Moral and Ceremonial Laws
1 And theLordspoke to Moses, saying,
2 “Speak to all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say to them:‘You shall be holy, for I theLordyour God am holy.
3 ‘Every one of you shall revere his mother and his father, andkeep My Sabbaths: I am theLordyour God.
4 ‘Do not turn to idols,nor make for yourselves molded gods: I am theLordyour God.
5 ‘Andif you offer a sacrifice of a peace offering to theLord, you shall offer it of your own free will.
6 It shall be eaten the same day you offer it, and on the next day. And if any remains until the third day, it shall be burned in the fire.
7 And if it is eaten at all on the third day, it is an abomination. It shall not be accepted.
8 Therefore everyone who eats it shall bear his iniquity, because he has profaned the hallowed offering of theLord; and that person 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, nor shall you gather the gleanings of your harvest.
10 And you shall not glean your vineyard, nor shall you gather every grape of your vineyard; you shall leave them for the poor and the stranger: I am theLordyour God.
11 ‘You shall not steal, nor deal falsely,nor lie to one another.
12 And you shall notswear by My name falsely,nor shall you profane the name of your God: I am theLord.
13 ‘You shall not cheat your neighbor, nor rob him.The wages of him who is hired shall not remain with you all night until morning.
14 You shall not curse the deaf,nor put a stumbling block before the blind, but shall fear your God: I am theLord.
15 ‘You shall do no injustice injudgment. You shall notbe partial to the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty. In righteousness you shall judge your neighbor.
16 You shall not go about as atalebearer among your people; nor shall youtake a stand against the life of your neighbor: I am theLord.
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 theLord.
19 ‘You shall keep My statutes. You shall not let your livestock breed with another kind. You shall not sow your field with mixed seed. Nor shall a garment of mixed linen and wool come upon you.
20 ‘Whoever lies carnally with a woman who isbetrothed to a man as a concubine, and who has not at all been redeemed nor given her freedom, for this there shall be scourging; but they shall not be put to death, because she was not free.
21 And he shall bring his trespass offering to theLord, to the door of the tabernacle of meeting, a ram as a trespass offering.
22 The priest shall make atonement for him with the ram of the trespass offering before theLordfor 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 uncircumcised. Three years it shall be as uncircumcised to you. It shall not be eaten.
24 But in the fourth year all its fruit shall be holy, a praise to theLord.
25 And in the fifth year you may eat its fruit, that it may yield to you its increase: I am theLordyour God.
26 ‘You shall not eat anything with the blood, nor shall you practice divination or soothsaying.
27 You shall not shave around the sides of your head, nor shall you disfigure the edges of your beard.
28 You shall notmake any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor tattoo any marks on you: I am theLord.
29 ‘Do not prostitute your daughter, to cause her to be a harlot, lest the land fall into harlotry, and the land become full of wickedness.
30 ‘You shall keep My Sabbaths andreverence My sanctuary: I am theLord.
31 ‘Give no regard to mediums and familiar spirits; do not seek afterthem, to be defiled by them: I am theLordyour God.
32 ‘You shall rise before the gray headed and honor the presence of an old man, andfear your God: I am theLord.
33 ‘Andif a stranger dwells with you in your land, you shall not mistreat him.
34 The stranger who dwells among you shall be to you as one born among you, andyou shall love him as yourself; for you were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am theLordyour God.
35 ‘You shall do no injustice in judgment, in measurement of length, weight, or volume.
36 You shall havehonest scales, honest weights, an honest ephah, and an honest hin: I am theLordyour God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
37 ‘Therefore you shall observe all My statutes and all My judgments, and perform them: I am theLord.’ ”