(KJV) Leviticus 19¹

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⥃Commandments for Holiness

[1] And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, [2] Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall² be holy: for I the Lord your God [am] holy.

[3] [¶]Ye shall fear³ every man his mother, and his father, and keep⁴ my sabbaths: I [am] the Lord your God.

[4] [¶]Turn ye not unto⁵ idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods⁶: I [am] the Lord your God.⁷

[5] [¶]And if ye offer a sacrifice⁸ of peace offerings unto the Lord, ye shall⁹ offer it at your own will¹⁰.¹¹ [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.¹² [7] And if it be eaten at all on the third day, it [is] abominable¹³; it shall¹⁴ 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.

⥃Love Your Neighbor ^{[ Romans 13:8–10 ]}

[9] [¶]And when ye reap the harvest¹⁵ 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 glean¹⁶ thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather [every] grape of thy vineyard; thou shalt¹⁷ leave them for the poor and stranger: I [am] the Lord your God.

[11] Ye shall not¹⁸ steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one¹⁹ to another.

[12] [¶]And ye shall²⁰ not swear by my name falsely, neither shalt thou profane²¹ the name of thy God: I [am] the Lord.

[13] [¶]Thou shalt not²² defraud thy neighbour, neither rob [him]: the wages²³ of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.

[14] [¶]Thou shalt not curse²⁴ the deaf, nor put a stumblingblock before the blind, but shalt fear²⁵ 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.²⁶

[16] [¶]Thou shalt not go up and down [as] a talebearer²⁷ among thy people: neither shalt thou stand²⁸ against the blood of thy neighbour: I [am] the Lord.

[17] [¶]Thou shalt not hate²⁹ thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke³⁰ thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him³¹.

[18] [¶]Thou shalt not avenge³², nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt³³ love thy neighbour as thyself: I [am] the Lord.

⥃Keep My Statutes

[19] Ye shall keep my statutes. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender³⁴ with a diverse kind: thou shalt not sow thy field with mingled³⁵ 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 husband³⁶, and not at all redeemed, nor freedom given her; she shall be scourged³⁷; 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.³⁸ [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 sin³⁹ which he hath done shall be forgiven him.

[23] [¶]And when⁴⁰ ye shall come into the land, and shall have planted all manner of trees for food, then ye shall count the fruit thereof as uncircumcised⁴¹: three years shall it be as uncircumcised unto you: it shall not be eaten of. [24] But in the fourth year all the⁴² fruit thereof shall be holy to praise the Lord [withal⁴³]. [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.⁴⁴

[26] [¶]Ye shall not eat [any thing] with the blood⁴⁵: neither shall ye use⁴⁶ enchantment, nor⁴⁷ observe times. [27] Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard.⁴⁸ [28] Ye shall not make any cuttings⁴⁹ in your flesh for the dead, nor print⁵⁰ any marks upon you: I [am] the Lord.

[29] [¶]Do not prostitute⁵¹ thy daughter, to cause⁵² her to be a whore; lest the land fall to whoredom, and the land become full of wickedness.

[30] Ye shall keep⁵³ my sabbaths, and reverence⁵⁴ 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.⁵⁵

[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.⁵⁶

[33] [¶]And if⁵⁷ a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex him⁵⁸. [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.⁵⁹

[35] [¶]Ye shall do no unrighteousness⁶⁰ in judgment, in meteyard⁶¹, in weight, or in measure. [36] Just balances⁶², just weights⁶³, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I [am⁶⁴] 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. ⁶⁵

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