Category: Leviticus

22 You shall not lie with a male as with a woman; it is an abomination. Setting the Scene for Leviticus 18:22 In Leviticus chapter 18, we find the Israelites encamped at the foot of Mount Sinai, having recently been liberated from slavery in Egypt. Moses, their leader, has ascended the mountain to receive the…

1 The Lord spoke to Moses on Mount Sinai, saying, 2 “Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, When you come into the land that I give you, the land shall keep a Sabbath to the Lord. 3 For six years you shall sow your field, and for six years you shall…

44 As for your male and female slaves whom you may have: you may buy male and female slaves from among the nations that are around you. 45 You may also buy from among the strangers who sojourn with you and their clans that are with you, who have been born in your land, and…

1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Speak to all the congregation of the people of Israel and say to them, You shall be holy, for I the Lord your God am holy. 3 Every one of you shall revere his mother and his father, and you shall keep my Sabbaths: I am…

1 “You shall not make idols for yourselves or erect an image or pillar, and you shall not set up a figured stone in your land to bow down to it, for I am the Lord your God.” 2 You shall keep my Sabbaths and reverence my sanctuary: I am the Lord. 3 “If you…

1 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, If anyone makes a special vow to the Lord involving the valuation of persons,” 3 then the valuation shall be made by the priest, according to the ability of the one who vowed; the priest shall value…

1 And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying to them, 2 “Speak to the people of Israel, saying, These are the living things that you may eat among all the animals that are on the earth. 3 Whatever parts the hoof and is cloven-footed and chews the cud, among the animals, you may…

1 The Lord spoke to Moses after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they drew near before the Lord and died, 2 and the Lord said to Moses, “Tell Aaron your brother not to come at any time into the Holy Place inside the veil, before the mercy seat that is on…

1 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “This shall be the law of the leprous person for the day of his cleansing. He shall be brought to the priest,” 3 And the priest shall go out of the camp, and the priest shall look. Then, if the case of the leprous disease is healed…

1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, I am the Lord your God.” 3 You shall not do as they do in the land of Egypt, where you lived, and you shall not do as they do in the land of Canaan, to…