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Leviticus 19

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Bible Compare Leviticus 19
Verse 1
WEB

Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

KJV

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

Verse 2
WEB

“Speak to all the congregation of the children of Israel, and tell them, ‘You shall be holy; for I, Yahweh your God, am holy.

KJV

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.

Verse 3
WEB

“‘Each one of you shall respect his mother and his father. You shall keep my Sabbaths. I am Yahweh your God.

KJV

Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the LORD your God.

Verse 4
WEB

“‘Don’t turn to idols, nor make molten gods for yourselves. I am Yahweh your God.

KJV

Turn ye not unto idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I am the LORD your God.

Verse 5
WEB

“‘When you offer a sacrifice of peace offerings to Yahweh, you shall offer it so that you may be accepted.

KJV

And if ye offer a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the LORD, ye shall offer it at your own will.

Verse 6
WEB

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.

KJV

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.

Verse 7
WEB

If it is eaten at all on the third day, it is an abomination. It will not be accepted;

KJV

And if it be eaten at all on the third day, it is abominable; it shall not be accepted.

Verse 8
WEB

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.

KJV

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.

Verse 9
WEB

“‘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.

KJV

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.

Verse 10
WEB

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.

KJV

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.

Verse 11
WEB

“‘You shall not steal. “‘You shall not lie. “‘You shall not deceive one another.

KJV

Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.

Verse 12
WEB

“‘You shall not swear by my name falsely, and profane the name of your God. I am Yahweh.

KJV

And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD.

Verse 13
WEB

“‘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.

KJV

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.

Verse 14
WEB

“‘You shall not curse the deaf, nor put a stumbling block before the blind; but you shall fear your God. I am Yahweh.

KJV

Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumblingblock before the blind, but shalt fear thy God: I am the LORD.

Verse 15
WEB

“‘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.

KJV

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.

Verse 16
WEB

“‘You shall not go around as a slanderer among your people. “‘You shall not endanger the life of your neighbor. I am Yahweh.

KJV

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.

Verse 17
WEB

“‘You shall not hate your brother in your heart. You shall surely rebuke your neighbor, and not bear sin because of him.

KJV

Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him.

Verse 18
WEB

“‘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.

KJV

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.

Verse 19
WEB

“‘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.

KJV

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.

Verse 20
WEB

“‘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.

KJV

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.

Verse 21
WEB

He shall bring his trespass offering to Yahweh, to the door of the Tent of Meeting, even a ram for a trespass offering.

KJV

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.

Verse 22
WEB

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.

KJV

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.

Verse 23
WEB

“‘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.

KJV

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.

Verse 24
WEB

But in the fourth year all its fruit shall be holy, for giving praise to Yahweh.

KJV

But in the fourth year all the fruit thereof shall be holy to praise the LORD withal .

Verse 25
WEB

In the fifth year you shall eat its fruit, that it may yield its increase to you. I am Yahweh your God.

KJV

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.

Verse 26
WEB

“‘You shall not eat any meat with the blood still in it. You shall not use enchantments, nor practice sorcery.

KJV

Ye shall not eat any thing with the blood: neither shall ye use enchantment, nor observe times.

Verse 27
WEB

“‘You shall not cut the hair on the sides of your head or clip off the edge of your beard.

KJV

Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard.

Verse 28
WEB

“‘You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor tattoo any marks on you. I am Yahweh.

KJV

Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the LORD.

Verse 29
WEB

“‘Don’t profane your daughter, to make her a prostitute; lest the land fall to prostitution, and the land become full of wickedness.

KJV

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.

Verse 30
WEB

“‘You shall keep my Sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary; I am Yahweh.

KJV

Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the LORD.

Verse 31
WEB

“‘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.

KJV

Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the LORD your God.

Verse 32
WEB

“‘You shall rise up before the gray head and honor the face of the elderly; and you shall fear your God. I am Yahweh.

KJV

Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the LORD.

Verse 33
WEB

“‘If a stranger lives as a foreigner with you in your land, you shall not do him wrong.

KJV

And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex him.

Verse 34
WEB

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.

KJV

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.

Verse 35
WEB

“‘You shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in measures of length, of weight, or of quantity.

KJV

Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure.

Verse 36
WEB

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.

KJV

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.

Verse 37
WEB

“‘You shall observe all my statutes and all my ordinances, and do them. I am Yahweh.’”

KJV

Therefore shall ye observe all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: I am the LORD.