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Text -- Leviticus 19:5-37 (NET)
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Eating the Peace Offering
19:5 “‘When you sacrifice a peace offering sacrifice to the Lord , you must sacrifice it so that it is accepted for you.
19:6 It must be eaten on the day of your sacrifice and on the following day , but what is left over until the third day must be burned up .
19:7 If , however, it is eaten on the third day , it is spoiled , it will not be accepted ,
19:8 and the one who eats it will bear his punishment for iniquity because he has profaned what is holy to the Lord . That person will be cut off from his people .
Leaving the Gleanings
19:9 “‘When you gather in the harvest of your land , you must not completely harvest the corner of your field , and you must not gather up the gleanings of your harvest .
19:10 You must not pick your vineyard bare , and you must not gather up the fallen grapes of your vineyard . You must leave them for the poor and the foreigner . I am the Lord your God .
Dealing Honestly
19:11 “‘You must not steal , you must not tell lies , and you must not deal falsely with your fellow citizen .
19:12 You must not swear falsely in my name , so that you do not profane the name of your God . I am the Lord .
19:13 You must not oppress your neighbor or commit robbery against him. You must not withhold the wages of the hired laborer overnight until morning .
19:14 You must not curse a deaf person or put a stumbling block in front of a blind person . You must fear your God ; I am the Lord .
Justice, Love, and Propriety
19:15 “‘You must not deal unjustly in judgment : you must neither show partiality to the poor nor honor the rich . You must judge your fellow citizen fairly .
19:16 You must not go about as a slanderer among your people . You must not stand idly by when your neighbor’s life is at stake. I am the Lord .
19:17 You must not hate your brother in your heart . You must surely reprove your fellow citizen so that you do not incur sin on account of him.
19:18 You must not take vengeance or bear a grudge against the children of your people , but you must love your neighbor as yourself . I am the Lord .
19:19 You must keep my statutes . You must not allow two different kinds of your animals to breed , you must not sow your field with two different kinds of seed , and you must not wear a garment made of two different kinds of fabric .
Lying with a Slave Woman
19:20 “‘When a man has sexual intercourse with a woman , although she is a slave woman designated for another man and she has not yet been ransomed , or freedom has not been granted to her, there will be an obligation to pay compensation . They must not be put to death , because she was not free .
19:21 He must bring his guilt offering to the Lord at the entrance of the Meeting Tent , a guilt offering ram ,
19:22 and the priest is to make atonement for him with the ram of the guilt offering before the Lord for his sin that he has committed , and he will be forgiven of his sin that he has committed .
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:
PENTATEUCH, 3 |
LAW IN THE OLD TESTAMENT |
GENESIS, 1-2 |
Israel |
PENTATEUCH, 2B |
LEVITICUS, 2 |
LEVITICUS, 1 |
Poor |
Agriculture |
Adultery |
Neighbor |
FIRST-FRUITS |
LAW OF MOSES |
Hospitality |
Justice |
Church |
Sanitation |
Servant |
CORNER |
Foreskin |
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NET Notes -> Lev 19:5; Lev 19:6; Lev 19:6; Lev 19:7; Lev 19:7; Lev 19:8; Lev 19:8; Lev 19:8; Lev 19:8; Lev 19:9; Lev 19:9; Lev 19:10; Lev 19:11; Lev 19:12; Lev 19:12; Lev 19:13; Lev 19:13; Lev 19:14; Lev 19:14; Lev 19:15; Lev 19:15; Lev 19:15; Lev 19:15; Lev 19:16; Lev 19:16; Lev 19:17; Lev 19:18; Lev 19:18; Lev 19:19; Lev 19:19; Lev 19:19; Lev 19:20; Lev 19:20; Lev 19:21; Lev 19:22; Lev 19:22; Lev 19:22; Lev 19:23; Lev 19:23; Lev 19:23; Lev 19:24; Lev 19:25; Lev 19:26; Lev 19:26; Lev 19:27; Lev 19:28; Lev 19:28; Lev 19:29; Lev 19:29; Lev 19:31; Lev 19:33; Lev 19:34; Lev 19:35; Lev 19:36; Lev 19:36; Lev 19:37
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NET Notes: Lev 19:6 Heb “shall be burned with fire”; KJV “shall be burnt in the fire.” Because “to burn with fire” is redundant in con...
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NET Notes: Lev 19:7 Or “desecrated,” or “defiled,” or “forbidden.” For this difficult term see J. Milgrom, Leviticus (AB), 1:422, on L...
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NET Notes: Lev 19:13 Heb “hold back with you”; perhaps “hold back for yourself” (cf. NRSV “keep for yourself”).
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NET Notes: Lev 19:14 Heb “And you shall fear.” Many English versions (e.g., KJV, ASV, NAB, NASB, NIV) regard the Hebrew conjunction ו (vav, “and...
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NET Notes: Lev 19:16 Heb “You shall not stand on the blood of your neighbor.” This part of the verse is also difficult to interpret. The rendering here suggest...
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NET Notes: Lev 19:17 Heb “and you will not lift up on him sin.” The meaning of the line is somewhat obscure. It means either (1) that one should rebuke oneR...
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NET Notes: Lev 19:18 Some scholars make a distinction between the verb אָהַב (’ahav, “to love”) with the direct object and ...
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NET Notes: Lev 19:19 Cf. Deut 22:11 where the Hebrew term translated “two different kinds” (כִּלְאַיִ...
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NET Notes: Lev 19:20 That is, the woman had previously been assigned for marriage to another man but the marriage deal had not yet been consummated. In the meantime, the w...
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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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