You Shall Keep My Statutes

Leviticus 19

19 u "You shall keep my statutes. You shall not let your cattle breed with a different kind. v You shall not sow your field with two kinds of seed, nor shall you wear a garment of cloth made of two kinds of material.

20 "If a man lies sexually with a woman who is a slave, assigned to another man and not yet ransomed or given her freedom, a distinction shall be made. They shall not be put to death, because she was not free; 21 but w he shall bring his compensation to the Lord, to the entrance of the tent of meeting, a ram for a guilt offering. 22 And the priest shall make atonement for him with the ram of the guilt offering before the Lord for his sin that he has committed, and he shall be forgiven for the sin that he has committed.

23 "When you come into the land and plant any kind of tree for food, then you shall regard its fruit as forbidden. 1 Three years it shall be forbidden to you; it must not be eaten. 24 And in the fourth year all its fruit shall be holy, an offering of praise to the Lord. 25 But in the fifth year you may eat of its fruit, to increase its yield for you: I am the Lord your God.

26 x "You shall not eat any flesh with the blood in it. y You shall not interpret omens or z tell fortunes. 27 a You shall not round off the hair on your temples or mar the edges of your beard. 28 You shall not make any b cuts on your body for the dead or tattoo yourselves: I am the Lord.

29 c "Do not profane your daughter by making her a prostitute, lest the land fall into prostitution and the land become full of depravity. 30 d You shall keep my Sabbaths and e reverence my sanctuary: I am the Lord.

31 f "Do not turn to mediums or necromancers; do not seek them out, and so make yourselves unclean by them: I am the Lord your God.

32 g "You shall stand up before the gray head and honor the face of an old man, and you shall h fear your God: I am the Lord.

33 i "When a stranger sojourns with you in your land, you shall not do him wrong. 34 j You shall treat the stranger who sojourns with you as the native among you, and k you shall love him as yourself, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.

35 l "You shall do no wrong in judgment, in measures of length or weight or quantity. 36 m You shall have just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin: 2 I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt. 37 And n you shall observe all my statutes and all my rules, and do them: I am the Lord."

  1. Cross References
    Leviticus 18:4 - 5
    You shall follow my rules and keep my statutes and walk in them. I am the Lord your God.
  2. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 22:9 - 11
    You shall not sow your vineyard with two kinds of seed, lest the whole yield be forfeited, the crop that you have sown and the yield of the vineyard.
  3. Cross References
    Leviticus 5:15
    If anyone commits a breach of faith and sins unintentionally in any of the holy things of the Lord, he shall bring to the Lord as his compensation, a ram without blemish out of the flock, valued in silver shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, for a guilt offering.
    Leviticus 6:6 - 7
    And he shall bring to the priest as his compensation to the Lord a ram without blemish out of the flock, or its equivalent for a guilt offering.
  4. Cross References
    Leviticus 3:17
    It shall be a statute forever throughout your generations, in all your dwelling places, that you eat neither fat nor blood.
  5. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 18:10
    There shall not be found among you anyone who burns his son or his daughter as an offering, anyone who practices divination or tells fortunes or interprets omens, or a sorcerer
    2 Kings 17:17
    And they burned their sons and their daughters as offerings and used divination and omens and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the Lord, provoking him to anger.
  6. Cross References
    2 Kings 21:6
    And he burned his son as an offering and used fortune-telling and omens and dealt with mediums and with necromancers. He did much evil in the sight of the Lord, provoking him to anger.
    2 Chronicles 33:6
    And he burned his sons as an offering in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, and used fortune-telling and omens and sorcery, and dealt with mediums and with necromancers. He did much evil in the sight of the Lord, provoking him to anger.
  7. Cross References
    Leviticus 21:5
    They shall not make bald patches on their heads, nor shave off the edges of their beards, nor make any cuts on their body.
    Isaiah 15:2
    He has gone up to the temple, and to Dibon, to the high places to weep; over Nebo and over Medeba Moab wails. On every head is baldness; every beard is shorn.
    Jeremiah 9:26
    Egypt, Judah, Edom, the sons of Ammon, Moab, and all who dwell in the desert who cut the corners of their hair, for all these nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in heart.
    Jeremiah 48:37
    For every head is shaved and every beard cut off. On all the hands are gashes, and around the waist is sackcloth.
  8. Cross References
    Leviticus 21:1
    And the Lord said to Moses, "Speak to the pries...
    Leviticus 21:4 - 5
    He shall not make himself unclean as a husband ...
    Deuteronomy 14:1
    You are the sons of the Lord your God. You shal...
    1 Kings 18:28
    And they cried aloud and cut themselves after t...
    Jeremiah 16:6
    Both great and small shall die in this land. Th...
    Jeremiah 41:5
    Eighty men arrived from Shechem and Shiloh and ...
    Jeremiah 47:5
    Baldness has come upon Gaza; Ashkelon has peris...
    Jeremiah 48:37
    For every head is shaved and every beard cut of...
  9. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 23:17
    None of the daughters of Israel shall be a cult prostitute, and none of the sons of Israel shall be a cult prostitute.
  10. Cross References
    Leviticus 19:3
    Every one of you shall revere his mother and his father, and you shall keep my Sabbaths: I am the Lord your God.
    Leviticus 26:2
    You shall keep my Sabbaths and reverence my sanctuary: I am the Lord.
    Exodus 20:8
    Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
  11. Cross References
    Ecclesiastes 5:1
    Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. To draw near to listen is better than to offer the sacrifice of fools, for they do not know that they are doing evil.
    Matthew 21:12 - 13
    And Jesus entered the temple and drove out all who sold and bought in the temple, and he overturned the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those who sold pigeons.
    Mark 11:15 - 17
    And they came to Jerusalem. And he entered the temple and began to drive out those who sold and those who bought in the temple, and he overturned the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those who sold pigeons.
    Luke 19:45 - 46
    And he entered the temple and began to drive out those who sold.
    John 2:14 - 16
    In the temple he found those who were selling oxen and sheep and pigeons, and the money-changers sitting there.
  12. Cross References
    Leviticus 20:6
    If a person turns to mediums and necromancers, ...
    Leviticus 20:27
    "A man or a woman who is a medium or a necroman...
    Deuteronomy 18:11
    Or a charmer or a medium or a necromancer or on...
    Isaiah 8:19
    And when they say to you, "Inquire of the mediu...
    Exodus 22:18
    You shall not permit a sorceress to live.
    1 Samuel 28:3
    Now Samuel had died, and all Israel had mourned...
    1 Samuel 28:7
    Then Saul said to his servants, "Seek out for m...
    1 Samuel 28:9
    The woman said to him, "Surely you know what Sa...
    1 Chronicles 10:13
    So Saul died for his breach of faith. He broke ...
    Acts 16:16
    As we were going to the place of prayer, we wer...
  13. Cross References
    Proverbs 20:29
    The glory of young men is their strength, but the splendor of old men is their gray hair.
    Lamentations 5:12
    Princes are hung up by their hands; no respect is shown to the elders.
  14. Cross References
    Leviticus 19:14
    You shall not curse the deaf or put a stumbling block before the blind, but you shall fear your God: I am the Lord.
  15. Cross References
    Exodus 22:21
    You shall not wrong a sojourner or oppress him, for you were sojourners in the land of Egypt.
    Exodus 23:9
    You shall not oppress a sojourner. You know the heart of a sojourner, for you were sojourners in the land of Egypt.
    Malachi 3:5
    Then I will draw near to you for judgment. I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those who oppress the hired worker in his wages, the widow and the fatherless, against those who thrust aside the sojourner, and do not fear me, says the Lord of hosts.
  16. Cross References
    Leviticus 16:29
    And it shall be a statute to you forever that in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall afflict yourselves and shall do no work, either the native or the stranger who sojourns among you.
  17. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 10:19
    Love the sojourner, therefore, for you were sojourners in the land of Egypt.
    Leviticus 19:18
    You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against the sons of your own people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the Lord.
  18. Cross References
    Leviticus 19:15
    You shall do no injustice in court. You shall not be partial to the poor or defer to the great, but in righteousness shall you judge your neighbor.
  19. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 25:13
    You shall not have in your bag two kinds of wei...
    Deuteronomy 25:15
    A full and fair weight you shall have, a full a...
    Proverbs 11:1
    A false balance is an abomination to the Lord, ...
    Proverbs 16:11
    A just balance and scales are the Lord 's; all ...
    Proverbs 20:10
    Unequal weights and unequal measures are both a...
    Ezekiel 45:10
    You shall have just balances, a just ephah, and...
    Amos 8:5
    Saying, "When will the new moon be over, that w...
    Micah 6:11
    Shall I acquit the man with wicked scales and w...
  20. Cross References
    Leviticus 18:4 - 5
    You shall follow my rules and keep my statutes and walk in them. I am the Lord your God.
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