And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, (19:1)

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 (19:2)

Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I [am] the Lord your God (19:3)

Turn ye not unto idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I [am] the Lord your God (19:4)

And if ye offer a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the Lord, ye shall offer it at your own will (19:5)

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 (19:6)

And if it be eaten at all on the third day, it [is] abominable; it shall not be accepted (19:7)

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 (19:8)

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 (19:9)

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 (19:10)

Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another (19:11)

And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I [am] the Lord (19:12)

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 (19:13)

Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumblingblock before the blind, but shalt fear thy God: I [am] the Lord (19:14)

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 (19:15)

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 (19:16)

Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him (19:17)

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 (19:18)

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 (19:19)

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 (19:20)

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 (19:21)

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 (19:22)

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 (19:23)

But in the fourth year all the fruit thereof shall be holy to praise the Lord [withal] (19:24)

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 (19:25)

Ye shall not eat [any thing] with the blood: neither shall ye use enchantment, nor observe times (19:26)

Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard (19:27)

Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I [am] the Lord (19:28)

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 (19:29)

Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I [am] the Lord (19:30)

Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I [am] the Lord your God (19:31)

Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I [am] the Lord (19:32)

And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex him (19:33)

[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 (19:34)

Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure (19:35)

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 (19:36)

Therefore shall ye observe all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: I [am] the Lord (19:37)

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