Leviticus 19
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)Translation
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
1The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
1And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying:
2Speak to all the congregation of the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them: Be ye holy, because I the Lord your God am holy.
2Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them: Ye shall be holy; for I the LORD your God am holy.
3Let every one fear his father, and his mother. Keep my sabbaths. I am the Lord your God.
3Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and ye shall keep My sabbaths: I am the LORD your God.
4Turn ye not to idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods. I am the Lord your God.
4Turn ye not unto the idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I am the LORD your God.
5If ye offer in sacrifice a peace offering to the Lord, that he may be favourable,
5And when ye offer a sacrifice of peace-offerings unto the LORD, ye shall offer it that ye may be accepted.
6You shall eat it on the same day it was offered, and the next day: and whatsoever shall be left until the third day, you shall burn with fire.
6It shall be eaten the same day ye offer it, and on the morrow; and if aught remain until the third day, it shall be burnt with fire.
7If after two days ally man eat thereof, he shall be profane and guilty of impiety:
7And if it be eaten at all on the third day, it is a vile thing; it shall not be accepted.
8And shall bear his iniquity, because he hath defiled the holy thing of the Lord, and that soul shall perish from among his people.
8But every one that eateth it shall bear his iniquity, because he hath profaned the holy thing of the LORD; and that soul shall be cut off from his people.
9When thou reapest the corn of thy land, thou shalt not cut down all that is on the face of the earth to the very ground: nor shalt thou gather the ears that remain.
9And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corner of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the gleaning of thy harvest.
10Neither shalt thou gather the bunches and grapes that fall down in thy vineyard, but shalt leave them to the poor and the strangers to take. I am the Lord your God.
10And thou shalt not glean thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather the fallen fruit of thy vineyard; thou shalt leave them for the poor and for the stranger: I am the LORD your God.
11You shall not steal. You shall not lie, neither shall any man deceive his neighbour.
11Ye shall not steal; neither shall ye deal falsely, nor lie one to another.
12Thou shalt not swear falsely by my name, nor profane the name of thy God. I am the Lord.
12And ye shall not swear by My name falsely, so that thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD.
13Thou shalt not calumniate thy neighbour, nor oppress him by violence. The wages of him that hath been hired by thee shall not abide with thee until the morning.
13Thou shalt not oppress thy neighbour, nor rob him; the wages of a hired servant shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.
14Thou shalt not speak evil of the deaf, nor put a stumblingblock before the blind: but thou shalt fear the Lord thy God, because I am the Lord.
14Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumbling-block before the blind, but thou shalt fear thy God: I am the LORD.
15Thou shalt not do that which is unjust, nor judge unjustly. Respect not the person of the poor, nor honour the countenance of the mighty. But judge thy neighbour according to justice.
15Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment; thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor favour the person of the mighty; but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.
16Thou shalt not be a detractor nor a whisperer among the people. Thou shalt not stand against the blood of thy neighbour. I am the Lord.
16Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people; neither shalt thou stand idly by the blood of thy neighbour: I am the LORD.
17Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thy heart, but reprove him openly, lest thou incur sin through him.
17Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thy heart; thou shalt surely rebuke thy neighbour, and not bear sin because of him.
18Seek not revenge, nor be mindful of the injury of thy citizens. Thou shalt love thy friend as thyself. I am the Lord.
18Thou shalt not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the LORD.
19Keep ye my laws. Thou shalt not make thy cattle to gender with beasts of any other kind. Thou shalt not sow thy field with different seeds. Thou shalt not wear a garment that is woven of two sorts.
19Ye shall keep My statutes. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a diverse kind; thou shalt not sow thy field with two kinds of seed; neither shall there come upon thee a garment of two kinds of stuff mingled together.
20If a man carnally lie with a woman that is a bondservant and marriageable, and yet not redeemed with a price, nor made free: they both shall be scourged, and they shall not be put to death, because she was not a free woman.
20And whosoever lieth carnally with a woman, that is a bondmaid, designated for a man, and not at all redeemed, nor was freedom given her; there shall be inquisition; they shall not be put to death, because she was not free.
21And for his trespass he shall offer a ram to the Lord, at the door of the tabernacle of the testimony:
21And he shall bring his forfeit unto the LORD, unto the door of the tent of meeting, even a ram for a guilt-offering.
22And the priest shall pray for him and for his sin before the Lord, and he shall have mercy on him, and the sin shall be forgiven.
22And the priest shall make atonement for him with the ram of the guilt-offering before the LORD for his sin which he hath sinned; and he shall be forgiven for his sin which he hath sinned.
23When you shall be come into the land, and shall have planted in it fruit trees, you shall take away the firstfruits of them: the fruit that comes forth shall be unclean to you, neither shall you eat of them.
23And when ye shall come into the land, and shall have planted all manner of trees for food, then ye shall count the fruit thereof as forbidden; three years shall it be as forbidden unto you; it shall not be eaten.
24But in the fourth year, all their fruit shall be sanctified, to the praise of the Lord.
24And in the fourth year all the fruit thereof shall be holy, for giving praise unto the LORD.
25And in the fifth year you shall eat the fruits thereof, gathering the increase thereof. I am the Lord your God.
25But in the fifth year may ye eat of the fruit thereof, that it may yield unto you more richly the increase thereof: I am the LORD your God.
26You shall not eat with blood. You shall not divine nor observe dreams.
26Ye shall not eat with the blood; neither shall ye practise divination nor soothsaying.
27Nor shall you cut your hair roundwise: nor shave your beard.
27Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard.
28You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh, for the dead, neither shall you make in yourselves any figures or marks: I am the Lord.
28Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor imprint any marks upon you: I am the LORD.
29Make not thy daughter a common strumpet, lest the land be defiled, and filled with wickedness.
29Profane not thy daughter, to make her a harlot, lest the land fall into harlotry, and the land become full of lewdness.
30Keep ye my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary. I am the Lord.
30Ye shall keep My sabbaths, and reverence My sanctuary: I am the LORD.
31Go not aside after wizards, neither ask any thing of soothsayers, to be defiled by them: I am the Lord your God.
31Turn ye not unto the ghosts, nor unto familiar spirits; seek them not out, to be defiled by them: I am the LORD your God.
32Rise up before the hoary head, and honour the person of the aged man: and fear the Lord thy God. I am the Lord.
32Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and thou shalt fear thy God: I am the LORD.
33If a stranger dwell in your land, and abide among you, do not upbraid him:
33And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not do him wrong.
34But let him be among you as one of the same country: and you shall love him as yourselves: for you were strangers in the land of Egypt. I am the Lord your God.
34The stranger that sojourneth with you shall be unto you as the home-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.
35Do not any unjust thing in judgment, in rule, in weight, or in measure.
35Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure.
36Let the balance be just and the weights equal, the bushel just, and the sextary equal. I am the Lord your God, that brought you out of the land of Egypt.
36Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
37Keep all my precepts, and all my judgments, and do them. I am the Lord.
37And ye shall observe all My statutes, and all Mine ordinances, and do them: I am the LORD.
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