Christian Standard Bible

New American Standard Bible 1995

1The LORD spoke to Moses:

1Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying:

2"Speak to the entire Israelite community and tell them: Be holy because I, the LORD your God, am holy.

2"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.

3"Each of you is to respect his mother and father. You are to keep my Sabbaths; I am the LORD your God.

3'Every one of you shall reverence his mother and his father, and you shall keep My sabbaths; I am the LORD your God.

4Do not turn to idols or make cast images of gods for yourselves; I am the LORD your God.

4'Do not turn to idols or make for yourselves molten gods; I am the LORD your God.

5"When you offer a fellowship sacrifice to the LORD, sacrifice it so that you may be accepted.

5'Now when you offer a sacrifice of peace offerings to the LORD, you shall offer it so that you may be accepted.

6It is to be eaten on the day you sacrifice it or on the next day, but what remains on the third day must be burned.

6It shall be eaten the same day you offer it, and the next day; but what remains until the third day shall be burned with fire.

7If any is eaten on the third day, it is a repulsive thing; it will not be accepted.

7'So if it is eaten at all on the third day, it is an offense; it will not be accepted.

8Anyone who eats it will bear his iniquity, for he has profaned what is holy to the LORD. That person is to be cut off from his people.

8'Everyone who eats it will bear his iniquity, for he has profaned the holy thing of the LORD; and that person shall be cut off from his people.

9"When you reap the harvest of your land, you are not to reap to the very edge of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest.

9'Now when you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap to the very corners of your field, nor shall you gather the gleanings of your harvest.

10Do not strip your vineyard bare or gather its fallen grapes. Leave them for the poor and the resident alien; I am the LORD your God.

10'Nor shall you glean your vineyard, nor shall you gather the fallen fruit of your vineyard; you shall leave them for the needy and for the stranger. I am the LORD your God.

11"Do not steal. Do not act deceptively or lie to one another.

11'You shall not steal, nor deal falsely, nor lie to one another.

12Do not swear falsely by my name, profaning the name of your God; I am the LORD.

12'You shall not swear falsely by My name, so as to profane the name of your God; I am the LORD.

13"Do not oppress your neighbor or rob him. The wages due a hired worker must not remain with you until morning.

13You shall not oppress your neighbor, nor rob him. The wages of a hired man are not to remain with you all night until morning.

14Do not curse the deaf or put a stumbling block in front of the blind, but you are to fear your God; I am the LORD.

14'You shall not curse a deaf man, nor place a stumbling block before the blind, but you shall revere your God; I am the LORD.

15"Do not act unjustly when deciding a case. Do not be partial to the poor or give preference to the rich; judge your neighbor fairly.

15'You shall do no injustice in judgment; you shall not be partial to the poor nor defer to the great, but you are to judge your neighbor fairly.

16Do not go about spreading slander among your people; do not jeopardize your neighbor's life; I am the LORD.

16'You shall not go about as a slanderer among your people, and you are not to act against the life of your neighbor; I am the LORD.

17"Do not harbor hatred against your brother. Rebuke your neighbor directly, and you will not incur guilt because of him.

17'You shall not hate your fellow countryman in your heart; you may surely reprove your neighbor, but shall not incur sin because of him.

18Do not take revenge or bear a grudge against members of your community, but love your neighbor as yourself; I am the LORD.

18'You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the sons of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself; I am the LORD.

19"You are to keep my statutes. Do not crossbreed two different kinds of your livestock, sow your fields with two kinds of seed, or put on a garment made of two kinds of material.

19'You are to keep My statutes. You shall not breed together two kinds of your cattle; you shall not sow your field with two kinds of seed, nor wear a garment upon you of two kinds of material mixed together.

20"If a man has sexual intercourse with a woman who is a slave designated for another man, but she has not been redeemed or given her freedom, there must be punishment. They are not to be put to death, because she had not been freed.

20Now if a man lies carnally with a woman who is a slave acquired for another man, but who has in no way been redeemed nor given her freedom, there shall be punishment; they shall not, however, be put to death, because she was not free.

21However, he must bring a ram as his guilt offering to the LORD at the entrance to the tent of meeting.

21'He shall bring his guilt offering to the LORD to the doorway of the tent of meeting, a ram for a guilt offering.

22The priest will make atonement on his behalf before the LORD with the ram of the guilt offering for the sin he has committed, and he will be forgiven for the sin he committed.

22'The priest shall also make atonement for him with the ram of the guilt offering before the LORD for his sin which he has committed, and the sin which he has committed will be forgiven him.

23"When you come into the land and plant any kind of tree for food, you are to consider the fruit forbidden. It will be forbidden to you for three years; it is not to be eaten.

23When you enter the land and plant all kinds of trees for food, then you shall count their fruit as forbidden. Three years it shall be forbidden to you; it shall not be eaten.

24In the fourth year all its fruit is to be consecrated as a praise offering to the LORD.

24'But in the fourth year all its fruit shall be holy, an offering of praise to the LORD.

25But in the fifth year you may eat its fruit. In this way its yield will increase for you; I am the LORD your God.

25'In the fifth year you are to eat of its fruit, that its yield may increase for you; I am the LORD your God.

26"You are not to eat anything with blood in it. You are not to practice divination or witchcraft.

26You shall not eat anything with the blood, nor practice divination or soothsaying.

27You are not to cut off the hair at the sides of your head or mar the edge of your beard.

27'You shall not round off the side-growth of your heads nor harm the edges of your beard.

28You are not to make gashes on your bodies for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves; I am the LORD.

28'You shall not make any cuts in your body for the dead nor make any tattoo marks on yourselves: I am the LORD.

29"Do not debase your daughter by making her a prostitute, or the land will be prostituted and filled with depravity.

29'Do not profane your daughter by making her a harlot, so that the land will not fall to harlotry and the land become full of lewdness.

30Keep my Sabbaths and revere my sanctuary; I am the LORD.

30'You shall keep My sabbaths and revere My sanctuary; I am the LORD.

31"Do not turn to mediums or consult spiritists, or you will be defiled by them; I am the LORD your God.

31'Do not turn to mediums or spiritists; do not seek them out to be defiled by them. I am the LORD your God.

32"You are to rise in the presence of the elderly and honor the old. Fear your God; I am the LORD.

32'You shall rise up before the grayheaded and honor the aged, and you shall revere your God; I am the LORD.

33"When an alien resides with you in your land, you must not oppress him.

33'When a stranger resides with you in your land, you shall not do him wrong.

34You will regard the alien who resides with you as the native-born among you. You are to love him as yourself, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt; I am the LORD your God.

34'The stranger who resides with you shall be to you as the native among you, and you shall love him as yourself, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt; I am the LORD your God.

35"Do not be unfair in measurements of length, weight, or volume.

35'You shall do no wrong in judgment, in measurement of weight, or capacity.

36You are to have honest balances, honest weights, an honest dry measure, and an honest liquid measure; I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.

36'You shall have just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin; I am the LORD your God, who brought you out from the land of Egypt.

37Keep all my statutes and all my ordinances and do them; I am the LORD."

37'You shall thus observe all My statutes and all My ordinances and do them; I am the LORD.'"

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