Read with Parashah 29 in regular years; in leap years, read separately

1Adonai spoke to Moses [Drawn out], saying,

2“Speak to all the congregation of the children of Israel [God prevails], and tell them, ‘You shall be holy; for I, Adonai your God, am holy. ¹¹⁷

3¹¹⁸“‘Each one of you shall respect his mother and his father. You shall keep my Shab'totay ·Intermissions·. I am Adonai your God.

4¹¹⁹“‘Don’t turn to idols, ¹²⁰nor make molten deities for yourselves. I am Adonai your God.

5“‘When you offer a sacrifice of peace offerings to Adonai, you shall offer it so that you may be accepted.

6It shall be eaten the same day you offer it, and on the next day: and if anything remains until the third day, it shall be burned with fire.

7¹²¹If it is eaten at all on the third day, it is an abomination. It will not be accepted;

8but everyone who eats it shall bear his depravity (moral evil), because he has profaned the holy thing of Adonai, and that soul shall be cut off from his people.

9¹²²“‘When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not wholly reap the corners of your field, ¹²³¹²⁴neither shall you gather the gleanings of your harvest.

10¹²⁵You shall not glean your vineyard, ¹²⁶¹²⁷neither shall you gather the fallen grapes of your vineyard. ¹²⁸¹²⁹You shall leave them for the poor and for the foreigner. I am Adonai your God.

11¹³⁰“‘You shall not steal from, ¹³¹defraud, ¹³²or lie to one another.

12¹³³“‘You shall not swear by my name falsely, ¹³⁴and shall not profane את the name of your God. I am Adonai.

13¹³⁵“‘You shall not oppress your neighbor, nor rob him. ¹³⁶¹³⁷“‘The wages of a hired servant shall not remain with you all night until the morning.

14¹³⁸“‘You shall not curse the deaf, ¹³⁹nor put a stumbling block before the blind; but you shall fear your God. I am Adonai. (RY:5, LY:2)

15¹⁴⁰“‘You shall do no injustice in judgment. ¹⁴¹You shall not be partial to the poor, ¹⁴²nor show favoritism to the great; ¹⁴³but you shall judge your neighbor uprightly.

16¹⁴⁴“‘You shall not go up and down as a slanderer among your people. ¹⁴⁵“‘You shall not endanger the life of your neighbor. I am Adonai.

17¹⁴⁶“‘You shall not hate your brother in your heart. ¹⁴⁷¹⁴⁸You shall surely rebuke your neighbor, and not bear crime deserving peanlty, sin ·missing the goal· because of him.

18¹⁴⁹“‘You shall not take vengeance or revenge, ¹⁵⁰nor bear any grudge against the children of your people; ¹⁵¹but you shall 'ahav ·affectionately love· your neighbor as yourself. ¹⁵²I am Adonai.

19“‘You shall keep my regulations. ¹⁵³“‘You shall not cross-breed different kinds of animals. ¹⁵⁴“‘You shall not sow your field with two kinds of seed; “‘Don’t wear a garment made of two kinds of material.

20“‘If a man lies carnally with a woman who is a slave girl, pledged to be married to another man, and not ransomed, or given her freedom; they shall be punished. They shall not be put to death, because she was not free.

21He shall bring his fault incurring guilt offering to Adonai, to the door of the Tent of Meeting, even a ram for a fault incurring guilt offering.

22The priest shall make atonement for him with the ram of the fault incurring guilt offering before Adonai for his habitual sin ·missing the mark· which he has sinned ·deviated (from the standard goal)·: and the habitual sin ·missing the mark· which he has sinned ·deviated (from the standard goal)· shall be forgiven him. (LY:3)

23¹⁵⁵“‘When you come into the land, and have planted all kinds of trees for food, then you shall count their fruit as forbidden. Three years they shall be forbidden to you. It shall not be eaten.

24¹⁵⁶But in the fourth year all its fruit shall be holy, for giving praise to Adonai.

25In the fifth year you shall eat its fruit, that it may yield its increase to you. I am Adonai your God.

26“‘You shall not eat any meat with the blood still in it. ¹⁵⁷You shall not use enchantments, ¹⁵⁸¹⁵⁹nor practice sorcery.

27¹⁶⁰“‘You shall not cut the hair on the sides of your head or clip off the edge of your beard.

28¹⁶¹“‘You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor tattoo any marks on you. I am Adonai.

29“‘Don’t profane your daughter, to make her a prostitute; lest the land fall to prostitution, and the land become full of wickedness.

30“‘You shall keep my Shab'totay ·Intermissions·, and ¹⁶²revere my sanctuary; I am Adonai.

31¹⁶³“‘Don’t turn to those who are spirit-mediums, ¹⁶⁴nor to the sorcerers. Don’t seek them out, to be defiled by them. I am Adonai your God.

32¹⁶⁵“‘You shall rise up before the silver haired, and honor the face of an elder old man, and you shall fear your God. I am Adonai. (RY:6, LY:4)

33“‘If a stranger lives as a foreigner with you in your land, you shall not do him wrong.

34The stranger who lives as a foreigner with you shall be to you as the native-born among you, and you shall 'ahav ·affectionately love· him as yourself; for you lived as foreigners in the land of Egypt [Abode of slavery]. I am Adonai your God.

35¹⁶⁶“‘You shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in measures of length, of weight, or of quantity.

36¹⁶⁷You shall have just balances, just weights, a just ephah [0.63 bushels; 5.9 gal; 22 L], and a just hin [0.98 gal; 3.7 L]. I am Adonai your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt [Abode of slavery].

37“‘You shall observe all my regulations, and all my judgments, and do them. I am Adonai.’”