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World English Bible

Leviticus 19 (WEBP)

[1] Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
[2] “Speak to all the congregation of the children of Israel, and tell them, ‘You shall be holy; for I, Yahweh your God, am holy.
[3] “‘Each one of you shall respect his mother and his father. You shall keep my Sabbaths. I am Yahweh your God.
[4] “‘Don’t turn to idols, nor make molten gods for yourselves. I am Yahweh your God.
[5] “‘When you offer a sacrifice of peace offerings to Yahweh, 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 Yahweh, 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 Yahweh 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 Yahweh.
[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 Yahweh.
[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 Yahweh.
[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 Yahweh.
[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 Yahweh, 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 Yahweh 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 Yahweh.
[25] In the fifth year you shall eat its fruit, that it may yield its increase to you. I am Yahweh 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 Yahweh.
[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 Yahweh.
[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 Yahweh 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 Yahweh.
[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 Yahweh 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 Yahweh 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 Yahweh.’”

Leviticus 19:16 Literally, “blood”
Leviticus 19:23 Literally, “uncircumcised”
Leviticus 19:36a 1 ephah is about 22 liters or about ²⁄₃ of a bushel
Leviticus 19:36b A hin is about 6.5 liters or 1.7 gallons.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Leviticus 19 (KJVS)

[1] And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
[2] Speak 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.
[3] Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the Lord your God.
[4] Turn ye not unto idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I am the Lord your God.
[5] And if ye offer a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the Lord, ye shall offer it at your own will.
[6] It shall be eaten the same day ye offer it, and on the morrow: and if ought remain until the third day, it shall be burnt in the fire.
[7] And if it be eaten at all on the third day, it is abominable; it shall not be accepted.
[8] Therefore every one that eateth it shall bear his iniquity, because he hath profaned the hallowed thing of the Lord: and that soul shall be cut off from among his people.
[9] And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the gleanings of thy harvest.
[10] And thou shalt not glean thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather every grape of thy vineyard; thou shalt leave them for the poor and stranger: I am the Lord your God.
[11] Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.
[12] And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the Lord.
[13] Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob him: the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.
[14] Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumblingblock before the blind, but shalt fear thy God: I am the Lord.
[15] Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.
[16] Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbour: I am the Lord.
[17] Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him.
[18] Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the Lord.
[19] Ye shall keep my statutes. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a diverse kind: thou shalt not sow thy field with mingled seed: neither shall a garment mingled of linen and woollen come upon thee.
[20] And whosoever lieth carnally with a woman, that is a bondmaid, betrothed to an husband, and not at all redeemed, nor freedom given her; she shall be scourged; they shall not be put to death, because she was not free.
[21] And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the Lord, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, even a ram for a trespass offering.
[22] And the priest shall make an atonement for him with the ram of the trespass offering before the Lord for his sin which he hath done: and the sin which he hath done shall be forgiven him.
[23] And 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 uncircumcised: three years shall it be as uncircumcised unto you: it shall not be eaten of.
[24] But in the fourth year all the fruit thereof shall be holy to praise the Lord withal.
[25] And in the fifth year shall ye eat of the fruit thereof, that it may yield unto you the increase thereof: I am the Lord your God.
[26] Ye shall not eat any thing with the blood: neither shall ye use enchantment, nor observe times.
[27] Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard.
[28] Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the Lord.
[29] Do not prostitute thy daughter, to cause her to be a whore; lest the land fall to whoredom, and the land become full of wickedness.
[30] Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the Lord.
[31] Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the Lord your God.
[32] Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the Lord.
[33] And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex him.
[34] But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one 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.
[35] Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure.
[36] Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I am the Lord your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt.
[37] Therefore shall ye observe all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: I am the Lord.

Leviticus 19:17 Or, that thou bear not sin for him
Leviticus 19:20a Or, abused by any. Heb. reproached by (or, for) man
Leviticus 19:20b Or, they. Heb. there shall be a scourging
Leviticus 19:24 Holiness of praises to the LORD
Leviticus 19:29 Heb. profane
Leviticus 19:33 Or, oppress
Leviticus 19:36 Heb. stones

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Leviticus 19 (BYZ)

[1] Καὶ () ἐλάλησεν () κύριος () πρὸς () Μωυσῆν () λέγων ()
[2] Λάλησον () τῇ () συναγωγῇ () τῶν () υἱῶν () Ισραηλ () καὶ () ἐρεῖς () πρὸς () αὐτούς () Ἅγιοι () ἔσεσθε, () ὅτι () ἐγὼ () ἅγιος, () κύριος () ὁ () θεὸς () ὑμῶν. ()
[3] Ἕκαστος () πατέρα () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () μητέρα () αὐτοῦ () φοβείσθω, () καὶ () τὰ () σάββατά () μου () φυλάξεσθε· () ἐγὼ () κύριος () ὁ () θεὸς () ὑμῶν. ()
[4] Οὐκ () ἐπακολουθήσετε () εἰδώλοις () καὶ () θεοὺς () χωνευτοὺς οὐ () ποιήσετε () ὑμῖν· () ἐγὼ () κύριος () ὁ () θεὸς () ὑμῶν. ()—
[5] καὶ () ἐὰν () θύσητε () θυσίαν () σωτηρίου () τῷ () κυρίῳ, () δεκτὴν () ὑμῶν () θύσετε. ()
[6] ᾟ () ἂν () ἡμέρᾳ () θύσητε, () βρωθήσεται () καὶ () τῇ () αὔριον· () καὶ () ἐὰν () καταλειφθῇ () ἕως () ἡμέρας () τρίτης, () ἐν () πυρὶ () κατακαυθήσεται. ()
[7] Ἐὰν () δὲ () βρώσει () βρωθῇ () τῇ () ἡμέρᾳ () τῇ () τρίτῃ, () ἄθυτόν ἐστιν, () οὐ () δεχθήσεται· ()
[8] ὁ () δὲ () ἔσθων αὐτὸ () ἁμαρτίαν () λήμψεται, () ὅτι () τὰ () ἅγια () κυρίου () ἐβεβήλωσεν· () καὶ () ἐξολεθρευθήσονται () αἱ () ψυχαὶ () αἱ () ἔσθουσαι ἐκ () τοῦ () λαοῦ () αὐτῶν. ()
[9] Καὶ () ἐκθεριζόντων ὑμῶν () τὸν () θερισμὸν () τῆς () γῆς () ὑμῶν () οὐ () συντελέσετε () τὸν () θερισμὸν () ὑμῶν () τοῦ () ἀγροῦ () ἐκθερίσαι καὶ () τὰ () ἀποπίπτοντα () τοῦ () θερισμοῦ () σου () οὐ () συλλέξεις ()
[10] καὶ () τὸν () ἀμπελῶνά () σου () οὐκ () ἐπανατρυγήσεις οὐδὲ () τοὺς () ῥῶγας τοῦ () ἀμπελῶνός () σου () συλλέξεις· () τῷ () πτωχῷ () καὶ () τῷ () προσηλύτῳ () καταλείψεις () αὐτά· () ἐγώ () εἰμι () κύριος () ὁ () θεὸς () ὑμῶν. ()
[11] Οὐ () κλέψετε. () Οὐ () ψεύσεσθε. () Οὐ () συκοφαντήσει () ἕκαστος () τὸν () πλησίον. ()
[12] Καὶ () οὐκ () ὀμεῖσθε () τῷ () ὀνόματί () μου () ἐπ’ () ἀδίκῳ () καὶ () οὐ () βεβηλώσετε () τὸ () ὄνομα () τοῦ () θεοῦ () ὑμῶν· () ἐγώ () εἰμι () κύριος () ὁ () θεὸς () ὑμῶν. ()
[13] Οὐκ () ἀδικήσεις () τὸν () πλησίον () καὶ () οὐχ () ἁρπάσεις, () καὶ () οὐ () μὴ () κοιμηθήσεται () ὁ () μισθὸς () τοῦ () μισθωτοῦ () παρὰ () σοὶ () ἕως () πρωί. ()
[14] Οὐ () κακῶς () ἐρεῖς () κωφὸν () καὶ () ἀπέναντι () τυφλοῦ () οὐ () προσθήσεις () σκάνδαλον () καὶ () φοβηθήσῃ () κύριον () τὸν () θεόν () σου· () ἐγώ () εἰμι () κύριος () ὁ () θεὸς () ὑμῶν. ()
[15] Οὐ () ποιήσετε () ἄδικον () ἐν () κρίσει· () οὐ () λήμψῃ () πρόσωπον () πτωχοῦ () οὐδὲ () θαυμάσεις () πρόσωπον () δυνάστου, () ἐν () δικαιοσύνῃ () κρινεῖς () τὸν () πλησίον () σου. ()
[16] Οὐ () πορεύσῃ () δόλῳ () ἐν () τῷ () ἔθνει () σου, () οὐκ () ἐπισυστήσῃ ἐφ’ () αἷμα () τοῦ () πλησίον () σου· () ἐγώ () εἰμι () κύριος () ὁ () θεὸς () ὑμῶν. ()
[17] Οὐ () μισήσεις () τὸν () ἀδελφόν () σου () τῇ () διανοίᾳ () σου, () ἐλεγμῷ ἐλέγξεις () τὸν () πλησίον () σου () καὶ () οὐ () λήμψῃ () δι’ () αὐτὸν () ἁμαρτίαν. ()
[18] Καὶ () οὐκ () ἐκδικᾶταί σου () ἡ () χείρ, () καὶ () οὐ () μηνιεῖς τοῖς () υἱοῖς () τοῦ () λαοῦ () σου () καὶ () ἀγαπήσεις () τὸν () πλησίον () σου () ὡς () σεαυτόν· () ἐγώ () εἰμι () κύριος. ()
[19] Τὸν () νόμον () μου () φυλάξεσθε· () τὰ () κτήνη () σου () οὐ () κατοχεύσεις ἑτεροζύγῳ καὶ () τὸν () ἀμπελῶνά () σου () οὐ () κατασπερεῖς διάφορον () καὶ () ἱμάτιον () ἐκ () δύο () ὑφασμένον κίβδηλον οὐκ () ἐπιβαλεῖς () σεαυτῷ. ()
[20] Καὶ () ἐάν () τις () κοιμηθῇ () μετὰ () γυναικὸς () κοίτην () σπέρματος () καὶ () αὐτὴ () οἰκέτις διαπεφυλαγμένη () ἀνθρώπῳ () καὶ () αὐτὴ () λύτροις () οὐ () λελύτρωται () ἢ () ἐλευθερία () οὐκ () ἐδόθη () αὐτῇ, () ἐπισκοπὴ () ἔσται () αὐτοῖς· () οὐκ () ἀποθανοῦνται, () ὅτι () οὐκ () ἀπηλευθερώθη.
[21] Καὶ () προσάξει () τῆς () πλημμελείας αὐτοῦ () τῷ () κυρίῳ () παρὰ () τὴν () θύραν () τῆς () σκηνῆς () τοῦ () μαρτυρίου () κριὸν πλημμελείας·
[22] καὶ () ἐξιλάσεται περὶ () αὐτοῦ () ὁ () ἱερεὺς () ἐν () τῷ () κριῷ τῆς () πλημμελείας ἔναντι () κυρίου () περὶ () τῆς () ἁμαρτίας, () ἧς () ἥμαρτεν, () καὶ () ἀφεθήσεται () αὐτῷ () ἡ () ἁμαρτία, () ἣν () ἥμαρτεν. ()
[23] Ὅταν () δὲ () εἰσέλθητε () εἰς () τὴν () γῆν, () ἣν () κύριος () ὁ () θεὸς () ὑμῶν () δίδωσιν () ὑμῖν, () καὶ () καταφυτεύσετε πᾶν () ξύλον () βρώσιμον () καὶ () περικαθαριεῖτε τὴν () ἀκαθαρσίαν () αὐτοῦ· () ὁ () καρπὸς () αὐτοῦ () τρία () ἔτη () ἔσται () ὑμῖν () ἀπερικάθαρτος, οὐ () βρωθήσεται· ()
[24] καὶ () τῷ () ἔτει () τῷ () τετάρτῳ () ἔσται () πᾶς () ὁ () καρπὸς () αὐτοῦ () ἅγιος () αἰνετὸς τῷ () κυρίῳ· ()
[25] ἐν () δὲ () τῷ () ἔτει () τῷ () πέμπτῳ () φάγεσθε τὸν () καρπόν, () πρόσθεμα ὑμῖν () τὰ () γενήματα () αὐτοῦ· () ἐγώ () εἰμι () κύριος () ὁ () θεὸς () ὑμῶν. ()
[26] Μὴ () ἔσθετε ἐπὶ () τῶν () ὀρέων () καὶ () οὐκ () οἰωνιεῖσθε οὐδὲ () ὀρνιθοσκοπήσεσθε.
[27] Οὐ () ποιήσετε () σισόην ἐκ () τῆς () κόμης () τῆς () κεφαλῆς () ὑμῶν () οὐδὲ () φθερεῖτε () τὴν () ὄψιν () τοῦ () πώγωνος ὑμῶν. ()
[28] Καὶ () ἐντομίδας ἐπὶ () ψυχῇ () οὐ () ποιήσετε () ἐν () τῷ () σώματι () ὑμῶν () καὶ () γράμματα () στικτὰ οὐ () ποιήσετε () ἐν () ὑμῖν· () ἐγώ () εἰμι () κύριος () ὁ () θεὸς () ὑμῶν. ()
[29] Οὐ () βεβηλώσεις () τὴν () θυγατέρα () σου () ἐκπορνεῦσαι () αὐτήν, () καὶ () οὐκ () ἐκπορνεύσει () ἡ () γῆ () καὶ () ἡ () γῆ () πλησθήσεται () ἀνομίας. ()
[30] Τὰ () σάββατά () μου () φυλάξεσθε () καὶ () ἀπὸ () τῶν () ἁγίων () μου () φοβηθήσεσθε· () ἐγώ () εἰμι () κύριος. ()
[31] Οὐκ () ἐπακολουθήσετε () ἐγγαστριμύθοις καὶ () τοῖς () ἐπαοιδοῖς οὐ () προσκολληθήσεσθε () ἐκμιανθῆναι ἐν () αὐτοῖς· () ἐγώ () εἰμι () κύριος () ὁ () θεὸς () ὑμῶν. ()
[32] Ἀπὸ () προσώπου () πολιοῦ ἐξαναστήσῃ () καὶ () τιμήσεις () πρόσωπον () πρεσβυτέρου () καὶ () φοβηθήσῃ () τὸν () θεόν () σου· () ἐγώ () εἰμι () κύριος () ὁ () θεὸς () ὑμῶν. ()
[33] Ἐὰν () δέ () τις () προσέλθῃ () προσήλυτος () ὑμῖν () ἐν () τῇ () γῇ () ὑμῶν, () οὐ () θλίψετε () αὐτόν· ()
[34] ὡς () ὁ () αὐτόχθων ἐν () ὑμῖν () ἔσται () ὁ () προσήλυτος () ὁ () προσπορευόμενος () πρὸς () ὑμᾶς, () καὶ () ἀγαπήσεις () αὐτὸν () ὡς () σεαυτόν, () ὅτι () προσήλυτοι () ἐγενήθητε () ἐν () γῇ () Αἰγύπτῳ· () ἐγώ () εἰμι () κύριος () ὁ () θεὸς () ὑμῶν. ()
[35] Οὐ () ποιήσετε () ἄδικον () ἐν () κρίσει () ἐν () μέτροις () καὶ () ἐν () σταθμίοις καὶ () ἐν () ζυγοῖς· ()
[36] ζυγὰ () δίκαια () καὶ () στάθμια δίκαια () καὶ () χοῦς δίκαιος () ἔσται () ὑμῖν· () ἐγώ () εἰμι () κύριος () ὁ () θεὸς () ὑμῶν () ὁ () ἐξαγαγὼν () ὑμᾶς () ἐκ () γῆς () Αἰγύπτου. ()
[37] Καὶ () φυλάξεσθε () πάντα () τὸν () νόμον () μου () καὶ () πάντα () τὰ () προστάγματά μου () καὶ () ποιήσετε () αὐτά· () ἐγώ () εἰμι () κύριος () ὁ () θεὸς () ὑμῶν. ()

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.