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Leviticus 19 |
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And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, |
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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?
(19:3, 30)
"Keep my sabbaths: I am the LORD your God."
Is it necessary to keep the sabbath?
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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.
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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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And if ye offer a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the LORD, ye shall
offer it at your own will. |
(19:6-8)
"If it be eaten at all on the third day, it is abominable ... 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.
 (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.
(19:11)
"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?
(19:13) "Thou shalt not defraud
thy neighbour, neither rob him: the wages of him that is hired."
(19:14) "Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumblingblock before the blind."
Be kind to the deaf and blind.
(19:15) "In righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour."
To judge or not to judge.
(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.
How should nonbelievers be treated?
Should we love or hate others?
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"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."
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?
(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.
(19:26)
"Ye shall not eat any thing with the blood: neither shall ye use enchantment, nor observe times."
Don't eat anything with blood, or use magic or astrology.
Is magic OK?
Does the Bible condemn astrology?
(19:27)
"Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard."
Don't round the corners of your head or beard.
(19:28)
"Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you."
Don't get any tattoos.
The Occult
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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.
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And if it be eaten at all on the third day, it is abominable; it shall not
be accepted.
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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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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.
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Ye shall not steal,
neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.
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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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Thou shalt not curse
the deaf, nor put a stumblingblock before the blind, but shalt fear thy
God: I am the LORD.
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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.
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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.
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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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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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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.
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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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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.
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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.
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Ye shall not make any
cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the
LORD. |
Fashion
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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. |
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Regard not them that
have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them:
I am the LORD your God. |
(19:31) "Regard not them that have familiar spirits,
neither seek after wizards"
Stay away from wizards and familiar spirits.
Is magic OK?
(19:32) "Honour the face of the old man."
Respect your elders.
(19:33-34)
"Thou shalt love him [the stranger] as thyself."
How should strangers be treated?
(19:35-36) "Just balances, just weights ... shall ye have."
Treat others fairly; don't cheat.
| | 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.
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And if a stranger
sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex him.
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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.
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Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure.
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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.
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Therefore shall ye observe all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do
them: I am the LORD. |
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