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Text -- Leviticus 19:23-37 (NET)
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The Produce of Fruit Trees
19:23 “‘When you enter the land and plant any fruit tree , you must consider its fruit to be forbidden . Three years it will be forbidden to you; it must not be eaten .
19:24 In the fourth year all its fruit will be holy , praise offerings to the Lord .
19:25 Then in the fifth year you may eat its fruit to add its produce to your harvest. I am the Lord your God .
Blood, Hair, and Body
19:26 “‘You must not eat anything with the blood still in it. You must not practice either divination or soothsaying .
19:27 You must not round off the corners of the hair on your head or ruin the corners of your beard .
19:28 You must not slash your body for a dead person or incise a tattoo on yourself. I am the Lord .
19:29 Do not profane your daughter by making her a prostitute , so that the land does not practice prostitution and become full of lewdness .
Purity, Honor, Respect, and Honesty
19:30 “‘You must keep my Sabbaths and fear my sanctuary . I am the Lord .
19:31 Do not turn to the spirits of the dead and do not seek familiar spirits to become unclean by them. I am the Lord your God .
19:32 You must stand up in the presence of the aged , honor the presence of an elder , and fear your God . I am the Lord .
19:33 When a foreigner resides with you in your land , you must not oppress him.
19:34 The foreigner who resides with you must be to you like a native citizen among you; so you must love him as yourself , because you were foreigners in the land of Egypt . I am the Lord your God .
19:35 You must not do injustice in the regulation of measures , whether of length, weight , or volume .
19:36 You must have honest balances , honest weights , an honest ephah , and an honest hin . I am the Lord your God who brought you out from the land of Egypt .
19:37 You must be sure to obey all my statutes and regulations . I am the Lord .’”
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Israel |
PENTATEUCH, 3 |
PENTATEUCH, 2B |
LEVITICUS, 2 |
LEVITICUS, 1 |
GENESIS, 1-2 |
LAW IN THE OLD TESTAMENT |
FIRST-FRUITS |
Foreskin |
Sorcery |
LAW OF MOSES |
Hospitality |
DIVINATION |
CIRCUMCISION |
RELATIONSHIPS, FAMILY |
Reverence |
Horticulture |
Measure |
Agriculture |
Honesty |
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NET Notes: Lev 19:24 See B. A. Levine, Leviticus (JPSTC), 132, where the translation reads “set aside for jubilation”; a special celebration before the Lord.
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NET Notes: Lev 19:25 Heb “to add to you its produce.” The rendering here assumes that the point of this clause is simply that finally being allowed to eat the ...
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NET Notes: Lev 19:26 Heb “You shall not practice divination and you shall not practice soothsaying”; cf. NRSV “practice augury or witchcraft.” For ...
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NET Notes: Lev 19:27 Heb “and you [singular] shall not ruin the corner of your [singular] beard.” Smr, LXX, Syriac, and Tg. Ps.-J. have the plural pronouns (i....
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NET Notes: Lev 19:29 Heb “and the land become full of lewdness.” Regarding the term “lewdness,” see the note on Lev 18:17 above.
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NET Notes: Lev 19:31 The prohibition here concerns those who would seek special knowledge through the spirits of the dead, whether the dead in general or dead relatives in...
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NET Notes: Lev 19:34 Heb “and.” The Hebrew conjunction ו (vav, “and”) can be considered to have resultative force here.
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NET Notes: Lev 19:35 That is, liquid capacity (HALOT 640 s.v. מְשׂוּרָה). Cf. ASV, NIV, NRSV, TEV “quantityR...
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NET Notes: Lev 19:36 An ephah is a dry measure which measures about four gallons, or perhaps one third of a bushel, while a hin is a liquid measure of about 3.6 liters (= ...
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