Leviticus 19:19-37

Leviticus 19:19-37

[19] Ye shall keep  my statutes.  Thou shalt not let thy cattle  gender  with a diverse kind:  thou shalt not sow  thy field  with mingled seed:  neither shall a garment  mingled  of linen and woollen  come  upon thee. [20] And whosoever  lieth  carnally  with a woman,  that is a bondmaid,  betrothed  to an husband,  and not at all  nor freedom  given  her; she shall be scourged;  they shall not be put to death,  because she was not free.  [21] And he shall bring  his trespass offering  unto the LORD,  unto the door  of the tabernacle  of the congregation,  even a ram  for a trespass offering.  [22] And the priest  shall make an atonement  for him with the ram  of the trespass offering  before  the LORD  for his sin  which he hath done:  and the sin  which he hath done  shall be forgiven  him. [23] And when ye shall come  into the land,  and shall have planted  all manner of trees  for food,  the fruit  thereof as uncircumcised:  three  years  shall it be as uncircumcised  unto you: it shall not be eaten  of. [24] But in the fourth  year  all the fruit  thereof shall be holy  to praise  the LORD  [25] And in the fifth  year  shall ye eat  of the fruit  thereof, that it may yield  unto you the increase  thereof: I am the LORD  your God.  [26] Ye shall not eat  any thing with the blood:  neither shall ye use enchantment,  nor observe times.  [27] Ye shall not round  the corners  of your heads,  neither shalt thou mar  the corners  of thy beard.  [28] Ye shall not make  any  cuttings  in your flesh  for the dead,  nor print  any marks  upon you: I am the LORD.  [29] Do not prostitute  thy daughter,  to cause her to be a whore;  lest the land  fall to whoredom,  and the land  become full  of wickedness.  [30] Ye shall keep  my sabbaths,  and reverence  my sanctuary:  I am the LORD.  [31] Regard  not them that have familiar spirits,  neither seek  after wizards,  to be defiled  by them: I am the LORD  your God.  [32] Thou shalt rise up  before  the hoary head,  and honour  the face  of the old man,  and fear  thy God:  I am the LORD.  [33] And if a stranger  sojourn  with thee in your land,  ye shall not vex  [34] But the stranger  that dwelleth  with you shall be unto you as one born  among you, and thou shalt love  him as thyself; for ye were strangers  in the land  of Egypt:  I am the LORD  your God.  [35] Ye shall do  no unrighteousness  in judgment,  in meteyard,  in weight,  or in measure.  [36] Just  balances,  just  weights,  a just  ephah,  and a just  hin,  shall ye have: I am the LORD  your God,  which brought you out  of the land  of Egypt.  [37] Therefore shall ye observe  all my statutes,  and all my judgments,  and do  them: I am the LORD. 

What does Leviticus 19:19-37 Mean?

Contextual Meaning

"This section is introduced with the admonition "You shall keep my statutes" ( Leviticus 19:19 a) and concludes with a similar admonition, "You shall keep all my statutes and all my judgments" ( Leviticus 19:37 a), and the statement "I am the LORD" ( Leviticus 19:37 b). Like the preceding section of laws, it consists of a list of twenty-one (3x7) laws. These laws also are broken up into smaller units by a sevenfold repetition of the phrase "I am the LORD (your God)" ( Leviticus 19:25; Leviticus 19:28; Leviticus 19:30-32; Leviticus 19:34; Leviticus 19:36)." [1]