Leviticus

Contains rules and instructions for rituals, offerings, and how to live a holy life.

Chapter 19

KJV: And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

Geneva: And the Lorde spake vnto Moses, saying,

KJV: Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be holy: for I the LORD your God am holy.

Geneva: Speake vnto all the Congregation of the children of Israel, and say vnto them, Ye shalbe holy, for I the Lord your God am holy.

KJV: Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the LORD your God.

Geneva: Yee shall feare euery man his mother and his father, and shall keepe my Sabbaths: for I am the Lord your God.

KJV: Turn ye not unto idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I am the LORD your God.

Geneva: Ye shall not turne vnto idoles, nor make you molten gods: I am the Lord your God.

KJV: And if ye offer a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the LORD, ye shall offer it at your own will.

Geneva: And when yee shall offer a peace offering vnto the Lord, ye shall offer it freely.

KJV: It shall be eaten the same day ye offer it, and on the morrow: and if ought remain until the third day, it shall be burnt in the fire.

Geneva: It shall be eaten the day yee offer it, or on the morowe: and that which remaineth vntill the third day, shalbe burnt in the fire.

KJV: And if it be eaten at all on the third day, it is abominable; it shall not be accepted.

Geneva: For if it be eaten the third day, it shall be vncleane, it shall not be accepted.

KJV: Therefore every one that eateth it shall bear his iniquity, because he hath profaned the hallowed thing of the LORD: and that soul shall be cut off from among his people.

Geneva: Therefore he that eateth it, shal beare his iniquitie, because he hath defiled the halowed thing of the Lorde, and that person shalbe cut off from his people.

KJV: And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the gleanings of thy harvest.

Geneva: When yee reape the haruest of your land, ye shal not reape euery corner of your field, neither shalt thou gather the glainings of thy haruest.

KJV: And thou shalt not glean thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather every grape of thy vineyard; thou shalt leave them for the poor and stranger: I am the LORD your God.

Geneva: Thou shalt not gather the grapes of thy vineyarde cleane, neyther gather euery grape of thy vineyarde, but thou shalt leaue them for the poore and for the straunger: I am the Lorde your God.

KJV: Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.

Geneva: Ye shall not steale, neither deale falsely, neither lie one to another.

KJV: And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD.

Geneva: Also yee shall not sweare by my name falsely, neither shalt thou defile the name of thy God: I am the Lord.

KJV: Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob him: the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.

Geneva: Thou shalt not do thy neighbour wrong, neither rob him. The workemans hire shal not abide with thee vntil the morning.

KJV: Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumblingblock before the blind, but shalt fear thy God: I am the LORD.

Geneva: Thou shalt not curse the deafe, neither put a stumbling blocke before the blinde, but shalt feare thy God: I am the Lord.

KJV: Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.

Geneva: Ye shall not doe vniustly in iudgement. Thou shalt not fauour the person of the poore, nor honour the person of the mightie, but thou shalt iudge thy neighbour iustly.

KJV: Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbour: I am the LORD.

Geneva: Thou shalt not walke about with tales among thy people. Thou shalt not stand against the blood of thy neighbour: I am the Lord.

KJV: Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him.

Geneva: Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart, but thou shalt plainely rebuke thy neighbour, and suffer him not to sinne.

KJV: Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the LORD.

Geneva: Thou shalt not auenge, nor be mindful of wrong against ye childre of thy people, but shalt loue thy neighbour as thy selfe: I am the Lord.

KJV: Ye shall keep my statutes. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a diverse kind: thou shalt not sow thy field with mingled seed: neither shall a garment mingled of linen and woollen come upon thee.

Geneva: Yee shall keepe mine ordinances. Thou shalt not let thy cattel gender with others of diuers kindes. Thou shalt not sowe thy fielde with mingled seede, neyther shall a garment of diuers thinges, as of linen and wollen come vpon thee.

KJV: And whosoever lieth carnally with a woman, that is a bondmaid, betrothed to an husband, and not at all redeemed, nor freedom given her; she shall be scourged; they shall not be put to death, because she was not free.

Geneva: Whosoeuer also lyeth and medleth with a woman that is a bonde mayde, affianced to a husbande, and not redeemed, nor freedome giuen her, she shalbe scourged, but they shall not die, because she is not made free.

KJV: And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the LORD, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, even a ram for a trespass offering.

Geneva: And he shall bring for his trespasse offring vnto the Lorde, at the doore of the Tabernacle of the Congregation, a ramme for a trespasse offering.

KJV: And the priest shall make an atonement for him with the ram of the trespass offering before the LORD for his sin which he hath done: and the sin which he hath done shall be forgiven him.

Geneva: Then the Priest shall make an atonement for him with the ramme of the trespasse offering before the Lorde, concerning his sinne which he hath done, and pardon shalbe giuen him for his sinne which he hath committed.

KJV: And when ye shall come into the land, and shall have planted all manner of trees for food, then ye shall count the fruit thereof as uncircumcised: three years shall it be as uncircumcised unto you: it shall not be eaten of.

Geneva: Also when ye shall come into the land, & haue planted euery tree for meate, ye shal count the fruite thereof as vncircumcised: three yeere shall it be vncircumcised vnto you, it shall not be eaten:

KJV: But in the fourth year all the fruit thereof shall be holy to praise the LORD withal.

Geneva: But in the fourth yere all the fruite thereof shalbe holy to the praise of the Lorde.

KJV: And in the fifth year shall ye eat of the fruit thereof, that it may yield unto you the increase thereof: I am the LORD your God.

Geneva: And in the fifth yeere shall ye eate of the fruite of it that it may yeelde to you the encrease thereof: I am the Lorde your God.

KJV: Ye shall not eat any thing with the blood: neither shall ye use enchantment, nor observe times.

Geneva: Ye shal not eat the flesh with the blood, ye shall not vse witchcraft, nor obserue times.

KJV: Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard.

Geneva: Ye shall not cut rounde the corners of your heades, neither shalt thou marre the tuftes of thy beard.

KJV: Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the LORD.

Geneva: Ye shal not cut your flesh for the dead, nor make any print of a marke vpon you: I am the Lorde,

KJV: Do not prostitute thy daughter, to cause her to be a whore; lest the land fall to whoredom, and the land become full of wickedness.

Geneva: Thou shalt not make thy daughter common, to cause her to be a whore, least the lande also fall to whoredome, and the lande bee full of wickednesse.

KJV: Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the LORD.

Geneva: Ye shall keepe my Sabbaths and reuerence my Sanctuarie: I am the Lorde.

KJV: Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the LORD your God.

Geneva: Ye shall not regarde them that worke with spirites, neither soothsayers: ye shall not seeke to them to be defiled by them: I am the Lorde your God.

KJV: Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the LORD.

Geneva: Thou shalt rise vp before the horehead, and honour the person of the old man, and dread thy God: I am the Lorde.

KJV: And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex him.

Geneva: And if a stranger soiourne with thee in your lande, ye shall not vexe him.

KJV: But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.

Geneva: But the stranger that dwelleth with you, shalbe as one of your selues, and thou shalt loue him as thy selfe: for ye were strangers in the lad of Egypt: I am the Lorde your God.

KJV: Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure.

Geneva: Ye shall not doe vniustly in iudgement, in line, in weight, or in measure.

KJV: Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I am the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt.

Geneva: You shall haue iust ballances, true weightes, a true Ephah, and a true Hin. I am the Lorde your God, which haue brought you out of the lande of Egypt.

KJV: Therefore shall ye observe all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: I am the LORD.

Geneva: Therefore shall ye obserue all mine ordinances, and all my iudgements, and doe them: I am the Lorde.

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