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Leviticus 19 |
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| 19:1
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, |
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| 19:2
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 be holy: for I the LORD your God am holy."
Is only God holy?
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| 19:3
Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and
keep my sabbaths: I am the LORD your God. |
(19:3, 30)
Is it necessary to keep the sabbath?
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| 19:4
Turn ye not unto idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I am the LORD
your God. |
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| 19:5
And if ye offer a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the LORD, ye shall
offer it at your own will. |
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| 19:6
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. |
(19:6-8)
"That soul shall be cut off from among his people."
Don't eat sacrifices on the third day or God will cut you off from among your
people.
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| 19:7
And if it be eaten at all on the third day, it is abominable; it shall not
be accepted.
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| 19:8
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. |
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| 19:9
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. |
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| 19:10
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)
"Leave them for the poor and stranger."
Leave some grapes on the vine for travelers and the poor. Now that
is a nice idea.
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| 19:11
Ye shall not steal,
neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another. |
(19:11, 13)
"Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another."
Don't steal or lie.
Is it wrong to steal or to lie?
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| 19:12
And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, neither shalt thou profane the
name of thy God: I am the LORD.
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| 19:13
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. |
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| 19:14
Thou shalt not curse
the deaf, nor put a stumblingblock before the blind, but shalt fear thy
God: I am the LORD. |
(19:14) Be kind to the deaf and blind.
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| 19:15
Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the
person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty: but
in righteousness
shalt thou judge thy neighbour. |
"In righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour."
To judge or not to judge.
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| 19:16
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 go up and down as a talebearer among thy people"
Don't gossip.
(19:17) "Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart."
Should we love or hate others?
(19:18) "Love thy neighbor as thyself."
This is by far the best verse in Leviticus, and one of the best in the entire
bible. [more]
How should nonbelievers be treated?
Should we love or hate others?
 (19:19) Don't let cows interbreed, sow with mixed seed, or mix linen and wool in the same
garment.
(19:20-22) "She shall be scourged."
If a man has sex with an engaged slave woman, scourge the woman, but don't punish
the man. (Even if he raped her?)
Is slavery OK?
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| 19:17
Thou shalt not hate
thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour,
and not suffer sin upon him.
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| 19:18
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.
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| 19:19
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.
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| 19:20
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.
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| 19:21
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.
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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.
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| 19:23
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) "Ye
shall count the fruit thereof as uncircumcised."
God tells the Israelites that the fruit from
fruit trees is "uncircumcised" for three years after the trees are
planted.
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| 19:24
But in the fourth year all the fruit thereof shall be holy to praise the
LORD withal. |
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| 19:25
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. |
(19:26-28)
Don't eat anything with blood, use enchantments, observe times, get any tatoos, or
round the corners of your head or beard.
Is magic OK?
Does the Bible condemn astrology?
The Occult
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19:26
Ye shall not eat any
thing with the blood: neither shall ye use enchantment, nor
observe times.
| 19:27
Ye shall not round the
corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard.
| | 19:28
Ye shall not make any
cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the
LORD. |
Fashion
| 19:29
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.
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Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary:
I am the LORD. |
| | 19:31
Regard not them that
have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them:
I am the LORD your God. |
(19:31)
Stay away from wizards and familiar spirits.
Is magic OK?
| | 19:32
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) "Honour the face of the old man"
Respect your elders.
| | 19:33
And if a stranger
sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex him. |
(19:33-34)
"Thou shalt love him [the stranger] as thyself."
How should strangers be treated?
| | 19:34
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.
| | 19:35
Ye shall do no
unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure. |
(19:35-36)
Treat others fairly; don't cheat.
| | 19:36
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. |
| | 19:37
Therefore shall ye observe all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do
them: I am the LORD. |
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