides of your head or clip off the edge of your beard. ²⁸Verse 28. “‘You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor tattoo any marks on you. I am Yahweh. ²⁹Verse 29. “‘Don’t profane your daughter, to make her a prostitute; lest the land fall to prostitution, and the land become full of wickedness.

Sabbaths and Justice Leviticus 19:30–36

³⁰Verse 30. “‘You shall keep my Sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary; I am Yahweh. ³¹Verse 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. ³²Verse 32. “‘You shall rise up before the gray head, and honor the face of an old man, and you shall fear your God. I am Yahweh. ³³Verse 33. “‘If a stranger lives as a foreigner with you in your land, you shall not do him wrong. ³⁴Verse 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.

³⁵Verse 35. “‘You shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in measures of length, of weight, or of quantity. ³⁶Verse 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.

Summary of the Statutes Leviticus 19:37

³⁷Verse 37. “‘You shall observe all my statutes, and all my ordinances, and do them. I am Yahweh.’”