Leviticus 19:1

THE MESSAGE

God spoke to Moses: "Speak to the congregation of Israel. Tell them, Be holy because I, God , your God, am holy.

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
The LORD spoke to Moshe, saying,

King James Version
And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

Lexham English Bible
Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

New Century Version
The Lord said to Moses,

New English Translation
The Lord spoke to Moses:

Amplified Bible
Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

New American Standard Bible
Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying:

Geneva Bible (1587)
And the Lorde spake vnto Moses, saying,

Legacy Standard Bible
Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying:

Contemporary English Version
The Lord told Moses

Complete Jewish Bible
[In regular years read with Parashah 29, in leap years read separately] Adonai said to Moshe,

Darby Translation
And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

Easy-to-Read Version
The Lord said to Moses,

English Standard Version
And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

George Lamsa Translation
AND the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

Good News Translation
The Lord told Moses

Christian Standard Bible®
The Lord spoke to Moses:

Literal Translation
And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And the LORDE talked with Moses, and sayde:

American Standard Version
And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,

Bible in Basic English
And the Lord said to Moses,

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses, saying:

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying:

King James Version (1611)
And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

English Revised Version
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

Berean Standard Bible
Then the LORD said to Moses,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
The Lord spak to Moises, and seide,

Young's Literal Translation
And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,

Update Bible Version
And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

Webster's Bible Translation
And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

World English Bible
Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

New King James Version
And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

New Living Translation
The Lord also said to Moses,

New Life Bible
The Lord said to Moses,

New Revised Standard
The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And Yahweh spake unto Moses, saying:

Douay-Rheims Bible
The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

Revised Standard Version
And the LORD said to Moses,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying:

Contextual Overview

¹ God spoke to Moses: "Speak to the congregation of Israel. Tell them, Be holy because I, God , your God, am holy. ³ "Every one of you must respect his mother and father. "Keep my Sabbaths. I am God , your God. ⁴ "Don't take up with no-god idols. Don't make gods of cast metal. I am God , your God. ⁵"When you sacrifice a Peace-Offering to God , do it as you've been taught so it is acceptable. Eat it on the day you sacrifice it and the day following. Whatever is left until the third day is to be burned up. If it is eaten on the third day it is polluted meat and not acceptable. Whoever eats it will be held responsible because he has violated what is holy to God . That person will be cut off from his people. ⁹"When you harvest your land, don't harvest right up to the edges of your field or gather the gleanings from the harvest. Don't strip your vineyard bare or go back and pick up the fallen grapes. Leave them for the poor and the foreigner. I am God , your God.

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Cross-References

Genesis 18:22
The men set out for Sodom, but Abraham stood in God 's path, blocking his way.

Genesis 19:1
The two angels arrived at Sodom in the evening. Lot was sitting at the city gate. He saw them and got up to welcome them, bowing before them and said, "Please, my friends, come to my house and stay the night. Wash up. You can rise early and be on your way refreshed." They said, "No, we'll sleep in the street."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the Lord spake unto Moses,.... About the same, or quickly after he had delivered the above laws to him; and there are many in this chapter, which were before given, and here repeated:

saying; as follows.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

CHAPTER XIX

Exhortations to holiness, and a repetition of various laws,

1, 2

Duty to parents, and observance of the Sabbath, 3.

Against idolatry, 4.

Concerning peace-offerings, 5-8.

The gleanings of the harvest and vintage to be left for the

poor, 9, 10.

Against stealing and lying, 11;

false swearing, 12;

defrauding the hireling, 13.

Laws in behalf of the deaf and the blind, 14.

Against respect of persons in judgment, 15;

tale-bearing, 16;

hatred and uncharitableness, 17;

revenge, 18;

unlawful mixtures in cattle, seed, and garments, 19.

Laws relative to the bondmaid that is betrothed, 20-22.

The fruit of the trees of the land not to be eaten for the

first three years, 23;

but this is lawful in the fourth and fifth years, 24, 25.

Against eating of blood, and using incantations, 26;

superstitious cutting of the hair, 27;

and cutting of the flesh in the times of mourning, 28;

prostitution, 29.

Sabbaths to be reverenced, 30.

Against consulting those who are wizards, and have familiar

spirits, 31.

Respect must be shown to the aged, 32.

The stranger shall not be oppressed, 33, 34.

They shall keep just measures, weights, and balances, 35, 36.

Conclusion, 37.

NOTES ON CHAP. XIX