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Leviticus 19:1-13 Modern English Version (MEV)

1. And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

2. Speak to all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say to them: You shall be holy, for I the Lord your God am holy.

3. Every one of you shall revere his mother and his father, and you will keep My Sabbaths: I am the Lord your God.

4. Do not turn to idols, nor make for yourselves cast metal gods: I am the Lord your God.

5. When you offer a sacrifice of peace offerings to the Lord, you shall offer it so that you might be accepted.

6. It shall be eaten the same day you offer it or on the next day, and if any remains until the third day, it shall be burned in the fire.

7. If it is eaten at all on the third day, then it is contaminated. It shall not be accepted.

8. Therefore everyone who eats it shall bear his iniquity, because he has defiled what is holy of the Lord, and that person shall be cut off from among his people.

9. When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap up to the edge of your field, nor shall you gather the gleanings of your harvest.

10. You shall not glean bare your vineyard, nor shall you gather every fallen grape of your vineyard. You shall leave them for the poor and stranger: I am the Lord your God.

11. You shall not steal, nor deal falsely, nor lie to one another.

12. You shall not swear falsely by My name, and so defile the name of your God: I am the Lord.

13. You shall not defraud your neighbor or rob him. The wages of him who is hired shall not stay with you all night until the morning.

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