A repetition of various laws.
1AND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
2Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye ashall be holy: for I the LORD your God am holy.
a ch. 11.44,45; 20.7,26. 1Pe. 1.15,16. Mat. 5.48. 2Co. 7.1.
3¶Ye shall bfear every man his mother, and his father, and ckeep my sabbaths: I am the LORD your God.
b Ex. 20.12. Pr. 1.8. v.32. Ep. 6.1. c Ex. 20.8; 31.13,15. ch. 23.32. Is. 58.13; 56.2,4,6.
4¶Turn dye not unto idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I am the LORD your God.
d Ex. 20.3,4,23; 32.8,31; 34.17. De. 27.15. Hab. 2.18. 1Jn. 5.21. ch. 26.1.
5¶And if ye eoffer a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the LORD, ye shall offer it at your own will.
e ch. 3.1; 7.15-18.
6It fshall 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.
f ch. 7.16-18. 2Co. 6.2. Ro. 6.3,4. 1Co. 10.16. Col. 2.17,20. Is. 66.3.
7And if it be eaten at all on the third day, it is abominable; it shall not be accepted.
8Therefore every one that eateth it shall bear his iniquity, because he hath profaned the hallowed thing of the LORD: and that soul shall be gcut off from among his people.
g Ge. 17.14. ch. 7.25,27; 17.4,9,10,14.
9¶And when hye 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.
*gleanings-crop dropped by the reapers at harvest time.
h ch. 23.22. De. 24.19-22. Ru. 2.2,7,8,15,16.
10And thou shalt not i*glean thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather every grape of thy vineyard; jthou shalt leave them for the poor and stranger: I am the LORD your God.
*glean-collect what the reapers drop at harvest time.
i De. 24.19-22. j Ex. 23.11,25. ch. 23.22. Ps. 112.9. Pr. 22.9; 19.17; 28.27; 31.20; 14.21,31; 29.7,14. De. 10.18; 26.11-14. Mat. 5.48.
11¶Ye kshall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.
k ch. 6.2. Ex. 20.15,17; 22.1,7,10. Ac. 5.3. Ep. 4.25,28. Zec. 8.16,17.
12¶And ye shall not lswear by my name falsely, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD.
l Ex. 20.7. De. 5.11. Je. 4.2. Zec. 5.4. Mat. 5.34. Ja. 5.12.
13¶Thou mshalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob him : nthe wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.
m Lu. 3.14. 1Th. 4.6. Eze. 22.29. Je. 22.3,13. ch. 6.2,4. n Ja. 5.4. De. 24.14,15. Je. 22.13. Mal. 3.5. Job 31.39.
14¶Thou oshalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumblingblock before the blind, but shalt fear thy God: I am the LORD.
o De. 27.18. Ro. 12.14; 14.13. 1Co. 8.9-13. Re. 2.14.
15¶Ye pshall 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.
p v.35,36. De. 1.17; 16.19; 25.16; 27.19. Ps. 82.2. Ex. 23.3. 2Ch. 19.6,7,9. Pr. 24.23. Ja. 2.9.
16¶Thou qshalt 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.
q Ex. 20.16; 23.1. Pr. 11.13; 29.19. Je. 6.28; 9.4. Eze. 22.9. 2Ti. 3.3. 1Ti. 3.11. Ps. 15.3; 140.11.
17¶Thou rshalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: sthou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, 1and not suffer sin upon him.
1Or, that thou bear not sin for him, Ro. 1.32. 1Co. 5.2. Ep. 5.11. 1Ti. 5.22. 2Jn. 10,11.
r 1Jn. 2.9,11; 3.15. Mat. 22.39. s Mat. 18.15-17. Ga. 6.1. 1Ti. 5.20. Ep. 5.11. Lu. 17.3.
18¶Thou tshalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but uthou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the LORD.
t Ro. 12.17,19. Pr. 20.22. 2Sa. 13.22. Mat. 22.39. Ga. 5.14. Ja. 2.8. v.34. He. 10.30. u Ro. 13.9. Mat. 5.43; 19.19. Mar. 12.31. Lu. 10.27.
19¶Ye shall keep my statutes. vThou 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.
*gender-produce.
v De. 22.9-11; 12.32. 2Co. 6.14-17. Ga. 3.9-11. Mat. 9.16,17.
20¶And whosoever wlieth carnally with a woman, that is a bondmaid, 2betrothed to an husband, and not at all redeemed, nor freedom given her; 3she shall be scourged; they xshall not be put to death, because she was not free.
2Or, abused by any. Heb. reproached by or for man.
3Or, they. Heb. there shall be a scourging.
w ch. 18.22. Ge. 4.1; 38.18. x De. 22.24. Ex. 21.20,21.
21And he shall bring his ytrespass offering unto the LORD, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, even a ram for a trespass offering.
y ch. 5; 6. Is. 53.10,11. 2Co. 5.21.
22And zthe 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.
z ch. 4.35.
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 auncircumcised: bthree years shall it be as uncircumcised unto you: it shall not be eaten of.
*manner-kind, sort.
a Ex. 6.12. b Ex. 4.25; 22.29,30; 29.30,35,37. ch. 22.27; 8.33; 12.2.
24But in the fourth year all the fruit thereof shall be 4holy to praise the LORD withal .
4Heb. holiness of praises to the LORD, Nu. 18.12,13. De. 18.4; 14.28.
25And in the fifth year cshall ye eat of the fruit thereof, that it may yield unto you the increase thereof: I am the LORD your God.
c ch. 26.3,4. Pr. 3.9,10; 19.17. Ec. 11.1,2.
26¶Ye dshall not eat any thing with the blood: neither shall ye euse enchantment, nor fobserve times.
d Ge. 9.4. ch. 3.17; 7.26; 17.10,14. De. 12.23. 1Sa. 14.33,34. e De. 18.10,11. Ex. 22.18. ch. 20.27. v.31. 2Ki. 17.17; 21.6. 1Sa. 15.23. f De. 18.14.
27Ye gshall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard.
g ch. 21.5. Is. 15.2. Je. 9.26; 10.3; 16.6; 48.37. Eze. 7.18; 21.6,7; 44.20. Ro. 12.2.
28Ye shall not hmake any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the LORD.
h De. 14.1,2. Je. 16.6,7; 48.37; 41.7; 47.5. 1Ki. 18.28. 1Th. 4.13. Ro. 12.2. ch. 21.4,5.
29¶Do inot 5prostitute thy daughter, to cause her to be a whore; lest the land fall to whoredom, and the land become full of wickedness.
5Heb. profane.
i 1Co. 6.9,10,15; 3.16,17. ch. 21.7. De. 23.17. Ho. 4.11-14. He. 13.4. Col. 3.5.
30¶Ye shall jkeep my sabbaths, and kreverence my sanctuary: I am the LORD.
j v.3. ch. 26.2. k Ge. 28.16,17. Ec. 5.1. Jn. 2.15,16. Ps. 89.7.
31¶lRegard not them that have *familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the LORD your God.
*familiar spirits-demons supposed to be in, or under the power of, a man.
l v.26. ch. 20.6,27. De. 18.11. 1Sa. 28.3,7,9. Ac. 16.16. 2Ch. 33.6. Is. 8.19. Ex. 22.18.
32¶Thou shalt mrise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the LORD.
m 1Ki. 2.19. Pr. 20.29; 31.28. De. 28.50. La. 5.12.
33¶And nif a stranger *sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not 6vex him.
*sojourn-dwell for a time.
6Or, oppress.
n Ex. 22.21; 23.8,9,12; 12.48,49. ch. 25.35. De. 10.19; 1.16; 24.14. Mat. 22.39.
34But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you oas one born among you, and pthou shalt love him as thyself; for ye qwere strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.
o Ex. 12.19,48,49. ch. 24.16,22. Nu. 9.14; 15.15,16,29; 19.10; 35.15. De. 31.11; 29.11. p De. 10.19. q Ge. 15.13. Ex. 23.9; 22.21.
35¶Ye rshall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in *meteyard, in weight, or in measure.
*meteyard-measuring rod.
r v.15. Ex. 23.15. De. 25.13-15. Eze. 22.7,12,13. Am. 8.5,6. Mat. 7.2. Pr. 11.1; 16.11; 20.10.
36sJust balances, just 7weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: tI am the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt.
7Heb. stones.
s De. 25.13,15. t Ex. 20.2; 16.6; 29.46. ch. 26.13. De. 5.6; 13.5,10; 20.1. Ju. 2.12.
37Therefore ushall ye observe all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: I am the LORD.
u ch. 18.4,5. Mat. 28.18-20. 2Ti. 3.16,17. De. 4.1,2; 6.1,2; 8.1; 12.32; 11.32; 5.32,33.