Leviticus 19:1-19

Laws of Holiness and Justice

19¹ God spoke to Moses: ² "Speak to the congregation of Israel. Tell them: Be holy because I, God, your God, am holy. ³ "Every one of you must respect his mother and father. "Keep my Sabbaths. I am God, your God. ⁴ "Don't take up with no-god idols. Don't make gods of cast metal. I am God, your God. ⁵ "When you sacrifice a Peace-Offering to God, do it as you've been taught so it is acceptable. ⁶ Eat it on the day you sacrifice it and the day following. Whatever is left until the third day is to be burned up. ⁷ If it is eaten on the third day it is polluted meat and not acceptable. ⁸ Whoever eats it will be held responsible because he has violated what is holy to God. That person will be cut off from his people. ⁹ "When you harvest your land, don't harvest right up to the edges of your field or gather the gleanings from the harvest. ¹⁰ Don't strip your vineyard bare or go back and pick up the fallen grapes. Leave them for the poor and the foreigner. I am God, your God.

¹¹ "Don't steal. "Don't lie. "Don't deceive anyone. ¹² "Don't swear falsely using my name, violating the name of your God. I am God. ¹³ "Don't exploit your friend or rob him. "Don't hold back the wages of a hired hand overnight. ¹⁴ "Don't curse the deaf; don't put a stumbling block in front of the blind; fear your God. I am God. ¹⁵ "Don't pervert justice. Don't show favoritism to either the poor or the great. Judge on the basis of what is right. ¹⁶ "Don't spread gossip and rumors. "Don't just stand by when your neighbor's life is in danger. I am God. ¹⁷ "Don't secretly hate your neighbor. If you have something against him, get it out into the open; otherwise you are an accomplice in his guilt. ¹⁸ "Don't seek revenge or carry a grudge against any of your people. "Love your neighbor as yourself. I am God.

¹⁹ "Keep my decrees. "Don't mate two different kinds of animals. "Don't plant your fields with two kinds of seed. "Don't wear clothes woven of two kinds of material.