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1 The
LORD spoke to
Moses, saying,
2 “Speak
to all the
congregation of
the children of
Israel, and tell
them, ‘You shall
be holy; for
I, the LORD
your God, am
holy.
3 “ ‘Each one
of you
shall respect his mother
and his father.
You shall keep
my Sabbaths. I
am the LORD
your God.
4 “ ‘Don’t turn
to idols, nor make
molten gods for
yourselves. I am
the LORD your
God.
5 “ ‘When
you offer a
sacrifice of peace
offerings to the
LORD, you shall
offer it so
that you may
be accepted.
6 It
shall be eaten
the same day you
offer it, and
on the next
day. If anything remains
until the third
day, it shall
be burned
with fire.
7 If
it is eaten at
all on the
third day, it
is an abomination.
It will not
be accepted;
8 but everyone
who eats it shall
bear his iniquity,
because he has
profaned the holy
thing of the
LORD, and that
soul 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,
neither shall you
gather the
gleanings of your
harvest.
10 You
shall not glean
your vineyard,
neither shall you
gather the
fallen grapes of
your vineyard. You
shall leave them
for the poor
and for the
foreigner. I am
the LORD your
God.
11 “ ‘You
shall not steal.
“ ‘You shall not
lie.
“ ‘You shall not
deceive one
another.
12 “ ‘You
shall not swear
by my name
falsely, and
profane the name
of your God.
I am the
LORD.
13 “ ‘You
shall not oppress
your neighbor, nor
rob him.
“ ‘The wages of
a hired servant
shall not
remain with you
all night until
the morning.
14 “ ‘You
shall not curse
the deaf, nor
put a stumbling
block before the
blind; but you
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
show favoritism to
the great; but
you shall judge
your neighbor in
righteousness.
16 “ ‘You
shall not go
around as a
slanderer among
your people.
“ ‘You shall
not endanger 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 cross-breed different kinds
of animals.
“ ‘You shall not
sow your field
with two kinds
of seed;
“ ‘Don’t wear a garment
made of two
kinds of material.
20 “ ‘If
a man lies
carnally with
a woman who is
a slave girl,
pledged to
be married to
another man, and
not ransomed or
given her freedom;
they shall
be punished. They
shall not be
put to death,
because she was
not free.
21 He
shall bring his trespass
offering to the
LORD, to the
door of the Tent
of Meeting, even
a ram for
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
forbidden.
For three years
it shall be
forbidden to you.
It shall not
be eaten.
24 But
in the fourth
year all its
fruit shall be
holy, for giving
praise to the
LORD.
25 In
the fifth year
you shall eat its
fruit, that it
may yield its
increase to you.
I am the
LORD your God.
26 “ ‘You
shall not eat
any meat with the
blood still in
it. You shall
not use enchantments,
nor practice sorcery.
27 “ ‘You
shall not cut
the hair on
the sides of
your head or clip
off the edge 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 “ ‘Don’t
profane your
daughter, to make
her a prostitute;
lest the land fall
to prostitution, and
the land become
full of wickedness.
30 “ ‘You
shall keep my
Sabbaths, and
reverence my
sanctuary; I am
the LORD.
31 “ ‘Don’t
turn to those who
are mediums, nor to
the wizards. Don’t
seek them out,
to be defiled
by them. I
am the LORD
your God.
32 “ ‘You
shall rise up
before the gray
head and honor
the face of
the elderly; and
you shall fear
your God. I
am the LORD.
33 “ ‘If
a stranger lives
as a foreigner
with you in
your land, you
shall not do
him wrong.
34 The
stranger who lives
as a foreigner
with you shall
be to you
as the native-born
among you, and
you shall love him
as yourself; for
you lived as
foreigners in
the land of Egypt.
I am the
LORD your God.
35 “ ‘You
shall do no
unrighteousness in
judgment, in
measures of length,
of weight, or
of quantity.
36 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.
37 “ ‘You
shall observe all
my statutes and
all my ordinances,
and do them.
I am the
LORD.’ ”