1 The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
2 "Speak to the whole congregation of the children of Israel and tell them: You shall be holy, for I the LORD your God am holy.
3 Each of you must revere his mother and his father, and keep my Sabbaths. I am the LORD your God.
4 Do not turn to worthless idols, and do not make molten gods for yourselves. I am the LORD your God.
5 "When you offer a sacrifice of peace offerings to the LORD, offer it in such a way that you will be accepted.
6 It must be eaten on the day you offer it or the day after, and whatever is left until the third day must be burned up with fire.
7 If any of it is eaten on the third day, it is tainted meat; it will not be accepted.
8 Whoever eats it shall bear his iniquity, for he has profaned the holy thing of the LORD; that person shall be cut off from his people.
9 "When you reap the harvest of your land, do not reap all the way to the edge of your field, and do not gather what is left after your harvest.
10 Do not glean your vineyard bare or gather the grapes that have fallen in your vineyard; leave them for the poor and the stranger. I am the LORD your God.
11 "You must not steal, you must not deceive, and you must not lie to one another.
12 You must not swear falsely by my name, so profaning the name of your God. I am the LORD.
13 "Do not oppress your neighbor and do not rob him. The wages of a hired man must not stay with you overnight until morning.
14 Do not curse a deaf man, and do not put an obstacle in front of a blind man; but fear your God. I am the LORD.
15 "Do no wrong in judgment. Do not favor the poor or honor the powerful; judge your neighbor with righteousness.
16 Do not go about spreading slander among your people, and do not take a stand against the blood of your neighbor. I am the LORD.
17 "Do not hate your brother in your heart. Rebuke your neighbor frankly, so that you will not incur sin because of him.
18 Do not take revenge or hold a grudge against the sons of your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD.
19 "Keep my statutes. Do not mate two kinds of your livestock; do not sow your field with two kinds of seed; and do not put on a garment made of two kinds of material.
20 "If a man lies carnally with a woman who is a slave girl, assigned to another man but not at all redeemed nor given her freedom, there shall be an inquiry; they shall not be put to death, because she had not been set free.
21 He shall bring his guilt offering to the LORD at the entrance of the tent of meeting, a ram as a guilt offering.
22 With the ram of the guilt offering the priest shall make atonement for him before the LORD for the sin he has committed, and the sin he has committed will be forgiven him.
23 "When you come into the land and plant any tree for food, you shall count its fruit as its foreskin; for three years it shall be uncircumcised for you, not to be eaten.
24 In the fourth year all its fruit shall be holy, a praise offering to the LORD.
25 In the fifth year you may eat its fruit, so that its yield may increase for you. I am the LORD your God.
26 "Do not eat anything with its blood. Do not practice divination or tell fortunes.
27 Do not round off the corners of your head or spoil the corners of your beard.
28 Do not cut your flesh for the dead or mark yourselves with tattoos. I am the LORD.
29 "Do not degrade your daughter by making her a harlot, lest the land turn to harlotry and the land be filled with lewdness.
30 Keep my Sabbaths and revere my sanctuary. I am the LORD.
31 "Do not turn to mediums, and do not seek out those who consult spirits, becoming unclean through them. I am the LORD your God.
32 "Stand up in the presence of the gray-haired, show honor to the elderly, and fear your God. I am the LORD.
33 "When a stranger lives with you in your land, do not wrong him.
34 The stranger who lives with you is to be treated like a native among you, and you shall love him as yourself, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.
35 "Do no wrong in judgment, in length, in weight, or in volume.
36 You are to have honest scales, honest weights, an honest ephah, and an honest hin. I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
37 Keep all my statutes and all my judgments and do them. I am the LORD."