Leviticus 19

1Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying.

2Speak to all the congregation of the sons of Israel and say to them, "You shall be holy, for I, Yahweh your God, am holy."

3Each of you shall revere his mother and his father, and observe my Sabbaths; I am Yahweh your God.

4Do not turn to idols, nor make molten gods for yourselves. I am Yahweh your God.

5When you offer a sacrifice of peace offerings to Yahweh, offer it acceptably.

6It shall be eaten on the day you offer your sacrifice and the next day, but whatever remains until the third day shall be burned in fire.

7But if it is consumed at all on the third day, it is abominable; it will not be pleasing.

8Whoever eats it shall bear his iniquity, because he has profaned what is holy to Yahweh, and that soul shall be cut off from his people.

9When you reap the harvest of your land, do not finish reaping the corner of your field, nor glean the gleanings of your harvest.

10Do not strip your vineyard bare, nor gather the scattered grapes of your vineyard; leave them for the poor and the sojourner—I am Yahweh your God.

11Do not steal, do not deceive, and do not lie to one another.

12You shall not swear by my name to a falsehood, nor profane the name of your God. I am Yahweh.

13You shall not defraud your neighbor or rob him; the wages of your hired servant shall not remain with you until morning.

14Do not curse the deaf or put a stumbling block before the blind, but fear your God. I am Yahweh.

15Do not act unjustly in judgment; do not favor the poor nor honor the great, but judge your neighbor righteously.

16You shall not go about as a slanderer among your people, nor stand against your neighbor's blood. I am Yahweh.

17Do not hate your brother in your heart. You must rebuke your neighbor, and not bear sin because of him.

18Do not avenge or bear a grudge against the sons of your people, but love your neighbor as yourself: I am Yahweh.

19You shall keep my statutes. Do not let your livestock breed with a different kind. Do not sow your field with mixed seed; nor shall a garment of mixed linen and wool come upon you.

20If a man lies with a woman in copulation of seed, and she a bondwoman pledged to another man, and not redeemed at all, nor freedom given to her, she shall be scourged; they shall not be put to death, because she was not freed.

21He shall bring his guilt offering to Yahweh, to the entrance of the tent of meeting, a ram for a guilt offering.

22The priest shall make atonement for him with the ram of the guilt offering before Yahweh for his sin that he committed, and that sin he committed shall be forgiven him.

23When you come into the land and plant any tree for food, you shall treat its fruit as uncircumcised; three years shall it be uncircumcised to you—it shall not be eaten.

24But in the fourth year all its fruit shall be consecrated for praises to Yahweh.

25In the fifth year you shall eat its fruit, to increase its produce for you. I am Yahweh your God.

26You shall not eat with the blood, nor practice divination, nor practice soothsaying.

27Do not round the edges of your heads, nor mar the edges of your beard.

28Do not gash your flesh for the dead, nor put tattoo marks on yourselves. I am Yahweh.

29Do not defile your daughter by prostituting her, lest the land prostitute and the land become filled with wickedness.

30Observe my Sabbaths and fear my sanctuary; I am Yahweh.

31Do not turn to mediums or wizards. Do not seek them to become defiled by them. I am Yahweh your God.

32Rise up before the gray-haired, honor the face of the elder, and fear your God. I am Yahweh.

33If a sojourner sojourns with you in your land, you shall not oppress him.

34The sojourner who stays with you shall be to you like a native among you, and you shall love him as yourself, for you were sojourners in the land of Egypt. I am Yahweh your God.

35Do not commit injustice in judgment, in measures, in weights, or in quantities.

36Honest balances, honest weights, an honest ephah, and an honest hin shall be yours; I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out from the land of Egypt.

37Keep all my statutes and all my judgments, and do them. I am Yahweh.