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February 8 Leviticus 19—21
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Leviticus Chapter 19

1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

<>the LORD spake, <>Moses

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.

<>congregation, <>children, <>Israel, <>Ye shall be holy

3 Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the LORD your God.

<>Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, <>keep my sabbaths, <>keep, <>my sabbaths, <>I am the LORD

4 Turn ye not unto idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I am the LORD your God.

<>Turn ye not unto idols, <>nor make to yourselves molten gods

5 And if ye offer a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the LORD, ye shall offer it at your own will.

<>vv. 5-8, <>peace offerings, <>peace, <>ye shall offer it at your own will

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.

<>vv. 5-8, <>burnt in the fire

7 And if it be eaten at all on the third day, it is abominable; it shall not be accepted.

<>vv. 5-8, <>it shall not be accepted

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.

<>vv. 5-8, <>hallowed, <>cut off from among his people

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.

<>vv. 9-10, <>harvest … harvest

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.

<>vv. 9-10, <>thou shalt leave them for the poor and stranger, <>the poor, <>stranger

11 Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.

<>Ye shall not steal, <>Ye shall not … lie one to another., <>neither deal falsely

12 And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD.

<>ye shall not swear by my name falsely, <>ye … thou … thy, <>swear, <>neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God

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.

<>Thou shalt not defraud, <>Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour … the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning., <>neither rob him

14 Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumblingblock before the blind, but shalt fear thy God: I am the LORD.

<>Thou shalt not curse the deaf, <>nor put a stumblingblock before the blind, <>the blind

15 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.

<>Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, <>thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty, <>the mighty

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.

<>Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people, <>talebearer, <>neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbour

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

<>Thou shalt not hate thy brother, <>thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him, <>suffer

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.

<>Thou shalt not avenge, <>nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, <>thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself

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.

<>v. 19, <>cattle, <>garment

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.

<>woman, <>husband, <>redeemed

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.

<>trespass offering … trespass offering, <>the door of the tabernacle

22 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.

<>the priest shall make an atonement, <>priest, <>before the LORD, <>the sin which he hath done shall be forgiven him

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.

<>trees, <>three years

24 But in the fourth year all the fruit thereof shall be holy to praise the LORD withal.

<>all the fruit thereof shall be holy to praise the LORD withal

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.

26 Ye shall not eat any thing with the blood: neither shall ye use enchantment, nor observe times.

<>Ye shall not eat any thing with the blood, <>neither shall ye use enchantment, <>nor observe times

27 Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard.

28 Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the LORD.

<>Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, <>dead

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.

<>Do not prostitute thy daughter, to cause her to be a whore … whoredom, <>daughter

30 Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the LORD.

<>v. 30, <>Ye shall keep my sabbaths

31 Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the LORD your God.

<>Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards

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.

<>hoary, <>old man

33 And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex him.

<>a stranger … ye shall not vex him, <>thee … your … ye

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.

<>born, <>you … you … you … thou … thyself, <>thou shalt love him as thyself

35 Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure.

<>Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment

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.

<>Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have, <>balances

37 Therefore shall ye observe all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: I am the LORD.

<>observe all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them, <>and do them

Leviticus Chapter 20

1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

<>the LORD spake, <>Moses

2 Again, thou shalt say to the children of Israel, Whosoever he be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn in Israel, that giveth any of his seed unto Molech; he shall surely be put to death: the people of the land shall stone him with stones.

<>Again, thou shalt say, <>children … children, <>Israel … Israel … Israel, <>strangers, <>that giveth any of his seed unto Molech, <>death, <>the people of the land shall stone him, <>the people of the land, <>stone him with stones, <>stones

3 And I will set my face against that man, and will cut him off from among his people; because he hath given of his seed unto Molech, to defile my sanctuary, and to profane my holy name.

<>cut him off from among his people, <>defile my … profane my, <>to profane my holy name

4 And if the people of the land do any ways hide their eyes from the man, when he giveth of his seed unto Molech, and kill him not:

<>v. 4

5 Then I will set my face against that man, and against his family, and will cut him off, and all that go a whoring after him, to commit whoredom with Molech, from among their people.

<>I will set my face against that man, <>family, <>go a whoring … to commit whoredom

6 And the soul that turneth after such as have familiar spirits, and after wizards, to go a whoring after them, I will even set my face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people.

<>v. 6, <>turneth after such as have familiar spirits, and after wizards

7 Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy: for I am the LORD your God.

<>vv. 7-9, <>Sanctify, <>be ye holy, <>I am the LORD, <>I

8 And ye shall keep my statutes, and do them: I am the LORD which sanctify you.

<>vv. 7-9, <>keep, <>and do them

9 For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall be surely put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.

<>vv. 7-9, <>every one that curseth his father or his mother shall be surely put to death

10 And the man that committeth adultery with another man's wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbour's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.

<>v. 10, <>wife … wife, <>committeth adultery … committeth adultery … the adulterer … the adulteress

11 And the man that lieth with his father's wife hath uncovered his father's nakedness: both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.

<>v. 11, <>nakedness

12 And if a man lie with his daughter in law, both of them shall surely be put to death: they have wrought confusion; their blood shall be upon them.

<>if a man lie with his daughter in law

13 If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.

<>v. 13, <>woman

14 And if a man take a wife and her mother, it is wickedness: they shall be burnt with fire, both he and they; that there be no wickedness among you.

<>if a man take a wife and her mother, it is wickedness, <>take a wife, <>burnt with fire

15 And if a man lie with a beast, he shall surely be put to death: and ye shall slay the beast.

<>vv. 15-16

16 And if a woman approach unto any beast, and lie down thereto, thou shalt kill the woman, and the beast: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.

<>vv. 15-16

17 And if a man shall take his sister, his father's daughter, or his mother's daughter, and see her nakedness, and she see his nakedness; it is a wicked thing; and they shall be cut off in the sight of their people: he hath uncovered his sister's nakedness; he shall bear his iniquity.

<>if a man shall take his sister, his father's daughter, or his mother's daughter, and see her nakedness, <>daughter … daughter

18 And if a man shall lie with a woman having her sickness, and shall uncover her nakedness; he hath discovered her fountain, and she hath uncovered the fountain of her blood: and both of them shall be cut off from among their people.

<>if a man shall lie with a woman having her sickness, <>discovered

19 And thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother's sister, nor of thy father's sister: for he uncovereth his near kin: they shall bear their iniquity.

<>thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother's sister, nor of thy father's sister: for he uncovereth his near kin

20 And if a man shall lie with his uncle's wife, he hath uncovered his uncle's nakedness: they shall bear their sin; they shall die childless.

<>if a man shall lie with his uncle's wife

21 And if a man shall take his brother's wife, it is an unclean thing: he hath uncovered his brother's nakedness; they shall be childless.

<>if a man shall take his brother's wife

22 Ye shall therefore keep all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: that the land, whither I bring you to dwell therein, spue you not out.

<>keep all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them, <>and do them, <>that the land … spue you not out

23 And ye shall not walk in the manners of the nation, which I cast out before you: for they committed all these things, and therefore I abhorred them.

<>ye shall not walk in the manners of the nation, which I cast out before you: for they committed all these things, <>nation, <>abhorred

24 But I have said unto you, Ye shall inherit their land, and I will give it unto you to possess it, a land that floweth with milk and honey: I am the LORD your God, which have separated you from other people.

<>inherit, <>I will give it, <>I will give, <>to possess it, <>milk and honey, <>honey, <>I am the LORD your God, which have separated you from other people.

25 Ye shall therefore put difference between clean beasts and unclean, and between unclean fowls and clean: and ye shall not make your souls abominable by beast, or by fowl, or by any manner of living thing that creepeth on the ground, which I have separated from you as unclean.

<>v. 25, <>put difference between clean … and unclean, and between unclean … and clean

26 And ye shall be holy unto me: for I the LORD am holy, and have severed you from other people, that ye should be mine.

<>severed you from other people

27 A man also or woman that hath a familiar spirit, or that is a wizard, shall surely be put to death: they shall stone them with stones: their blood shall be upon them.

<>A man also or woman that hath a familiar spirit, or that is a wizard, shall surely be put to death, <>a wizard, shall surely be put to death, <>they, <>stone them with stones

Leviticus Chapter 21

1 And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto the priests the sons of Aaron, and say unto them, There shall none be defiled for the dead among his people:

<>v. 1, <>Moses, <>the priests, <>sons, <>dead

2 But for his kin, that is near unto him, that is, for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother,

3 And for his sister a virgin, that is nigh unto him, which hath had no husband; for her may he be defiled.

<>a virgin, <>husband

4 But he shall not defile himself, being a chief man among his people, to profane himself.

<>v. 4, <>chief

5 They shall not make baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corner of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh.

<>v. 5, <>nor make any cuttings in their flesh

6 They shall be holy unto their God, and not profane the name of their God: for the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and the bread of their God, they do offer: therefore they shall be holy.

<>They shall be holy … they shall be holy, <>They shall … not profane the name of their God, <>the offerings of the LORD made by fire, <>the bread of their God

7 They shall not take a wife that is a whore, or profane; neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband: for he is holy unto his God.

<>take a wife, <>wife, <>is a whore, <>neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband, <>They … they … he, <>woman

8 Thou shalt sanctify him therefore; for he offereth the bread of thy God: he shall be holy unto thee: for I the LORD, which sanctify you, am holy.

<>sanctify … sanctify, <>thy

9 And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by playing the whore, she profaneth her father: she shall be burnt with fire.

<>burnt with fire

10 And he that is the high priest among his brethren, upon whose head the anointing oil was poured, and that is consecrated to put on the garments, shall not uncover his head, nor rend his clothes;

<>high priest, <>upon whose head the anointing oil was poured, <>anointing, <>the garments, <>garments, <>nor rend his clothes

11 Neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;

<>vv. 11-12

12 Neither shall he go out of the sanctuary, nor profane the sanctuary of his God; for the crown of the anointing oil of his God is upon him: I am the LORD.

<>vv. 11-12, <>Neither shall he go out of the sanctuary, nor … profane the sanctuary, <>I am the LORD.

13 And he shall take a wife in her virginity.

<>take a wife

14 A widow, or a divorced woman, or profane, or an harlot, these shall he not take: but he shall take a virgin of his own people to wife.

<>widow, <>divorced, <>profane … or … an harlot, <>harlot, <>of his own people

15 Neither shall he profane his seed among his people: for I the LORD do sanctify him.

<>Neither shall he profane his seed

16 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

<>the LORD spake

17 Speak unto Aaron, saying, Whosoever he be of thy seed in their generations that hath any blemish, let him not approach to offer the bread of his God.

<>Whosoever he be of thy seed in their generations that hath any blemish, let him not approach to offer the bread of his God.

18 For whatsoever man he be that hath a blemish, he shall not approach: a blind man, or a lame, or he that hath a flat nose, or any thing superfluous,

<>he shall not approach … he that hath … any thing superfluous, <>blind

19 Or a man that is brokenfooted, or brokenhanded,

20 Or crookbackt, or a dwarf, or that hath a blemish in his eye, or be scurvy, or scabbed, or hath his stones broken;

21 No man that hath a blemish of the seed of Aaron the priest shall come nigh to offer the offerings of the LORD made by fire: he hath a blemish; he shall not come nigh to offer the bread of his God.

<>the offerings of the LORD made by fire

22 He shall eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy, and of the holy.

23 Only he shall not go in unto the vail, nor come nigh unto the altar, because he hath a blemish; that he profane not my sanctuaries: for I the LORD do sanctify them.

<>he shall not go in unto the vail … because he hath a blemish; that he profane not my sanctuaries, <>vail, <>the altar, <>-ies … them

24 And Moses told it unto Aaron, and to his sons, and unto all the children of Israel.

<>v. 24, <>children, <>Israel

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