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Leviticus 19:1 (show verse)
The Lord spoke to Moses:
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Leviticus 19:2 (show verse)
"Speak to the whole congregation of the Israelites and tell them, 'You must be holy because I, the Lord your God, am holy.
Leviticus 19:3 (show verse)
Each of you must respect his mother and his father, and you must keep my Sabbaths. I am the Lord your God.
Leviticus 19:4 (show verse)
Do not turn to idols, and you must not make for yourselves gods of cast metal. I am the Lord your God.
Leviticus 19:5 (show verse)
"'When you sacrifice a peace offering sacrifice to the Lord, you must sacrifice it so that it is accepted for you.
Leviticus 19:6 (show verse)
It must be eaten on the day of your sacrifice and on the following day, but what is left over until the third day must be burned up.
Leviticus 19:7 (show verse)
If, however, it is eaten on the third day, it is spoiled, it will not be accepted,
Leviticus 19:8 (show verse)
and the one who eats it will bear his punishment for iniquity because he has profaned what is holy to the Lord. That person will be cut off from his people.
Leviticus 19:9 (show verse)
"'When you gather in the harvest of your land, you must not completely harvest the corner of your field, and you must not gather up the gleanings of your harvest.
Agriculture » Operations in » Reaping, laws concerning
Agriculture or husbandry » Operations in » Gleaning
Gleaning » Laws concerning
Greed/gluttony » Not gleaning
Harvest » Legal provision for the poor during
The poor » Should » Provided for under the law
Reaping » Reaping, laws concerning
Reaping » The jews not to reap » The corners of their fields
Agriculture or husbandry » Operations in » Gleaning
Gleaning » Laws concerning
Greed/gluttony » Not gleaning
Harvest » Legal provision for the poor during
The poor » Should » Provided for under the law
Reaping » Reaping, laws concerning
Reaping » The jews not to reap » The corners of their fields
Leviticus 19:10 (show verse)
You must not pick your vineyard bare, and you must not gather up the fallen grapes of your vineyard. You must leave them for the poor and the foreigner. I am the Lord your God.
Agriculture » Operations in » Gleaning
natural Fruit » Varieties of » Grapes
Gleaning » Laws concerning
Greed/gluttony » Not gleaning
The poor » Should » Provided for under the law
Strangers in israel » Laws respecting » To have the gleaning of the harvest
Vineyards » Laws respecting » The gleaning of, to be left for the poor
natural Fruit » Varieties of » Grapes
Gleaning » Laws concerning
Greed/gluttony » Not gleaning
The poor » Should » Provided for under the law
Strangers in israel » Laws respecting » To have the gleaning of the harvest
Vineyards » Laws respecting » The gleaning of, to be left for the poor
Leviticus 19:11 (show verse)
"'You must not steal, you must not tell lies, and you must not deal falsely with your fellow citizen.
Leviticus 19:12 (show verse)
You must not swear falsely in my name, so that you do not profane the name of your God. I am the Lord.
Leviticus 19:13 (show verse)
You must not oppress your neighbor or commit robbery against him. You must not withhold the wages of the hired laborer overnight until morning.
Business life » Dishonesty » Fraud
Business life » Employers » Duties of » Prompt payment of wages
Business life » Employers » Delaying payment
Defrauding » Not defrauding others
Duty » Masters' » Prompt payment of wages
Masters' » Duty of, toward servants » Not to keep back their wages
Master's duty » Prompt payment of wages
Night » The jews » Forbidden to keep the wages of servants during
Robbery » Forbidden
Servant » Hired » Unclassified scriptures relating to
Servants » Hired » To be paid without delay at the expiration of their service
Social duties » Masters' duties » Prompt payment of wages
Theft » Includes fraud concerning wages
Theft » Includes fraud in general
Vices » Dishonesty » Fraud
Wages » Sins of employers respecting payment of wages » Delaying payment
Business life » Employers » Duties of » Prompt payment of wages
Business life » Employers » Delaying payment
Defrauding » Not defrauding others
Duty » Masters' » Prompt payment of wages
Masters' » Duty of, toward servants » Not to keep back their wages
Master's duty » Prompt payment of wages
Night » The jews » Forbidden to keep the wages of servants during
Robbery » Forbidden
Servant » Hired » Unclassified scriptures relating to
Servants » Hired » To be paid without delay at the expiration of their service
Social duties » Masters' duties » Prompt payment of wages
Theft » Includes fraud concerning wages
Theft » Includes fraud in general
Vices » Dishonesty » Fraud
Wages » Sins of employers respecting payment of wages » Delaying payment
Leviticus 19:14 (show verse)
You must not curse a deaf person or put a stumbling block in front of a blind person. You must fear your God; I am the Lord.
Leviticus 19:15 (show verse)
"'You must not deal unjustly in judgment: you must neither show partiality to the poor nor honor the rich. You must judge your fellow citizen fairly.
Courts » Miscellaneous topics relating to courts and judicial procedure » Laws for judges
Courts of justice » Judges of » To judge righteously
Injustice » Forbidden
Judgment » How not to judge
Judgment » How to judge
Partiality » Forbidden
Righteousness » Judgment should be executed in
Social duties » Of impartiality » Partiality forbidden
Courts of justice » Judges of » To judge righteously
Injustice » Forbidden
Judgment » How not to judge
Judgment » How to judge
Partiality » Forbidden
Righteousness » Judgment should be executed in
Social duties » Of impartiality » Partiality forbidden
Leviticus 19:16 (show verse)
You must not go about as a slanderer among your people. You must not stand idly by when your neighbor's life is at stake. I am the Lord.
Leviticus 19:17 (show verse)
You must not hate your brother in your heart. You must surely reprove your fellow citizen so that you do not incur sin on account of him.
Leviticus 19:18 (show verse)
You must not take vengeance or bear a grudge against the children of your people, but you must love your neighbor as yourself. I am the Lord.
Duty » To brethren » To neighbours
Duty » Of man to man
Grudge » Not holding a grudge against others
the Law of moses » Taught the jews » To love their neighbor
Retaliation » Forbidden
Revenge » Forbidden
Revenge » Forbidden by our lord
Revenge » Instead of taking, we should » Exhibit love
Selfishness » Contrary to the law of God
Social life » Social duties to regard all men as brothers » Duty of neighbours
Vengeance » Not avenging
Duty » Of man to man
Grudge » Not holding a grudge against others
the Law of moses » Taught the jews » To love their neighbor
Retaliation » Forbidden
Revenge » Forbidden
Revenge » Forbidden by our lord
Revenge » Instead of taking, we should » Exhibit love
Selfishness » Contrary to the law of God
Social life » Social duties to regard all men as brothers » Duty of neighbours
Vengeance » Not avenging
Leviticus 19:19 (show verse)
You must keep my statutes. You must not allow two different kinds of your animals to breed, you must not sow your field with two different kinds of seed, and you must not wear a garment made of two different kinds of fabric.
Animals » Laws concerning
Hybridizing » Forbidden
Linen » Mosaic law forbade its being interwoven with wool
Livestock » Laws concerning livestock
Mules » The jews » Forbidden to breed
Seed » Mosaic laws respecting » Different kinds of, not to be sown in the same field
Seed » Not to be mingled in sowing
Wool » Mixing of, with other fabrics forbidden
Hybridizing » Forbidden
Linen » Mosaic law forbade its being interwoven with wool
Livestock » Laws concerning livestock
Mules » The jews » Forbidden to breed
Seed » Mosaic laws respecting » Different kinds of, not to be sown in the same field
Seed » Not to be mingled in sowing
Wool » Mixing of, with other fabrics forbidden
Leviticus 19:20 (show verse)
"'When a man has sexual intercourse with a woman, although she is a slave woman designated for another man and she has not yet been ransomed, or freedom has not been granted to her, there will be an obligation to pay compensation. They must not be put to death, because she was not free.
Concubinage » Laws concerning
Execution » Who should not be executed according to the law
Punishment » Minor offenses » Punishable by » Scourging
Scourging » Prescribed in the mosaic law for committing the sin of fornication
Servant » Bond » Laws of moses concerning
Sexual activities » Those that have sex with someone who is betrothed
Trespass offering » Special occasions of offering » For connection with a betrothed bondmaid
Execution » Who should not be executed according to the law
Punishment » Minor offenses » Punishable by » Scourging
Scourging » Prescribed in the mosaic law for committing the sin of fornication
Servant » Bond » Laws of moses concerning
Sexual activities » Those that have sex with someone who is betrothed
Trespass offering » Special occasions of offering » For connection with a betrothed bondmaid
Leviticus 19:21 (show verse)
He must bring his guilt offering to the Lord at the entrance of the Meeting Tent, a guilt offering ram,
Leviticus 19:22 (show verse)
and the priest is to make atonement for him with the ram of the guilt offering before the Lord for his sin that he has committed, and he will be forgiven of his sin that he has committed.
Leviticus 19:23 (show verse)
"'When you enter the land and plant any fruit tree, you must consider its fruit to be forbidden. Three years it will be forbidden to you; it must not be eaten.
Leviticus 19:24 (show verse)
In the fourth year all its fruit will be holy, praise offerings to the Lord.
Leviticus 19:25 (show verse)
Then in the fifth year you may eat its fruit to add its produce to your harvest. I am the Lord your God.
Leviticus 19:26 (show verse)
"'You must not eat anything with the blood still in it. You must not practice either divination or soothsaying.
Leviticus 19:27 (show verse)
You must not round off the corners of the hair on your head or ruin the corners of your beard.
Leviticus 19:28 (show verse)
You must not slash your body for a dead person or incise a tattoo on yourself. I am the Lord.
Leviticus 19:29 (show verse)
Do not profane your daughter by making her a prostitute, so that the land does not practice prostitution and become full of lewdness.
Leviticus 19:30 (show verse)
"'You must keep my Sabbaths and fear my sanctuary. I am the Lord.
Leviticus 19:31 (show verse)
Do not turn to the spirits of the dead and do not seek familiar spirits to become unclean by them. I am the Lord your God.
Leviticus 19:32 (show verse)
You must stand up in the presence of the aged, honor the presence of an elder, and fear your God. I am the Lord.
Children » Should » Honor the aged
Children » Were required » To respect the aged
Hairs » To be reverenced
Head » When hoary with age to be respected
Honour » Due the aged
Manners » In presence of » The aged
Old age » Disrespect for pleasure-seeking » To be honoured
Respect » Due to the aged
Respect » To the aged
Reverence » For the aged
Social duties » Parental parental duties » Reverence for aged, general references to
Children » Were required » To respect the aged
Hairs » To be reverenced
Head » When hoary with age to be respected
Honour » Due the aged
Manners » In presence of » The aged
Old age » Disrespect for pleasure-seeking » To be honoured
Respect » Due to the aged
Respect » To the aged
Reverence » For the aged
Social duties » Parental parental duties » Reverence for aged, general references to
Leviticus 19:33 (show verse)
When a foreigner resides with you in your land, you must not oppress him.
Leviticus 19:34 (show verse)
The foreigner who resides with you must be to you like a native citizen among you; so you must love him as yourself, because you were foreigners in the land of Egypt. I am the Lord your God.
Leviticus 19:35 (show verse)
You must not do injustice in the regulation of measures, whether of length, weight, or volume.
Business life » Fidelity » Honesty, encouraged
Honesty » In business encouraged
Injustice » Forbidden
the Law of moses » Taught the jews » Strict justice and impartiality
Measure » Must be just
Measures » The jews not to be unjust in
Social duties » Fidelity in business » Honesty in business, encouraged
Virtues » Fidelity » Honesty, encouraged
Weights » Must be just
Weights » The jews » Forbidden to have unjust
Honesty » In business encouraged
Injustice » Forbidden
the Law of moses » Taught the jews » Strict justice and impartiality
Measure » Must be just
Measures » The jews not to be unjust in
Social duties » Fidelity in business » Honesty in business, encouraged
Virtues » Fidelity » Honesty, encouraged
Weights » Must be just
Weights » The jews » Forbidden to have unjust
Leviticus 19:36 (show verse)
You must have honest balances, honest weights, an honest ephah, and an honest hin. I am the Lord your God who brought you out from the land of Egypt.
Balances » Must be just
Business life » Fidelity » Honesty, encouraged
Business life » Fidelity » Giving of just weights
Commerce » Of the jews » Under strict laws
Commerce » Laws concerning
Honesty » In business encouraged
Justice » To be done » In buying and selling
the Law of moses » Taught the jews » Strict justice and impartiality
Measure » An ephah, equal to three seah, and in liquid, to a bath, containing about a bushel and a half
Measure » Must be just
Measure » A hin
Measures » Just weights
Social duties » Fidelity in business » Honesty in business, encouraged
Social duties » Mercifulness » Of giving just weights
Stones » Used » For weighing (margin)
Virtues » Fidelity » Honesty, encouraged
Virtues » Fidelity » Giving of just weights
Weights » Troy weights a gerah = 1/50 oz » 10 gerahs = 1 bekah = 1/5 oz
Weights » Must be just
Weights » The jews » Forbidden to have unjust
Business life » Fidelity » Honesty, encouraged
Business life » Fidelity » Giving of just weights
Commerce » Of the jews » Under strict laws
Commerce » Laws concerning
Honesty » In business encouraged
Justice » To be done » In buying and selling
the Law of moses » Taught the jews » Strict justice and impartiality
Measure » An ephah, equal to three seah, and in liquid, to a bath, containing about a bushel and a half
Measure » Must be just
Measure » A hin
Measures » Just weights
Social duties » Fidelity in business » Honesty in business, encouraged
Social duties » Mercifulness » Of giving just weights
Stones » Used » For weighing (margin)
Virtues » Fidelity » Honesty, encouraged
Virtues » Fidelity » Giving of just weights
Weights » Troy weights a gerah = 1/50 oz » 10 gerahs = 1 bekah = 1/5 oz
Weights » Must be just
Weights » The jews » Forbidden to have unjust
Leviticus 19:37 (show verse)
You must be sure to obey all my statutes and regulations. I am the Lord.'"