RSV Leviticus 19 Chapter
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And the LORD said to Moses,
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'Say to all the congregation of the people of Israel, You shall be holy;for I the LORD your God am holy.
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Every one of you shall revere his mother and his father, and you shall keep my sabbaths: I am the LORD your God.
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Do not turn to idols or make for yourselves molten gods: I am the LORD your God.
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'When you offer a sacrifice of peace offerings to the LORD, you shall offer it so that you may be accepted.
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It shall be eaten the same day you offer it, or on the morrow;and anything left over until the third day shall be burned with fire.
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If it is eaten at all on the third day, it is an abomination;it will not be accepted,
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and every one who eats it shall bear his iniquity, because he has profaned a holy thing of the LORD;and that person shall be cut off from his people.
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'When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap your field to its very border, neither shall you gather the gleanings after your harvest.
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And you shall not strip your vineyard bare, neither shall you gather the fallen grapes of your vineyard;you shall leave them for the poor and for the sojourner: I am the LORD your God.
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'You shall not steal, nor deal falsely, nor lie to one another.
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And you shall not swear by my name falsely, and so profane the name of your God: I am the LORD.
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'You shall not oppress your neighbor or rob him. The wages of a hired servant shall not remain with you all night until the morning.
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You shall not curse the deaf or put a stumbling block before the blind, but you shall fear your God: I am the LORD.
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'You shall do no injustice in judgment;you shall not be partial to the poor or defer to the great, but in righteousness shall you judge your neighbor.
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You shall not go up and down as a slanderer among your people, and you shall not stand forth against the life of your neighbor: I am the LORD.
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'You shall not hate your brother in your heart, but you shall reason with your neighbor, lest you bear sin because of him.
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You shall not take vengeance or bear any grudge against the sons of your own people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the LORD.
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'You shall keep my statutes. You shall not let your cattle breed with a different kind;you shall not sow your field with two kinds of seed;nor shall there come upon you a garment of cloth made of two kinds of stuff.
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'If a man lies carnally with a woman who is a slave, betrothed to another man and not yet ransomed or given her freedom, an inquiry shall be held. They shall not be put to death, because she was not free;
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but he shall bring a guilt offering for himself to the LORD, to the door of the tent of meeting, a ram for a guilt offering.
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And the priest shall make atonement for him with the ram of the guilt offering before the LORD for his sin which he has committed;and the sin which he has committed shall be forgiven him.
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'When you come into the land and plant all kinds of trees for food, then you shall count their fruit as forbidden;three years it shall be forbidden to you, it must not be eaten.
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And in the fourth year all their fruit shall be holy, an offering of praise to the LORD.
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But in the fifth year you may eat of their fruit, that they may yield more richly for you: I am the LORD your God.
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'You shall not eat any flesh with the blood in it. You shall not practice augury or witchcraft.
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You shall not round off the hair on your temples or mar the edges of your beard.
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You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh on account of the dead or tattoo any marks upon you: I am the LORD.
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'Do not profane your daughter by making her a harlot, lest the land fall into harlotry and the land become full of wickedness.
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You shall keep my sabbaths and reverence my sanctuary: I am the LORD.
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'Do not turn to mediums or wizards;do not seek them out, to be defiled by them: I am the LORD your God.
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'You shall rise up before the hoary head, and honor the face of an old man, and you shall fear your God: I am the LORD.
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'When a stranger sojourns with you in your land, you shall not do him wrong.
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The stranger who sojourns with you shall be to you as the native among you, and you shall love him as yourself;for you were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.
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'You shall do no wrong in judgment, in measures of length or weight or quantity.
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You shall have just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin: I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
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And you shall observe all my statutes and all my ordinances, and do them: I am the LORD.'