Leviticus 19-20New King James Version (NKJV)
Moral and Ceremonial Laws
19 And the Lord spoke to Moses,
saying, 2 “Speak to all the congregation of the
children of Israel, and say to them: ‘You shall be holy, for I
the Lord your God am holy.
3 ‘Every one of you shall revere his
mother and his father, and keep My Sabbaths: I am the Lord your
God.
4 ‘Do not turn to idols, nor make for
yourselves molded gods: I am the Lord your God.
5 ‘And if you offer a sacrifice of a
peace offering to the Lord, you shall offer it of your own free
will. 6 It shall be eaten the same day you
offer it, and on the next day. And if any remains until the
third day, it shall be burned in the fire. 7 And if
it is eaten at all on the third day, it is an abomination. It
shall not be accepted. 8 Therefore everyone who
eats it shall bear his iniquity, because he has profaned the hallowed offering of
the Lord; and that person shall be cut off from his people.
9 ‘When you reap the harvest of your
land, you shall not wholly reap the corners of your field, nor shall you gather
the gleanings of your harvest. 10 And you shall not
glean your vineyard, nor shall you gather every grape of your
vineyard; you shall leave them for the poor and the stranger: I am the Lord your
God.
11 ‘You shall not steal, nor deal
falsely, nor lie to one another. 12 And you shall
not swear by My name falsely, nor shall you profane the name of your God:
I am the Lord.
13 ‘You shall not cheat your
neighbor, nor rob him. The wages of him who is hired shall not
remain with you all night until morning. 14 You
shall not curse the deaf, nor put a stumbling block before the blind, but shall
fear your God: I am the Lord.
15 ‘You shall do no injustice in
judgment. You shall not be partial to the poor, nor honor the person of the
mighty. In righteousness you shall judge your neighbor. 16 You
shall not go about as a talebearer among your people; nor
shall you take a stand against the life of your neighbor: I am the Lord.
17 ‘You shall not hate your brother
in your heart. You shall surely rebuke your neighbor, and not bear sin because
of him. 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 the Lord.
19 ‘You shall keep My statutes. You
shall not let your livestock breed with another kind. You shall not sow your
field with mixed seed. Nor shall a garment of mixed linen and wool come upon
you.
20 ‘Whoever lies carnally with a
woman who is betrothed to a man as a concubine, and who has
not at all been redeemed nor given her freedom, for this there shall be
scourging; but they shall not be put to death, because she was
not free. 21 And he shall bring his trespass
offering to the Lord, to the door of the tabernacle of meeting, a ram as a
trespass offering. 22 The priest shall make
atonement for him with the ram of the trespass offering before
the Lord for his sin which he has committed. And the sin which he has
committed shall be forgiven him.
23 ‘When you come into the land, and
have planted all kinds of trees for food, then you shall count their fruit as
uncircumcised. Three years it shall be as uncircumcised to you. It shall
not be eaten. 24 But in the fourth year all its
fruit shall be holy, a praise to the Lord. 25 And
in the fifth year you may eat its fruit, that it may yield to you its increase:
I am the Lord your God.
26 ‘You shall not eat anything with
the blood, nor shall you practice divination or soothsaying. 27 You
shall not shave around the sides of your head, nor shall you disfigure the
edges of your beard. 28 You shall not make any
cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor tattoo any marks on you: I am the Lord.
29 ‘Do not prostitute your daughter,
to cause her to be a harlot, lest the land fall into harlotry, and the land
become full of wickedness.
30 ‘You shall keep My Sabbaths and
reverence My sanctuary: I am the Lord.
31 ‘Give no regard to mediums and
familiar spirits; do not seek after them, to be defiled by them: I am the Lord your
God.
32 ‘You shall rise before the gray
headed and honor the presence of an old man, and fear your God: I am
the Lord.
33 ‘And if a stranger dwells with you
in your land, you shall not mistreat him. 34 The
stranger who dwells among you shall be to you as one born among you, and you
shall love him as yourself; for you were strangers in the land of Egypt:
I am the Lord your God.
35 ‘You shall do no injustice in
judgment, in measurement of length, weight, or volume. 36 You
shall have honest scales, honest weights, an honest ephah, and an honest hin:
I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the
land of Egypt.
37 ‘Therefore you shall observe all
My statutes and all My judgments, and perform them: I am the Lord.’”
Penalties for Breaking the Law
20 Then the Lord spoke to Moses,
saying, 2 “Again, you shall say to the children of
Israel: ‘Whoever of the children of Israel, or of the strangers who dwell in
Israel, who gives any of his descendants to Molech, he shall
surely be put to death. The people of the land shall stone him with
stones. 3 I will set My face against that man, and
will cut him off from his people, because he has given some of
his descendants to Molech, to defile My sanctuary and profane My holy
name. 4 And if the people of the land should in any
way hide their eyes from the man, when he gives some of his
descendants to Molech, and they do not kill him, 5 then
I will set My face against that man and against his family; and I will cut him
off from his people, and all who prostitute themselves with him to commit
harlotry with Molech.
6 ‘And the person who turns to
mediums and familiar spirits, to prostitute himself with them, I will set My
face against that person and cut him off from his people. 7 Consecrate
yourselves therefore, and be holy, for I am the Lord your
God. 8 And you shall keep My statutes, and perform
them: I am the Lord who sanctifies you.
9 ‘For everyone who curses his father
or his mother shall surely be put to death. He has cursed his father or his
mother. His blood shall be upon him.
10 ‘The man who commits adultery
with another man’s wife, he who commits
adultery with his neighbor’s wife, the adulterer and the adulteress, shall
surely be put to death. 11 The man who lies with
his father’s wife has uncovered his father’s nakedness; both of them shall
surely be put to death. Their blood shall be upon them. 12 If
a man lies with his daughter-in-law, both of them shall surely be put to death.
They have committed perversion. Their blood shall be upon
them. 13 If a man lies with a male as he lies with
a woman, both of them have committed an abomination. They shall surely be put
to death. Their blood shall be upon them. 14 If
a man marries a woman and her mother, it is wickedness. They
shall be burned with fire, both he and they, that there may be no wickedness
among you. 15 If a man mates with an animal, he
shall surely be put to death, and you shall kill the animal. 16 If
a woman approaches any animal and mates with it, you shall kill the woman and
the animal. They shall surely be put to death. Their blood is upon
them.
17 ‘If a man takes his sister, his
father’s daughter or his mother’s daughter, and sees her nakedness and she sees
his nakedness, it is a wicked thing. And they shall be cut off
in the sight of their people. He has uncovered his sister’s nakedness. He shall
bear his guilt. 18 If a man lies with a woman
during her sickness and uncovers her nakedness, he has exposed her flow, and
she has uncovered the flow of her blood. Both of them shall be cut off from
their people.
19 ‘You shall not uncover the
nakedness of your mother’s sister nor of your father’s sister, for that would
uncover his near of kin. They shall bear their guilt. 20 If
a man lies with his uncle’s wife, he has uncovered his uncle’s nakedness. They
shall bear their sin; they shall die childless. 21 If
a man takes his brother’s wife, it is an unclean thing. He has
uncovered his brother’s nakedness. They shall be childless.
22 ‘You shall therefore keep all My
statutes and all My judgments, and perform them, that the land where I am
bringing you to dwell may not vomit you out. 23 And
you shall not walk in the statutes of the nation which I am casting out before
you; for they commit all these things, and therefore I abhor them. 24 But
I have said to you, “You shall inherit their land, and I will give it to you to
possess, a land flowing with milk and honey.” I am the Lord your
God, who has separated you from the peoples. 25 You
shall therefore distinguish between clean animals and unclean, between unclean
birds and clean, and you shall not make yourselves abominable by beast or by
bird, or by any kind of living thing that creeps on the ground, which I have
separated from you as unclean. 26 And you shall be
holy to Me, for I the Lord am holy, and have separated
you from the peoples, that you should be Mine.
27 ‘A man or a woman who is a medium,
or who has familiar spirits, shall surely be put to death; they shall stone
them with stones. Their blood shall be upon them.’”
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