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Leviticus 19

1 And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • And Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
  • spake H1696 (דָבַר) — perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
  • unto Moses H4872 (מֹשֶׁה) — Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver
  • saying H559 (אָמַר) — to say (used with great latitude)

2 Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be holy; for I Jehovah your God am holy.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • Speak H1696 (דָבַר) — perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
  • unto all the congregation H5712 (עֵדָה) — a stated assemblage (specifically, a concourse, or generally, a family or crowd)
  • of the children H1121 (בֵּן) — a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition,…
  • of Israel H3478 (יִשְׂרָאֵל) — he will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
  • and say H559 (אָמַר) — to say (used with great latitude)
  • unto them, Ye shall be holy H6918 (קָדוֹשׁ) — sacred (ceremonially or morally); (as noun) God (by eminence), an angel, a saint, a sanctuary
  • for I Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
  • your God H430 (אֱלֹהִים) — gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference…
  • holy H6918 (קָדוֹשׁ) — sacred (ceremonially or morally); (as noun) God (by eminence), an angel, a saint, a sanctuary

3 Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father; and ye shall keep my sabbaths: I am Jehovah your God.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • Ye shall fear H3372 (יָרֵא) — to fear; morally to revere; causatively to frighten
  • every man H376 (אִישׁ) — a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
  • his mother H517 (אֵם) — a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively [like father])
  • and his father H1 (אָב) — father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
  • and keep H8104 (שָׁמַר) — properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
  • my sabbaths H7676 (שַׁבָּת) — intermission, i.e (specifically) the Sabbath
  • Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
  • your God H430 (אֱלֹהִים) — gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference…

4 Turn ye not unto idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I am Jehovah your God.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • Turn H6437 (פָּנָה) — to turn; by implication, to face, i.e. appear, look, etc.
  • ye not unto idols H457 (אֱלִיל) — good for nothing, by analogy vain or vanity; specifically an idol
  • nor make H6213 (עָשָׂה) — to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
  • to yourselves molten H4541 (מַסֵּכָה) — properly, a pouring over, i.e. fusion of metal (especially a cast image); by implication, a libation, i.e. league; concretely a coverlet (as if poured out)
  • gods H430 (אֱלֹהִים) — gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference…
  • Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
  • your God H430 (אֱלֹהִים) — gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference…

5 And when ye offer a sacrifice of peace-offerings unto Jehovah, ye shall offer it that ye may be accepted.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • And if ye offer H2076 (זָבַח) — to slaughter an animal (usually in sacrifice)
  • a sacrifice H2077 (זֶבַח) — properly, a slaughter, i.e. the flesh of an animal; by implication, a sacrifice (the victim or the act)
  • of peace offerings H8002 (שֶׁלֶם) — properly, requital, i.e. a (voluntary) sacrifice in thanks
  • unto Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
  • ye shall offer H2076 (זָבַח) — to slaughter an animal (usually in sacrifice)
  • it at your own will H7522 (רָצוֹן) — delight (especially as shown)

6 It shall be eaten the same day ye offer it, and on the morrow: and if aught remain until the third day, it shall be burnt with fire.

Cross references & Strong's
Cross references (TSK): Exodus 12:10 · Leviticus 7:11 · Leviticus 7:17
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • It shall be eaten H398 (אָכַל) — to eat (literally or figuratively)
  • the same day H3117 (יוֹם) — a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated ter…
  • ye offer H2077 (זֶבַח) — properly, a slaughter, i.e. the flesh of an animal; by implication, a sacrifice (the victim or the act)
  • it, and on the morrow H4283 (מׇחֳרָת) — the morrow or (adverbially) tomorrow
  • and if ought remain H3498 (יָתַר) — to jut over or exceed; by implication, to excel; (intransitively) to remain or be left; causatively to leave, cause to abound, preserve
  • until the third H7992 (שְׁלִישִׁי) — third; feminine a third (part); by extension, a third (day, year or time); specifically, a third-story cell)
  • day H3117 (יוֹם) — a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated ter…
  • it shall be burnt H8313 (שָׂרַף) — to be (causatively, set) on fire
  • in the fire H784 (אֵשׁ) — fire (literally or figuratively)

7 And if it be eaten at all on the third day, it is an abomination; it shall not be accepted:

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • And if it be eaten H398 (אָכַל) — to eat (literally or figuratively)
  • at all H398 (אָכַל) — to eat (literally or figuratively)
  • on the third H7992 (שְׁלִישִׁי) — third; feminine a third (part); by extension, a third (day, year or time); specifically, a third-story cell)
  • day H3117 (יוֹם) — a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated ter…
  • abominable H6292 (פִּגּוּל) — properly, fetid, i.e. (figuratively) unclean (ceremonially)
  • it shall not be accepted H7521 (רָצָה) — to be pleased with; specifically, to satisfy a debt

8 but every one that eateth it shall bear his iniquity, because he hath profaned the holy thing of Jehovah: and that soul shall be cut off from his people.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • that eateth H398 (אָכַל) — to eat (literally or figuratively)
  • it shall bear H5375 (נָשָׂא) — to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
  • his iniquity H5771 (עָוֺן) — perversity, i.e. (moral) evil
  • because he hath profaned H2490 (חָלַל) — properly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (as if by a…
  • the hallowed thing H6944 (קֹדֶשׁ) — a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity
  • of Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
  • and that soul H5315 (נֶפֶשׁ) — properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
  • shall be cut off H3772 (כָּרַת) — to cut (off, down or asunder); by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant (i.e. make an alliance or bargain, originally by cutting flesh a…
  • from among his people H5971 (עַם) — a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock

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

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • And when ye reap H7114 (קָצַר) — to dock off, i.e. curtail (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative); especially to harvest (grass or grain)
  • the harvest H7105 (קָצִיר) — severed, i.e. harvest (as reaped), the crop, the time, the reaper, or figuratively; also a limb (of a tree, or simply foliage)
  • of your land H776 (אֶרֶץ) — the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
  • thou shalt not wholly reap H3615 (כָּלָה) — to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitive (to complete, prepare, consume)
  • the corners H6285 (פֵּאָה) — properly, mouth in a figurative sense, i.e. direction, region, extremity
  • of thy field H7704 (שָׂדֶה) — a field (as flat)
  • neither shalt thou gather H3950 (לָקַט) — properly, to pick up, i.e. (generally) to gather; specifically, to glean
  • the gleanings H3951 (לֶקֶט) — the gleaning
  • of thy harvest H7105 (קָצִיר) — severed, i.e. harvest (as reaped), the crop, the time, the reaper, or figuratively; also a limb (of a tree, or simply foliage)

10 And thou shalt not glean thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather the fallen fruit of thy vineyard; thou shalt leave them for the poor and for the sojourner: I am Jehovah your God.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • And thou shalt not glean H5953 (עָלַל) — to effect thoroughly; specifically, to glean (also figuratively); by implication (in a bad sense) to overdo, i.e. maltreat, be saucy to, pain, impose (also lite…
  • thy vineyard H3754 (כֶּרֶם) — a garden or vineyard
  • neither shalt thou gather H3950 (לָקַט) — properly, to pick up, i.e. (generally) to gather; specifically, to glean
  • grape H6528 (פֶּרֶט) — a stray or single berry
  • of thy vineyard H3754 (כֶּרֶם) — a garden or vineyard
  • thou shalt leave H5800 (עָזַב) — to loosen, i.e. relinquish, permit, etc.
  • them for the poor H6041 (עָנִי) — depressed, in mind or circumstances
  • and stranger H1616 (גֵּר) — properly, a guest; by implication, a foreigner
  • Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
  • your God H430 (אֱלֹהִים) — gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference…

11 Ye shall not steal; neither shall ye deal falsely, nor lie one to another.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • Ye shall not steal H1589 (גָּנַב) — to thieve (literally or figuratively); by implication, to deceive
  • neither deal falsely H3584 (כָּחַשׁ) — to be untrue, in word (to lie, feign, disown) or deed (to disappoint, fail, cringe)
  • neither lie H8266 (שָׁקַר) — to cheat, i.e. be untrue (usually in words)
  • one H376 (אִישׁ) — a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
  • to another H5997 (עָמִית) — companionship; hence (concretely) a comrade or kindred man

12 And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, and profane the name of thy God: I am Jehovah.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • And ye shall not swear H7650 (שָׁבַע) — to seven oneself, i.e. swear (as if by repeating a declaration seven times)
  • by my name H8034 (שֵׁם) — an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
  • falsely H8267 (שֶׁקֶר) — an untruth; by implication, a sham (often adverbial)
  • neither shalt thou profane H2490 (חָלַל) — properly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (as if by a…
  • the name H8034 (שֵׁם) — an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
  • of thy God H430 (אֱלֹהִים) — gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference…
  • Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God

13 Thou shalt not oppress thy neighbor, nor rob him: the wages of a hired servant shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • Thou shalt not defraud H6231 (עָשַׁק) — to press upon, i.e. oppress, defraud, violate, overflow
  • thy neighbour H7453 (רֵעַ) — an associate (more or less close)
  • neither rob H1497 (גָּזַל) — to pluck off; specifically to flay, strip or rob
  • the wages H6468 (פְּעֻלָּה) — (abstractly) work
  • of him that is hired H7916 (שָׂכִיר) — a man at wages by the day or year
  • shall not abide H3885 (לוּן) — to stop (usually over night); by implication, to stay permanently; hence (in a bad sense) to be obstinate (especially in words, to complain)
  • with thee all night until the morning H1242 (בֹּקֶר) — properly, dawn (as the break of day); generally, morning

14 Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumblingblock before the blind; but thou shalt fear thy God: I am Jehovah.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • Thou shalt not curse H7043 (קָלַל) — to be (causatively, make) light, literally (swift, small, sharp, etc.) or figuratively (easy, trifling, vile, etc.)
  • the deaf H2795 (חֵרֵשׁ) — deaf (whether literally or spiritual)
  • nor put H5414 (נָתַן) — to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
  • a stumblingblock H4383 (מִכְשׁוֹל) — a stumbling-block, literally or figuratively (obstacle, enticement (specifically an idol), scruple)
  • before H6440 (פָּנִים) — the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (befo…
  • the blind H5787 (עִוֵּר) — blind (literally or figuratively)
  • but shalt fear H3372 (יָרֵא) — to fear; morally to revere; causatively to frighten
  • thy God H430 (אֱלֹהִים) — gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference…
  • Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God

15 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 neighbor.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • Ye shall do H6213 (עָשָׂה) — to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
  • no unrighteousness H5766 (עֶוֶל) — (moral) evil
  • in judgment H4941 (מִשְׁפָּט) — properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or…
  • thou shalt not respect H5375 (נָשָׂא) — to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
  • the person H6440 (פָּנִים) — the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (befo…
  • of the poor H1800 (דַּל) — properly, dangling, i.e. (by implication) weak or thin
  • nor honour H1921 (הָדַר) — to swell up (literally or figuratively, active or passive); by implication, to favor or honour, be high or proud
  • of the mighty H1419 (גָּדוֹל) — great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
  • in righteousness H6664 (צֶדֶק) — the right (natural, moral or legal); also (abstractly) equity or (figuratively) prosperity
  • shalt thou judge H8199 (שָׁפַט) — to judge, i.e. pronounce sentence (for or against); by implication, to vindicate or punish; by extenssion, to govern; passively, to litigate (literally or figur…
  • thy neighbour H5997 (עָמִית) — companionship; hence (concretely) a comrade or kindred man

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

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • Thou shalt not go H3212 (יָלַךְ) — to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
  • a talebearer H7400 (רָכִיל) — a scandal-monger (as travelling about)
  • among thy people H5971 (עַם) — a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
  • neither shalt thou stand H5975 (עָמַד) — to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
  • against the blood H1818 (דָּם) — blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshed (i.e. dr…
  • of thy neighbour H7453 (רֵעַ) — an associate (more or less close)
  • Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God

17 Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thy heart: thou shalt surely rebuke thy neighbor, and not bear sin because of him.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • Thou shalt not hate H8130 (שָׂנֵא) — to hate (personally)
  • thy brother H251 (אָח) — a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance [like 1])
  • in thine heart H3824 (לֵבָב) — the heart (as the most interior organ);
  • thou shalt in any wise H3198 (יָכַח) — to be right (i.e. correct); reciprocal, to argue; causatively, to decide, justify or convict
  • rebuke H3198 (יָכַח) — to be right (i.e. correct); reciprocal, to argue; causatively, to decide, justify or convict
  • thy neighbour H5997 (עָמִית) — companionship; hence (concretely) a comrade or kindred man
  • and not suffer H5375 (נָשָׂא) — to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
  • sin H2399 (חֵטְא) — a crime or its penalty

18 Thou shalt not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people; but thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself: I am Jehovah.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • Thou shalt not avenge H5358 (נָקַם) — to grudge, i.e. avenge or punish
  • nor bear any grudge H5201 (נָטַר) — to guard; figuratively, to cherish (anger)
  • against the children H1121 (בֵּן) — a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition,…
  • of thy people H5971 (עַם) — a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
  • but thou shalt love H157 (אָהַב) — to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)
  • thy neighbour H7453 (רֵעַ) — an associate (more or less close)
  • as thyself H3644 (כְּמוֹ) — as, thus, so
  • Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God

19 Ye shall keep my statutes. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a diverse kind: thou shalt not sow thy field with two kinds of seed: neither shall there come upon thee a garment of two kinds of stuff mingled together.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • Ye shall keep H8104 (שָׁמַר) — properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
  • my statutes H2708 (חֻקָּה)
  • Thou shalt not let thy cattle H929 (בְּהֵמָה) — properly, a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal (often collective)
  • gender H7250 (רָבַע) — to squat or lie out flat, i.e. (specifically) in copulation
  • with a diverse kind H3610 (כִּלְאַיִם) — two heterogeneities
  • thou shalt not sow H2232 (זָרַע) — to sow; figuratively, to disseminate, plant, fructify
  • thy field H7704 (שָׂדֶה) — a field (as flat)
  • with mingled seed H3610 (כִּלְאַיִם) — two heterogeneities
  • neither shall a garment H899 (בֶּגֶד) — a covering, i.e. clothing; also treachery or pillage
  • mingled H3610 (כִּלְאַיִם) — two heterogeneities
  • of linen and woollen H8162 (שַׁעַטְנֵז) — linsey-woolsey, i.e. cloth of linen and wool carded and spun together
  • come H5927 (עָלָה) — to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative

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

Cross references & Strong's
Cross references (TSK): Exodus 21:20 · Deuteronomy 22:23
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • And whosoever H376 (אִישׁ) — a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
  • lieth H7901 (שָׁכַב) — to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose)
  • carnally H7902 (שְׁכָבָה) — a lying down (of dew, or for the sexual act)
  • carnally H2233 (זֶרַע) — seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity
  • with a woman H802 (אִשָּׁה) — a woman
  • a bondmaid H8198 (שִׁפְחָה) — a female slave (as a member of the household)
  • betrothed H2778 (חָרַף) — to pull off, i.e. (by implication) to expose (as by stripping); specifically, to betroth (as if a surrender); figuratively, to carp at, i.e. defame; to spend th…
  • to an husband H376 (אִישׁ) — a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
  • and not at all H6299 (פָּדָה) — to sever, i.e. ransom; generally to release, preserve
  • redeemed H6299 (פָּדָה) — to sever, i.e. ransom; generally to release, preserve
  • nor freedom H2668 (חֻפְשָׁה) — liberty (from slavery)
  • given H5414 (נָתַן) — to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
  • her; she shall be scourged H1244 (בִּקֹּרֶת) — properly, examination, i.e. (by implication) punishment
  • they shall not be put to death H4191 (מוּת) — to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
  • because she was not free H2666 (חָפַשׁ) — to spread loose; figuratively, to manumit

21 And he shall bring his trespass-offering unto Jehovah, unto the door of the tent of meeting, even a ram for a trespass-offering.

Cross references & Strong's
Cross references (TSK): Leviticus 5:1 · Leviticus 5:15 · Leviticus 6:6
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • And he shall bring H935 (בּוֹא) — to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
  • his trespass offering H817 (אָשָׁם) — guilt; by implication, a fault; also a sin-offering
  • unto Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
  • unto the door H6607 (פֶּתַח) — an opening (literally), i.e. door (gate) or entrance way
  • of the tabernacle H168 (אֹהֶל) — a tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance)
  • of the congregation H4150 (מוֹעֵד) — properly, an appointment, i.e. a fixed time or season; specifically, a festival; conventionally a year; by implication, an assembly (as convened for a definite…
  • a ram H352 (אַיִל) — properly, strength; hence, anything strong; specifically a chief (politically); also a ram (from his strength); a pilaster (as a strong support); an oak or othe…
  • for a trespass offering H817 (אָשָׁם) — guilt; by implication, a fault; also a sin-offering

22 And the priest shall make atonement for him with the ram of the trespass-offering before Jehovah for his sin which he hath sinned: and the sin which he hath sinned shall be forgiven him.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • And the priest H3548 (כֹּהֵן) — literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)
  • shall make an atonement H3722 (כָּפַר) — to cover (specifically with bitumen); figuratively, to expiate or condone, to placate or cancel
  • for him with the ram H352 (אַיִל) — properly, strength; hence, anything strong; specifically a chief (politically); also a ram (from his strength); a pilaster (as a strong support); an oak or othe…
  • of the trespass offering H817 (אָשָׁם) — guilt; by implication, a fault; also a sin-offering
  • before H6440 (פָּנִים) — the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (befo…
  • Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
  • for his sin H2403 (חַטָּאָה) — an offence (sometimes habitual sinfulness), and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also (concretely) an offender
  • which he hath done H2398 (חָטָא) — properly, to miss; hence (figuratively and generally) to sin; by inference, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, (causatively) lead astray, condemn
  • and the sin H2403 (חַטָּאָה) — an offence (sometimes habitual sinfulness), and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also (concretely) an offender
  • shall be forgiven H5545 (סָלַח) — to forgive

23 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 their uncircumcision: three years shall they be as uncircumcised unto you; it shall not be eaten.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • And when ye shall come H935 (בּוֹא) — to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
  • into the land H776 (אֶרֶץ) — the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
  • and shall have planted H5193 (נָטַע) — properly, to strike in, i.e. fix; specifically, to plant (literally or figuratively)
  • all manner of trees H6086 (עֵץ) — a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)
  • for food H3978 (מַאֲכָל) — an eatable (includ. provender, flesh and fruit)
  • then ye shall count H6188 (עָרֵל) — to expose or remove the prepuce, whether literal (to go naked) or figurative (to refrain from using)
  • the fruit H6529 (פְּרִי) — fruit (literally or figuratively)
  • thereof as uncircumcised H6190 (עׇרְלָה) — the prepuce
  • three H7969 (שָׁלוֹשׁ) — three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multiple) thrice
  • years H8141 (שָׁנֶה) — a year (as a revolution of time)
  • shall it be as uncircumcised H6189 (עָרֵל) — properly, exposed, i.e. projecting loose (as to the prepuce); used only technically, uncircumcised (i.e. still having the prepuce uncurtailed)
  • unto you: it shall not be eaten H398 (אָכַל) — to eat (literally or figuratively)

24 But in the fourth year all the fruit thereof shall be holy, for giving praise unto Jehovah.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • But in the fourth H7243 (רְבִיעִי) — fourth; also (fractionally) a fourth
  • year H8141 (שָׁנֶה) — a year (as a revolution of time)
  • all the fruit H6529 (פְּרִי) — fruit (literally or figuratively)
  • thereof shall be holy H6944 (קֹדֶשׁ) — a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity
  • to praise H1974 (הִלּוּל) — a celebration of thanksgiving for harvest
  • Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God

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

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • And in the fifth H2549 (חֲמִישִׁי) — fifth; also a fifth
  • year H8141 (שָׁנֶה) — a year (as a revolution of time)
  • shall ye eat H398 (אָכַל) — to eat (literally or figuratively)
  • of the fruit H6529 (פְּרִי) — fruit (literally or figuratively)
  • thereof, that it may yield H3254 (יָסַף) — to add or augment (often adverbial, to continue to do a thing)
  • unto you the increase H8393 (תְּבוּאָה) — income, i.e. produce (literally or figuratively)
  • Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
  • your God H430 (אֱלֹהִים) — gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference…

26 Ye shall not eat anything with the blood: neither shall ye use enchantments, nor practise augury.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • Ye shall not eat H398 (אָכַל) — to eat (literally or figuratively)
  • with the blood H1818 (דָּם) — blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshed (i.e. dr…
  • neither shall ye use enchantment H5172 (נָחַשׁ) — properly, to hiss, i.e. whisper a (magic) spell; generally, to prognosticate
  • nor observe times H6049 (עָנַן) — figuratively, to act covertly, i.e. practise magic

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

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • Ye shall not round H5362 (נָקַף) — to strike with more or less violence (beat, fell, corrode); by implication (of attack) to knock together, i.e. surround or circulate
  • the corners H6285 (פֵּאָה) — properly, mouth in a figurative sense, i.e. direction, region, extremity
  • of your heads H7218 (רֹאשׁ) — the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
  • neither shalt thou mar H7843 (שָׁחַת) — to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)
  • of thy beard H2206 (זָקָן) — the beard (as indicating age)

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

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • Ye shall not make H5414 (נָתַן) — to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
  • any H3793 (כְּתֹבֶת) — a letter or other mark branded on the skin
  • cuttings H8296 (שֶׂרֶט) — an incision
  • in your flesh H1320 (בָּשָׂר) — flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of a man
  • for the dead H5315 (נֶפֶשׁ) — properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
  • nor print H5414 (נָתַן) — to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
  • any marks H7085 (קַעֲקַע) — an incision or gash
  • Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God

29 Profane not thy daughter, to make her a harlot; lest the land fall to whoredom, and the land become full of wickedness.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • Do not prostitute H2490 (חָלַל) — properly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (as if by a…
  • thy daughter H1323 (בַּת) — a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
  • to cause her to be a whore H2181 (זָנָה) — to commit adultery (usually of the female, and less often of simple fornication, rarely of involuntary ravishment); figuratively, to commit idolatry (the Jewish…
  • lest the land H776 (אֶרֶץ) — the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
  • fall to whoredom H2181 (זָנָה) — to commit adultery (usually of the female, and less often of simple fornication, rarely of involuntary ravishment); figuratively, to commit idolatry (the Jewish…
  • and the land H776 (אֶרֶץ) — the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
  • become full H4390 (מָלֵא) — to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)
  • of wickedness H2154 (זִמָּה) — a plan, especially a bad one

30 Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am Jehovah.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • Ye shall keep H8104 (שָׁמַר) — properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
  • my sabbaths H7676 (שַׁבָּת) — intermission, i.e (specifically) the Sabbath
  • and reverence H3372 (יָרֵא) — to fear; morally to revere; causatively to frighten
  • my sanctuary H4720 (מִקְדָּשׁ) — a consecrated thing or place, especially, a palace, sanctuary (whether of Jehovah or of idols) or asylum
  • Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God

31 Turn ye not unto them that have familiar spirits, nor unto the wizards; seek them not out, to be defiled by them: I am Jehovah your God.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • Regard H6437 (פָּנָה) — to turn; by implication, to face, i.e. appear, look, etc.
  • not them that have familiar spirits H178 (אוֹב) — properly, a mumble, i.e. a water-skin (from its hollow sound); hence a necromancer (ventriloquist, as from a jar)
  • neither seek H1245 (בָּקַשׁ) — to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after
  • after wizards H3049 (יִדְּעֹנִי) — properly, a knowing one; specifically, a conjurer; (by impl) a ghost
  • to be defiled H2930 (טָמֵא) — to be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral sense (contaminated)
  • Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
  • your God H430 (אֱלֹהִים) — gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference…

32 Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honor the face of the old man, and thou shalt fear thy God: I am Jehovah.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • Thou shalt rise up H6965 (קוּם) — to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
  • before H6440 (פָּנִים) — the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (befo…
  • the hoary head H7872 (שֵׂיבָה) — old age
  • and honour H1921 (הָדַר) — to swell up (literally or figuratively, active or passive); by implication, to favor or honour, be high or proud
  • the face H6440 (פָּנִים) — the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (befo…
  • of the old man H2205 (זָקֵן) — old
  • and fear H3372 (יָרֵא) — to fear; morally to revere; causatively to frighten
  • thy God H430 (אֱלֹהִים) — gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference…
  • Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God

33 And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not do him wrong.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • And if a stranger H1616 (גֵּר) — properly, a guest; by implication, a foreigner
  • sojourn H1481 (גּוּר) — properly, to turn aside from the road (for a lodging or any other purpose), i.e. sojourn (as a guest); also to shrink, fear (as in a strange place); also to gat…
  • with thee in your land H776 (אֶרֶץ) — the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
  • ye shall not vex H3238 (יָנָה) — to rage or be violent; by implication, to suppress, to maltreat

34 The stranger that sojourneth with you shall be unto you as the home-born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were sojourners in the land of Egypt: I am Jehovah your God.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • the stranger H1616 (גֵּר) — properly, a guest; by implication, a foreigner
  • that dwelleth H1481 (גּוּר) — properly, to turn aside from the road (for a lodging or any other purpose), i.e. sojourn (as a guest); also to shrink, fear (as in a strange place); also to gat…
  • with you shall be unto you as one born H249 (אֶזְרָח) — a spontaneous growth, i.e. native (tree or persons)
  • among you, and thou shalt love H157 (אָהַב) — to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)
  • him as thyself; for ye were strangers H1616 (גֵּר) — properly, a guest; by implication, a foreigner
  • in the land H776 (אֶרֶץ) — the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
  • of Egypt H4714 (מִצְרַיִם) — Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt
  • Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
  • your God H430 (אֱלֹהִים) — gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference…

35 Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in measures of length, of weight, or of quantity.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • Ye shall do H6213 (עָשָׂה) — to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
  • no unrighteousness H5766 (עֶוֶל) — (moral) evil
  • in judgment H4941 (מִשְׁפָּט) — properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or…
  • in meteyard H4060 (מִדָּה) — properly, extension, i.e. height or breadth; also a measure (including its standard); hence a portion (as measured) or a vestment; specifically, tribute (as mea…
  • in weight H4948 (מִשְׁקָל) — weight (numerically estimated); hence, weighing (the act)
  • or in measure H4884 (מְשׂוּרָה) — a measure (for liquids)

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

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • Just H6664 (צֶדֶק) — the right (natural, moral or legal); also (abstractly) equity or (figuratively) prosperity
  • balances H3976 (מֹאזֵן) — (only in the dual) a pair of scales
  • weights H68 (אֶבֶן) — a stone
  • a just H6664 (צֶדֶק) — the right (natural, moral or legal); also (abstractly) equity or (figuratively) prosperity
  • ephah H374 (אֵיפָה) — an ephah or measure for grain; hence, a measure in general
  • and a just H6664 (צֶדֶק) — the right (natural, moral or legal); also (abstractly) equity or (figuratively) prosperity
  • hin H1969 (הִין) — a hin or liquid measure
  • Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
  • your God H430 (אֱלֹהִים) — gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference…
  • which brought you out H3318 (יָצָא) — to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.
  • of the land H776 (אֶרֶץ) — the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
  • of Egypt H4714 (מִצְרַיִם) — Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt

37 And ye shall observe all my statutes, and all mine ordinances, and do them: I am Jehovah.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • Therefore shall ye observe H8104 (שָׁמַר) — properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
  • all my statutes H2708 (חֻקָּה)
  • and all my judgments H4941 (מִשְׁפָּט) — properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or…
  • and do H6213 (עָשָׂה) — to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
  • Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God