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Leviticus Outline

      • Various laws on holiness (1-37)

        • Proper harvesting (9, 10)

        • Consideration for the deaf and the blind (14)

        • Slander (16)

        • Do not hold a grudge (18)

        • Magic and spiritism forbidden (26, 31)

        • Tattoos forbidden (28)

        • Respect for the elderly (32)

        • Treatment of foreigners (33, 34)

Leviticus 19:2

Marginal References

  • +Le 11:44; Isa 6:3; 1Pe 1:15, 16; Re 4:8

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower (Study),

    12/2021, p. 4

    The Watchtower,

    7/1/2009, p. 9

    8/1/1996, pp. 10-11

    11/1/1987, p. 11

    5/1/1977, p. 272

    2/15/1976, pp. 120-121

    Choosing, pp. 24-25

  • Publications Index

    w21.12 4; w09 7/1 9; w96 8/1 10-11; w87 11/1 11;

    bw 24-25; w77 272; w76 120-121

Leviticus 19:3

Footnotes

  • *

    Lit., “fear.”

Marginal References

  • +Ex 20:12; Eph 6:2; Heb 12:9
  • +Ex 20:8, 11; 31:13; Lu 6:5

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower (Study),

    12/2021, pp. 4-5, 8

    The Watchtower,

    8/1/1978, p. 30

  • Publications Index

    w21.12 4-5, 8;

    w78 8/1 30; ad 1590

Leviticus 19:4

Marginal References

  • +Le 26:1; Ps 96:5; Hab 2:18; 1Co 10:14
  • +Ex 20:4, 23; De 27:15

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower (Study),

    12/2021, pp. 5-6

  • Publications Index

    w21.12 5-6

Leviticus 19:5

Marginal References

  • +Le 3:1
  • +Le 7:11, 12

Leviticus 19:6

Marginal References

  • +Le 7:17, 18

Leviticus 19:7

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 2, p. 526

  • Publications Index

    it-2 526;

    ad 1243

Leviticus 19:8

Footnotes

  • *

    Or “soul.”

  • *

    Or “put to death.”

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 2, p. 526

  • Publications Index

    it-2 526;

    ad 1243

Leviticus 19:9

Footnotes

  • *

    Or “what is left.”

Marginal References

  • +Le 23:22; De 24:19

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, pp. 962-963

    The Watchtower,

    6/15/2006, pp. 22-23

    12/1/2003, p. 17

    11/15/1965, pp. 703-704

    7/1/1952, pp. 409-411

  • Publications Index

    it-1 962-963; w06 6/15 22-23; w03 12/1 17;

    ad 208, 1425; w65 704; w52 410

Leviticus 19:10

Footnotes

  • *

    Or “afflicted.”

Marginal References

  • +De 15:7

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    11/15/1965, pp. 703-704

    7/1/1952, pp. 409-411

  • Publications Index

    ad 208, 1425; w65 704; w52 410

Leviticus 19:11

Marginal References

  • +Ex 20:15; Eph 4:28
  • +Le 6:2; Pr 12:22; Eph 4:25

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower (Study),

    12/2021, p. 10

    The Watchtower (Study),

    12/2016, pp. 11-12

    The Watchtower,

    8/1/1978, pp. 30-31

    Awake!,

    3/8/1974, p. 27

  • Publications Index

    w21.12 10; w16.12 11-12;

    w78 8/1 30-31; g74 3/8 27; ad 1590

Leviticus 19:12

Marginal References

  • +Ex 20:7; Mt 5:33, 37; Jas 5:12

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower (Study),

    12/2021, p. 10

    The Watchtower,

    8/1/1978, pp. 30-31

    8/1/1957, pp. 454-456

  • Publications Index

    w21.12 10;

    w78 8/1 30-31; ad 1590; w57 455

Leviticus 19:13

Marginal References

  • +Pr 22:16; Mr 10:19
  • +Pr 22:22
  • +De 24:15; Jer 22:13; Jas 5:4

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower (Study),

    12/2021, p. 10

    The Watchtower,

    8/1/1978, pp. 30-31

    1/15/1967, pp. 45-47

    Awake!,

    3/8/1974, p. 27

  • Publications Index

    w21.12 10;

    w78 8/1 30-31; g74 3/8 27; w67 46; g62 12/8 7

Leviticus 19:14

Footnotes

  • *

    Or “call down evil upon.”

Marginal References

  • +De 27:18
  • +Le 25:17; Ne 5:15; Pr 1:7; 8:13; 1Pe 2:17

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower (Study),

    12/2021, pp. 8-9

    Insight, Volume 1, p. 595

    The Watchtower,

    8/1/1978, p. 31

    7/15/1962, pp. 438-439

  • Publications Index

    w21.12 8-9; it-1 595;

    w78 8/1 31; ad 430; w62 438

Leviticus 19:15

Marginal References

  • +Ex 23:3; De 1:16, 17; 16:19; 2Ch 19:6; Ro 2:11; Jas 2:9

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, pp. 343, 1192-1193

    Awake!,

    1/22/1981, pp. 16-17

    The Watchtower,

    6/15/1975, p. 373

  • Publications Index

    it-1 343, 1192-1193;

    g81 1/22 16-17; w75 373; ad 243, 826, 1054; g62 7/8 6

Leviticus 19:16

Footnotes

  • *

    Lit., “blood.”

  • *

    Or possibly, “You must not stand by when your fellow man’s life is endangered.”

Marginal References

  • +Ps 15:1, 3
  • +Ex 20:16; 1Ki 21:13

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower (Study),

    12/2021, p. 14

    Insight, Volume 1, p. 344

    The Watchtower,

    3/15/1992, p. 20

    9/15/1989, p. 27

    3/15/1959, pp. 178-179

    2/15/1951, pp. 101-102

  • Publications Index

    w21.12 14; it-1 344; w92 3/15 20; w89 9/15 27;

    w59 179; w51 101; w47 323

Leviticus 19:17

Marginal References

  • +Pr 10:18; 1Jo 2:9; 3:15
  • +Ps 141:5; Pr 9:8; Mt 18:15

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 2, pp. 780-781

    The Watchtower,

    3/1/1973, p. 145

  • Publications Index

    it-2 780-781;

    w73 145; ad 25, 80; w47 323

Leviticus 19:18

Marginal References

  • +Pr 20:22; Ro 12:19
  • +Mt 5:43, 44; 22:39; Ro 13:9; Ga 5:14; Jas 2:8

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower (Study),

    12/2021, pp. 10-12

    Insight, Volume 1, p. 1043

    The Watchtower,

    4/15/2011, p. 22

    12/1/2006, pp. 26-27

    7/1/1978, p. 5

    12/1/1972, p. 707

    4/1/1965, pp. 208-209

    6/15/1963, pp. 355-356

    3/15/1963, p. 163

    1/15/1963, pp. 44-45

    11/15/1959, p. 680

    “All Scripture,” p. 29

    Awake!,

    9/22/1986, p. 6

    4/22/1979, pp. 12-13

  • Publications Index

    w21.12 10-12; it-1 1043; w11 4/15 22; w06 12/1 26-27; si 29; g86 9/22 6;

    g79 4/22 12-13; w78 7/1 5; w72 707; ad 80, 458-459, 1578; w65 208; g65 3/22 8; w63 45, 163, 356; ln 14; g63 1/8 8; w59 680; w47 323

Leviticus 19:19

Marginal References

  • +De 22:9
  • +De 22:11

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower (Study),

    12/2021, p. 6

    Insight, Volume 1, p. 483

    Insight, Volume 2, pp. 1013, 1200

    Awake!,

    8/8/1974, p. 27

    ‘Know Jehovah’, pp. 106-108

  • Publications Index

    w21.12 6; it-1 483; it-2 1013, 1200;

    g74 8/8 27; ad 1539, 1667; kj 107; w34 264

Leviticus 19:20

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, p. 863

  • Publications Index

    it-1 863;

    ad 519, 602, 1372

Leviticus 19:21

Marginal References

  • +Le 6:6, 7

Leviticus 19:23

Footnotes

  • *

    Lit., “as its foreskin.”

  • *

    Lit., “uncircumcised.”

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower (Study),

    12/2021, pp. 6-7

  • Publications Index

    w21.12 6-7

Leviticus 19:24

Marginal References

  • +De 26:1, 2; Pr 3:9

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower (Study),

    12/2021, pp. 6-7

  • Publications Index

    w21.12 6-7

Leviticus 19:25

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower (Study),

    12/2021, pp. 6-7

  • Publications Index

    w21.12 6-7

Leviticus 19:26

Marginal References

  • +Le 3:17; 17:13; De 12:23; Ac 15:20, 29
  • +Ex 8:7; De 18:10-12; Ga 5:19, 20; Re 21:8

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Awake!,

    9/8/1993, p. 27

    The Watchtower,

    7/1/1951, p. 414

  • Publications Index

    g93 9/8 27;

    w51 414

Leviticus 19:27

Footnotes

  • *

    Or “trim; cut.”

  • *

    Or “cut your ­sidelocks.”

Marginal References

  • +Le 21:1, 5

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, pp. 266, 1020-1021

    The Watchtower,

    5/15/2004, p. 24

    3/1/1973, pp. 139-140

    Awake!,

    1/22/2000, pp. 22-24

    9/22/1999, p. 30

  • Publications Index

    it-1 266, 1021; w04 5/15 24; g00 1/22 22, 24; g99 9/22 30;

    w73 139-140; ad 198, 704, 809

Leviticus 19:28

Footnotes

  • *

    Or “for a soul.” The Hebrew word neʹphesh here refers to a dead person.

Marginal References

  • +De 14:1

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, p. 563

    Insight, Volume 2, pp. 320, 1069

    The Watchtower,

    7/15/2003, p. 27

    4/1/1987, p. 31

    5/15/1974, p. 318

    Awake!,

    8/8/2000, p. 18

    10/8/1995, p. 30

    3/22/1976, p. 28

    12/8/1974, p. 27

  • Publications Index

    ijwbq article 50; it-1 563; it-2 320, 1069; w03 7/15 27; g00 8/8 18; g95 10/8 30; w87 4/1 31;

    g76 3/22 28; w74 318; g74 12/8 27; ad 198, 406, 587, 621, 809, 1112, 1577; g66 7/22 28

Leviticus 19:29

Marginal References

  • +De 23:17
  • +Heb 13:4; 1Pe 4:3

Indexes

  • Publications Index

    w42 375

Leviticus 19:30

Footnotes

  • *

    Or “stand in awe of.” Lit., “fear.”

Marginal References

  • +Ex 20:10; 31:13

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, p. 223

  • Publications Index

    it-1 223

Leviticus 19:31

Marginal References

  • +Le 20:6; De 18:10-12; 1Ch 10:13; Isa 8:19
  • +Le 20:27; Ac 16:16

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Enjoy Life Forever!, lesson 24

    Unseen Spirits, p. 29

    The Watchtower,

    9/15/1955, pp. 568-570

  • Publications Index

    lff lesson 24;

    us 29; w55 569; dh 56

Leviticus 19:32

Marginal References

  • +Pr 16:31; 20:29
  • +Job 32:6; Pr 23:22; 1Ti 5:1
  • +Job 28:28; Pr 1:7; 8:13; 1Pe 2:17

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    10/15/2008, p. 21

    6/15/2000, p. 21

    8/1/1999, p. 20

    8/1/1994, p. 27

    3/15/1993, p. 27

    6/1/1987, p. 5

    7/15/1962, pp. 438-439

    9/15/1961, pp. 565-567

    6/15/1961, pp. 363-364

    3/15/1961, pp. 174-176

    Awake!,

    10/8/2004, pp. 22-23

    4/8/1999, p. 31

    6/22/1979, p. 8

    Family Happiness, p. 149

    Kingdom Ministry,

    12/1979, p. 3

  • Publications Index

    w08 10/15 21; g04 10/8 22-23; w00 6/15 21; w99 8/1 20; g99 4/8 31; fy 149; w94 8/1 27; w93 3/15 27; w87 6/1 5;

    g79 6/22 8; km 12/79 3; fl 164; w62 438; g62 4/8 19; w61 175, 364, 566

Leviticus 19:33

Marginal References

  • +Ex 23:9

Indexes

  • Publications Index

    ad 497

Leviticus 19:34

Marginal References

  • +Ex 12:49
  • +Ex 22:21

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower (Study),

    12/2021, pp. 12-13

  • Publications Index

    w21.12 12-13;

    w47 323

Leviticus 19:35

Marginal References

  • +De 25:13, 15; Pr 20:10

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower (Study),

    12/2021, p. 10

  • Publications Index

    w21.12 10;

    ad 231; g64 10/8 23

Leviticus 19:36

Footnotes

  • *

    Lit., “an accurate ephah.” See App. B14.

  • *

    Lit., “an accurate hin.” See App. B14.

Marginal References

  • +Pr 11:1

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower (Study),

    12/2021, p. 10

    The Watchtower,

    5/1/1960, pp. 273-275

  • Publications Index

    w21.12 10;

    ad 231; g64 10/8 23; g62 12/8 6; w60 274

Leviticus 19:37

Marginal References

  • +Le 18:5; De 4:6

Parallel Translations

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General

Lev. 19:2Le 11:44; Isa 6:3; 1Pe 1:15, 16; Re 4:8
Lev. 19:3Ex 20:12; Eph 6:2; Heb 12:9
Lev. 19:3Ex 20:8, 11; 31:13; Lu 6:5
Lev. 19:4Le 26:1; Ps 96:5; Hab 2:18; 1Co 10:14
Lev. 19:4Ex 20:4, 23; De 27:15
Lev. 19:5Le 3:1
Lev. 19:5Le 7:11, 12
Lev. 19:6Le 7:17, 18
Lev. 19:9Le 23:22; De 24:19
Lev. 19:10De 15:7
Lev. 19:11Ex 20:15; Eph 4:28
Lev. 19:11Le 6:2; Pr 12:22; Eph 4:25
Lev. 19:12Ex 20:7; Mt 5:33, 37; Jas 5:12
Lev. 19:13Pr 22:16; Mr 10:19
Lev. 19:13Pr 22:22
Lev. 19:13De 24:15; Jer 22:13; Jas 5:4
Lev. 19:14De 27:18
Lev. 19:14Le 25:17; Ne 5:15; Pr 1:7; 8:13; 1Pe 2:17
Lev. 19:15Ex 23:3; De 1:16, 17; 16:19; 2Ch 19:6; Ro 2:11; Jas 2:9
Lev. 19:16Ps 15:1, 3
Lev. 19:16Ex 20:16; 1Ki 21:13
Lev. 19:17Pr 10:18; 1Jo 2:9; 3:15
Lev. 19:17Ps 141:5; Pr 9:8; Mt 18:15
Lev. 19:18Pr 20:22; Ro 12:19
Lev. 19:18Mt 5:43, 44; 22:39; Ro 13:9; Ga 5:14; Jas 2:8
Lev. 19:19De 22:9
Lev. 19:19De 22:11
Lev. 19:21Le 6:6, 7
Lev. 19:24De 26:1, 2; Pr 3:9
Lev. 19:26Le 3:17; 17:13; De 12:23; Ac 15:20, 29
Lev. 19:26Ex 8:7; De 18:10-12; Ga 5:19, 20; Re 21:8
Lev. 19:27Le 21:1, 5
Lev. 19:28De 14:1
Lev. 19:29De 23:17
Lev. 19:29Heb 13:4; 1Pe 4:3
Lev. 19:30Ex 20:10; 31:13
Lev. 19:31Le 20:6; De 18:10-12; 1Ch 10:13; Isa 8:19
Lev. 19:31Le 20:27; Ac 16:16
Lev. 19:32Pr 16:31; 20:29
Lev. 19:32Job 32:6; Pr 23:22; 1Ti 5:1
Lev. 19:32Job 28:28; Pr 1:7; 8:13; 1Pe 2:17
Lev. 19:33Ex 23:9
Lev. 19:34Ex 12:49
Lev. 19:34Ex 22:21
Lev. 19:35De 25:13, 15; Pr 20:10
Lev. 19:36Pr 11:1
Lev. 19:37Le 18:5; De 4:6
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Leviticus 19:1-37

Leviticus

19 Jehovah spoke further to Moses, saying: 2 “Speak to the entire assembly of the Israelites and tell them, ‘You should be holy, because I, Jehovah your God, am holy.+

3 “‘Each of you should respect* his mother and his father,+ and you should keep my sabbaths.+ I am Jehovah your God. 4 Do not turn to worthless gods+ or make for yourselves gods of cast metal.+ I am Jehovah your God.

5 “‘Now if you offer a communion sacrifice to Jehovah,+ you should sacrifice it in such a way that you gain approval for yourselves.+ 6 It should be eaten on the day of your sacrifice and on the next day, but what is left over until the third day should be burned in the fire.+ 7 If, though, any of it is eaten on the third day, it is an offensive thing that will not be accepted with approval. 8 The one eating it will answer for his error because he has profaned a holy thing of Jehovah, and that person* must be cut off* from his people.

9 “‘When you reap the harvest of your land, you must not reap the edge of your field completely and you must not pick up the gleaning* of your harvest.+ 10 Also, you must not gather the leftovers of your vineyard or pick up the scattered grapes of your vineyard. You should leave them for the poor*+ and the foreign resident. I am Jehovah your God.

11 “‘You must not steal,+ you must not deceive,+ and you must not deal falsely with one another. 12 You must not swear to a lie in my name+ and thus profane the name of your God. I am Jehovah. 13 You must not defraud your fellow man,+ and you must not rob.+ You should not withhold the wages of a hired worker all night until morning.+

14 “‘You must not curse* a deaf man or put an obstacle before a blind man,+ and you must be in fear of your God.+ I am Jehovah.

15 “‘You must not be unjust in your judgment. You must not show partiality to the poor or show preference to the rich.+ With justice you should judge your fellow man.

16 “‘You must not go around spreading slander among your people.+ You must not stand up against the life* of your fellow man.*+ I am Jehovah.

17 “‘You must not hate your brother in your heart.+ You should by all means reprove your fellow man,+ so that you will not bear sin along with him.

18 “‘You must not take vengeance+ nor hold a grudge against the sons of your people, and you must love your fellow man as yourself.+ I am Jehovah.

19 “‘You should keep my statutes: You must not interbreed two sorts of your domestic animals. You must not sow your field with two sorts of seed,+ and you must not wear a garment made with two sorts of thread mixed together.+

20 “‘Now if a man lies down with a woman and has intercourse with her and she is a servant who is designated for another man, but she has not been redeemed or given her freedom, there should be a punishment. However, they should not be put to death, for she was not yet set free. 21 He should bring his guilt offering to Jehovah to the entrance of the tent of meeting, a ram of guilt offering.+ 22 The priest will make atonement for him with the ram of the guilt offering before Jehovah for the sin that he committed, and he will be forgiven for the sin that he committed.

23 “‘When you come into the land and you plant any tree for food, you must consider its fruitage impure and forbidden.* For three years it will be forbidden* to you. It must not be eaten. 24 But in the fourth year, all its fruit will be holy for rejoicing before Jehovah.+ 25 Then in the fifth year, you may eat its fruit in order to add its produce to your harvest. I am Jehovah your God.

26 “‘You must eat nothing containing blood.+

“‘You must not look for omens or practice magic.+

27 “‘You must not shave* the hair on the side of your head* or disfigure the edges of your beard.+

28 “‘You must not make cuts in your flesh for a dead person,*+ and you must not make tattoo markings on yourselves. I am Jehovah.

29 “‘Do not dishonor your daughter by making her a prostitute,+ so that the land may not commit prostitution and be filled with loose morals.+

30 “‘You must keep my sabbaths,+ and you must show reverence* for my sanctuary. I am Jehovah.

31 “‘Do not turn to the spirit mediums,+ and do not consult fortune-tellers+ so as to become unclean by them. I am Jehovah your God.

32 “‘Before gray hair you should rise up,+ and you must show honor to an older man,+ and you must be in fear of your God.+ I am Jehovah.

33 “‘If a foreigner resides with you in your land, you must not mistreat him.+ 34 The foreigner who resides with you should become to you like a native among you;+ and you must love him as yourself, for you were foreign residents in the land of Egypt.+ I am Jehovah your God.

35 “‘You must not use dishonest standards in measuring length, weight, or volume.+ 36 You should use accurate scales, accurate weights, an accurate dry measure,* and an accurate liquid measure.*+ I am Jehovah your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt. 37 So you must keep all my statutes and all my judicial decisions, and you must follow them.+ I am Jehovah.’”

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