Chapter 19
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The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
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Speak to all the congregation of the sons of Israel and say to them, "You shall be holy, for I the LORD your God am holy."
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Each man shall fear his mother and his father, and you shall keep my Sabbaths; I am the LORD your God.
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Do not turn to idols, nor make molten gods for yourselves. I am the LORD your God.
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And if you sacrifice a peace offering to the LORD, you shall sacrifice it for your acceptance.
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It shall be eaten on the day of your sacrifice, and the remaining from the next day until the third day shall be burned in fire.
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And if it is eaten on the third day, it is a piggul; it will not be accepted.
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The one who eats it will bear his iniquity, for he has profaned the holy thing of the LORD, and that person will be cut off from his people.
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When you harvest the harvest of your land, you shall not finish harvesting the corner of your field, and you shall not glean the gleaning of your harvest.
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You shall not glean your vineyard, nor gather the gleanings of your vineyard. You shall leave them for the poor and the sojourner: I am the LORD your God.
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You shall not steal, and you shall not deny, and you shall not lie, a man with his neighbor.
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Do not swear in my name to lie and profane the name of your God; I am the LORD.
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You shall not oppress your neighbor or rob him. You shall not let the wages of a hired worker with you remain until morning.
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You shall not curse a deaf man, and before a blind man you shall not put a stumbling block, and you shall fear your God—I am the LORD.
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You shall not do injustice in judgment. You shall not lift up the face of the poor, and you shall not honor the face of the great. In righteousness you shall judge your neighbor.
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You shall not go as a slanderer among your people. You shall not stand against the blood of your neighbor. I am the LORD.
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You shall not hate your brother in your heart. You shall surely reprove your fellow, and you shall not bear sin against him.
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You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against the sons of your people, and you shall love your neighbor as yourself—I am the LORD.
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You shall keep my statutes: you shall not make your livestock breed mixed kinds, you shall not seed your field with mixed kinds, and a garment of mixed kinds, shaatnez, shall not go up on you.
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And if a man lies with a woman by a lying of seed, and she is a maidservant betrothed to a man, and she has not been redeemed or given her freedom—they shall be guilty in judgment; they shall not be put to death, for she was not free.
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And he shall bring his guilt offering to the LORD, to the entrance of the tent of meeting—a ram guilt offering.
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And the priest shall make atonement for him with the ram of the guilt offering before the LORD for his sin that he sinned, and it shall be forgiven him for his sin that he sinned.
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And when you come to the land and plant any food tree, then you shall treat its fruit as uncircumcised for three years—it shall be uncircumcised to you; it shall not be eaten.
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In the fourth year all its fruit shall be holy praises for the LORD.
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And in the fifth year you shall eat its fruit, to add its yield to you; I am the LORD your God.
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You shall not eat over the blood. You shall not divine, nor practice divination.
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You shall not round the edges of your head, and you shall not destroy the edges of your beard.
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You shall not make an incision for a nephesh in your flesh, nor put any tattoo mark on you. I am the LORD.
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Do not profane your daughter to prostitute her, and the land shall not prostitute, and the land shall be filled with lewdness.
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You shall keep my Sabbaths, and you shall fear my sanctuaries; I am the LORD.
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Do not turn to familiar spirits or mediums; do not seek them out to defile yourselves. I am the LORD your God.
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You shall rise before old age and honor the face of an elder, and you shall fear your God; I am the LORD.
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And if a sojourner sojourns with you in your land, you shall not oppress him.
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The sojourner who is with you shall be to you as a citizen from you, and you shall love him as yourself, for sojourners you were in the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.
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You shall not do injustice in judgment, in measure, in weight, or in measure.
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You shall have balances of righteousness, stones of righteousness, an ephah of righteousness, and a hin of righteousness. I am the LORD your God, who brought you out from the land of Egypt.
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You shall keep all my statutes and all my judgments and do them; I am the LORD.