Leviticus 17–26

17And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, ²Speak unto Aaron, and unto his sons, and unto all the children of Israel, and say unto them; This is the thing which the Lord hath commanded, saying, ³What man soever there be of the house of Israel, ^athat killeth an ox, or lamb, or goat, in the camp, or that killeth it out of the camp, ⁴And bringeth it not unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, to offer an offering unto the Lord before the tabernacle of the Lord; blood shall be imputed unto that man; he hath shed blood; and that man ^bshall be cut off from among his people: ⁵To the end that the children of Israel may bring their sacrifices, which they offer ^cin the open field, even that they may bring them unto the Lord, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, unto the priest, and offer them ^dfor peace offerings unto the Lord. ⁶And the priest ^dshall sprinkle the blood upon the altar of the Lord at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and burn the fat ^efor a sweet savour unto the Lord. ⁷And they shall no more offer their sacrifices ^funto devils, after whom they ^ghave gone a whoring. This shall be a statute for ever unto them throughout their generations. ⁸And thou shalt say unto them, Whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers which sojourn among you, ^hthat offereth a burnt offering or sacrifice, ⁹And ⁱbringeth it not unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, to offer it unto the Lord; even that man shall be cut off from among his people.

¹⁰And whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, ^kthat eateth any manner of blood; I will even ^lset my face against that soul that eateth blood, and will cut him off from among his people. ^11mFor the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar ⁿto make an atonement for your souls: for ^oit is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul. ¹²Therefore I said unto the children of Israel, No soul of you shall eat blood, neither shall any stranger that sojourneth among you eat blood. ¹³And whatsoever man there be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, ^†which hunteth and catcheth any beast or fowl that may be eaten; he shall even ^ppour out the blood thereof, and ^qcover it with dust. ^14rFor it is the life of all flesh; the blood of it is for the life thereof: therefore I said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall eat the blood of no manner of flesh: for the life of all flesh is the blood thereof: whosoever eateth it shall be cut off. ^15sAnd every soul that eateth ^†that which died of itself, or ^tthat which was torn with beasts, whether it be ^uone of your own country, or a stranger, ^xhe shall both wash his clothes, ^yand bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even: then shall he be clean. ¹⁶But if he wash them not, nor bathe his flesh; then ^zhe shall bear his iniquity.

18And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, ²Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, ^aI am the Lord your God. ^3bAfter the doings of the land of Egypt, wherein ye dwelt, shall ye not do: and ^cafter the doings of the land of Canaan, whither I bring you, shall ye not do: neither shall ye walk in their ^dordinances. ^4eYe shall do my judgments, and keep mine ordinances, to walk therein: I am the Lord your God. ⁵Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgments: ^fwhich if a man do, he shall live in them: I am the Lord.

⁶None of you shall approach to any that is ^†near of kin to him, to uncover their nakedness: I am the Lord. ^7gThe nakedness of thy father, or the nakedness of thy mother, shalt thou not uncover: she is thy mother; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness. ^8hThe nakedness of thy father’s wife shalt thou not uncover: it is thy father’s nakedness. ⁹ⁱThe nakedness of thy sister, the daughter of thy father, or daughter of thy mother, whether she be born at home, or born abroad, even their nakedness thou shalt not uncover. ¹⁰The nakedness of thy son’s daughter, or of thy daughter’s daughter, even their nakedness thou shalt not uncover: for theirs is thine own nakedness. ¹¹The nakedness of thy father’s wife’s daughter, begotten of thy father, she is thy sister, thou shalt not uncover her nakedness. ¹²Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father’s sister: she is thy father’s near kinswoman. ¹³Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother’s sister: for she is thy mother’s near kinswoman. ¹⁴Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father’s brother, thou shalt not approach to his wife: she is thine aunt. ^15kThou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy daughter in law: she is thy son’s wife; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness. ^16lThou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother’s wife: it is thy brother’s nakedness. ¹⁷Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter, neither shalt thou take her son’s daughter, or her daughter’s daughter, to uncover her nakedness; for they are her near kinswomen: ^mit is wickedness. ¹⁸Neither shalt thou take ^||a wife to her sister, ⁿto vex her, to uncover her nakedness, ^obeside the other in her life time. ^19pAlso thou shalt not approach unto a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is put apart for her uncleanness. ²⁰Moreover ^qthou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbour’s wife, to defile thyself with her. ²¹And thou shalt not let any of thy seed ^rpass through the fire to ^s||Molech, neither shalt thou ^tprofane the name of thy God: I am the Lord. ^22uThou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination. ^23xNeither shalt thou lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith: neither shall any woman stand before a beast to lie down thereto: it is ^yconfusion. ^24zDefile not ye yourselves in any of these things: ^afor in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you: ²⁵And ^bthe land is defiled: therefore I do ^cvisit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land itself ^dvomiteth out her inhabitants. ^26eYe shall therefore keep my statutes and my judgments, and shall not commit any of these abominations; neither any of your own nation, nor any stranger that sojourneth among you: ²⁷(For all these abominations have the men of the land done, which were before you, and the land is defiled;) ²⁸That ^fthe land spue not you out also, when ye defile it, as it spued out the nations that were before you. ²⁹For whosoever shall commit any of these abominations, even the souls that commit them ^gshall be cut off from among their people. ^30hTherefore shall ye keep mine ordinance, ⁱthat ye commit not any one of these abominable customs, which were committed before you, and that ye ^kdefile not yourselves therein: ^lI am the Lord your God.

19And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, ²Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, ^aYe shall be holy: for I the Lord your God am holy. ^3bYe shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and ^ckeep my sabbaths: I am the Lord your God. ⁴Turn ye not unto ^didols, ^enor make to yourselves molten gods: I am the Lord your God.

⁵And ^fif ye offer a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the Lord, ye shall offer it ^gat your own will. ⁶It 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. ⁷And if it be eaten at all on the third day, it is ^habominable; it shall not be accepted. ⁸Therefore every one that eateth it ⁱshall bear his iniquity, because he hath profaned the hallowed thing of the Lord: and ^kthat soul shall be cut off from among his people.

⁹And ^lwhen 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. ¹⁰And 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. ^11mYe shall not steal, ⁿneither deal falsely, neither lie one to another. ¹²And ye shall not ^oswear by my name falsely, ^pneither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the Lord. ¹³Thou shalt not ^qdefraud thy neighbour, neither rob him: ^rthe wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning. ¹⁴Thou shalt not ^scurse the deaf, ^tnor put a stumblingblock before the blind, but shalt ^ufear thy God: I am the Lord. ^15wYe 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. ^16xThou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou ^ystand against the blood of thy neighbour: I am the Lord. ^17zThou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: ^athou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, ^||and not suffer sin upon him. ^18bThou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but ^cthou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the Lord.

¹⁹Ye shall keep my statutes. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a diverse kind: ^dthou shalt not sow thy field with mingled seed: ^eneither shall a garment mingled of linen and woollen come upon thee. ²⁰And 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. ²¹And ^fhe shall bring his trespass offering unto the Lord, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, even a ram for a trespass offering. ²²And 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. ²³And 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 ^guncircumcised: three years shall it be as uncircumcised unto you: it shall not be…