Leviticus
92 verses from the Leviticus cited as proof texts across the confessions and catechisms.
Open in the interactive reader →“And if a soul sins and hears the voice of an oath, and he [is] a witness, whether he has seen or he has known, if he does not tell, then he shall bear his iniquity.
And if a soul sins and does one from all the commandments of YHWH which are not to be done, and he has not known, and he is guilty, then he shall bear his iniquity.
“If a soul sins and acts unfaithfully—an unfaithfulness—against YHWH and has lied to his neighbor concerning a deposit, or concerning a pledge of hand, or concerning a robbery, or if he has extorted his neighbor,
or if he has found a lost thing and has lied concerning it, and has sworn upon falsehood—upon one from all that the man does, to sin in them.
And it shall be, when he sins and is guilty, that he shall return the plunder that he has stolen, or the extortion that he has extorted, or the deposit that has been deposited with him, or the lost thing that he found,
or from all about which he swore to a lie. And He shall restore it in its principal and he shall add a fifth to it; to whomever it belongs, he shall give it in the day of his guilt offering.
And the sons of Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, each took his firepan, and they put fire in it, and they put incense on it, and they brought near before the face of YHWH strange fire, which He had not commanded them.
And fire went out from before the face of YHWH, and it consumed them, and they died before the face of YHWH.
And Moses said to Aaron, “It [is] what YHWH spoke, saying, ‘By those drawing near to Me I will be shown holy, and before the faces of all the people I will be glorified.’” And Aaron was silent.
And Moses called to Mishael and to Elzaphan, the sons of Uzziel the uncle of Aaron, and he said to them, “Draw near, carry your⁺ brothers from the face of the Holy Place, to the outside of the camp.”
And they drew near, and they carried them in their tunics to the outside of the camp, as Moses had spoken.
And Moses said to Aaron and to Eleazar and to Ithamar his sons, “Do not uncover your⁺ heads and do not tear your⁺ clothes, and you⁺ shall not die, and upon all the congregation He will be angry. And your⁺ brothers, the whole house of Israel, shall weep the burning that YHWH has burned.
And you⁺ shall not go out from the door of the Tent of Meeting, lest you⁺ die; for the anointing oil of YHWH [is] upon you⁺.” And they did according to the word of Moses.
For I [am] YHWH your⁺ God. And you⁺ shall sanctify yourselves, and you⁺ shall be holy, for I [am] holy. And you⁺ shall not make unclean your souls with any swarming thing that crawls upon the earth.
For I [am] YHWH, the One bringing you⁺ up from the land of Egypt, to be your⁺ God; and you⁺ shall be holy, for I [am] holy.
And YHWH spoke to Moses, saying,
“Speak to the sons of Israel, and you shall say to them: I [am] YHWH your⁺ God.
You⁺ shall not do according to the work of the land of Egypt in which you⁺ dwelt, and according to the work of the land of Canaan where I am bringing you⁺, you⁺ shall not do, and in their statutes you⁺ shall not walk.
You⁺ shall do My judgments, and you⁺ shall keep My statutes, to walk in them. I [am] YHWH your⁺ God.
And you⁺ shall keep My statutes and My judgments, which the man shall do them, and he shall live by them. I [am] YHWH.
Any man shall not draw near to any close relative of his flesh to uncover nakedness. I [am] YHWH.
The nakedness of your father and the nakedness of your mother you shall not uncover. She [is] your mother; you shall not uncover her nakedness.
The nakedness of the wife of your father you shall not uncover; it [is] the nakedness of your father.
The nakedness of your sister the daughter of your father or the daughter of your mother born [at] home or born outside [it], you shall not uncover their nakedness.
The nakedness of the daughter of your son or of the daughter of your daughter—you shall not uncover their nakedness; for they [are] your own nakedness.
The nakedness of the daughter of the wife of your father, begotten of your father—she [is] your sister—you shall not uncover her nakedness.
The nakedness of the sister of your father you shall not uncover; she [is] a close relative of your father.
The nakedness of the sister of your mother you shall not uncover, for she [is] a close relative of your mother.
The nakedness of the brother of your father you shall not uncover. To his wife you shall not draw near; she [is] your aunt.
The nakedness of your daughter-in-law you shall not uncover; she [is] the wife of your son. You shall not uncover her nakedness.
The nakedness of the wife of your brother you shall not uncover; it [is] the nakedness of your brother.
The nakedness of a woman and her daughter you shall not uncover—the daughter of her son and the daughter of her daughter you shall not take to uncover her nakedness. They [are] close relatives; it [is] wickedness.
And a woman to her sister you shall not take, to be a rival, to uncover her nakedness beside her in her life.
And to a woman in the menstruation of her uncleanness you shall not draw near to uncover her nakedness.
And to the wife of your neighbor you shall not give your lying to seed to defile yourself with her.
And from your seed you shall not give to pass over to Molech, and you shall not profane the name of your God. I [am] YHWH.
Do not defile yourselves with any of these things, for by all these the nations have defiled themselves, which I [am] sending away from before your⁺ faces.
And the land is defiled; and I visit the punishment of its iniquity upon it, and the land vomits out those dwelling in it.
And you⁺ shall keep My statutes and My judgments, and you⁺ shall not do from all of these abominations, the native and the sojourner who is sojourning in your⁺ midst—
for the men of the land who [were] before your⁺ faces have done all these abominations, and the land was defiled—
And the land will not vomit you⁺ out when you⁺ defile it, as it vomited out the nation that [was] before your⁺ faces.
For anyone who does from all these abominations—then the soul who do [them]—shall be cut off from among their people.
And you⁺ shall keep My charge, to not do from the statutes of the abominations that have been done before your⁺ faces, and you⁺ shall not defile yourselves by them. I [am] YHWH your⁺ God.”
Each man shall fear his mother and his father, and you⁺ shall keep My Sabbaths. I [am] YHWH your⁺ God.
And in your⁺ reaping the harvest of your⁺ land, you shall not complete reaping the edge of your field, and the gleanings of your harvest you shall not gather.
And your vineyard—you shall not glean, and the fallen grapes of your vineyard you shall not gather. You shall leave them for the poor and for the sojourner. I [am] YHWH your⁺ God.
You⁺ shall not steal, and you⁺ shall not deal falsely, and you⁺ shall not lie—a man to his neighbor.
And you⁺ shall not swear by My name to a lie and so profane the name of your God. I [am] YHWH.
You shall not oppress your neighbor, and you shall not rob. The wage of a hireling shall not remain with you until morning.
You⁺ shall do no injustice in judgment; you shall not lift up the face of the poor, and you shall not honor the face of the great; in righteousness you shall judge your neighbor.
You shall not go about [as] a slanderer among your people. You shall not stand against the blood of your neighbor. I [am] YHWH.
You shall not hate your brother in your heart. You shall surely rebuke your neighbor and you shall not you shall not lift up upon him sin.
You shall not take vengeance, and you shall not bear [a grudge] against sons of your people, and you shall love your neighbor as yourself. I [am] YHWH.
My statutes you⁺ shall keep: Your livestock you shall not cause to breed [with] two kinds; your field you shall not sow [with] two kinds, and a garment of two kinds of mixed material shall not go up upon you.
And when you⁺ come into the land, and you plant every [kind] of tree for food, then you⁺ shall regard their fruit uncircumcised. Three years it shall be uncircumcised to you⁺; it shall not be eaten.
You⁺ shall not round off the edge of your⁺ head, and you shall not destroy the edge of your beard.
You shall not profane your daughter by making her practice prostitution, and the land will not practice prostitution, and the land become full of wickedness.
You⁺ shall not turn to the mediums and to the spiritists; you⁺ shall not seek after them to be defiled by them. I [am] YHWH your⁺ God.
Before the face of the gray headed you shall rise, and you shall honor the presence of an old [man], and you shall fear your God. I [am] YHWH.
And you⁺ shall keep all My statutes and all My judgments, and you⁺ shall do them. I [am] YHWH.”
And the person who turns to the mediums and to the spiritists to prostitute himself with them, I will set My face against that person and cut him off from among his people.
And consecrate yourselves and be holy, for I [am] YHWH your⁺ God.
And you⁺ shall keep My statutes and perform them. I [am] YHWH who sanctifies you⁺.
And a man who commits his copulation with an animal, he must surely be put to death, and the animal you⁺ shall kill.
And a woman, if she approaches unto any animal and mates with it, then you shall kill the woman and the animal. They must surely be put to death; their blood [is] on them.
And the nakedness of the sister of your mother or the sister of your father you shall not uncover, because he would uncover his close relative. They shall bear their guilt.
And you shall consecrate him, for he offers the bread of your God. He is Holy to you, for holy [am] I, YHWH, sanctifying you⁺.
Six days work shall be done, and the seventh day [is] a Sabbath of complete rest, a holy convocation. You⁺ shall not do any work; it [is] the Sabbath of YHWH in all your⁺ dwellings.
And a son of a woman, an Israelitess, went out (and he the son of an Egyptian man) in the midst of the sons of Israel. And this son of the Israelitess and a man of the Israelites fought each other in the camp.
And the son of the woman, the Israelitess, blasphemed the Name and cursed. And they brought him to Moses. And His mother’s name [was] Shelomith daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan.
And they put him in custody, that it might be shown to them upon the mouth of YHWH.
And YHWH spoke to Moses, saying,
“Take him who has cursed to the outside of the camp, and let all who heard [him] lay their hands on his head, and let all the congregation stone him.
And you shall speak to the sons of Israel, saying, ‘If any man curses his God, then he shall bear his sin.
And whoever blasphemes the name of YHWH must surely be put to death. All the congregation must surely stone him, as the sojourner, as the native; when he blasphemes the name he shall be put to death.
And whoever kills any man, he must surely be put to death.
And you⁺ shall not oppress one another, and you shall fear your God. For I [am] YHWH your⁺ God.
And if one of your brothers among you becomes poor and his hand has failed, then you shall help him like a sojourner or a stranger, and he may live with you.
“You⁺ shall not make for yourselves idols, and you⁺ shall not rear up for yourselves a graven image or standing image, and you⁺ shall not set up an engraved stone in your⁺ land to bow down to it. For I [am] YHWH your⁺ God.
You⁺ shall keep My Sabbaths and you⁺ shall revere My sanctuary. I [am] YHWH.
If you⁺ walk in My statutes and and keep My commandments and do them,
then I will give to you⁺ rain in its season, and the land shall yield its produce, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit,
and your⁺ threshing shall last until the time of vintage, and the vintage shall last until the time of sowing, and you⁺ shall eat your⁺ bread to the full and dwell safely in your⁺ land.
And I will give peace in the land, and you⁺ shall lie down, and nothing will make [you] afraid. And evil beasts I will cause to cease from the land, and the sword will not go into your⁺ land.
And you⁺ will pursue your⁺ enemies, and they shall fall before you⁺ by the sword.
And five of you⁺ shall pursue a hundred, and a hundred of you⁺ shall pursue a myriad, and your⁺ enemies shall fall before you⁺ by the sword.
And I will turn to you⁺ and make you fruitful and multiply you⁺, and I will establish My covenant with you⁺.
And you⁺ shall eat the old store a long time, and you⁺ will move out the old store because of the new.
And I will set My tabernacle in your⁺ midst, and My soul shall not abhor you⁺.
And I will walk in your⁺ midst, and I will be unto you⁺ God, and you⁺ will be unto Me for a people.
I [am] YHWH your⁺ God, who brought you⁺ out of the land of Egypt, that [you] should not be their slaves. And I have broken the bands of your⁺ yoke and made you walk upright.
And I will bring against you⁺ a sword that will kill the vengeance of the covenant. And [when] you⁺ are gathered together within your⁺ cities, then I will send pestilence in your⁺ midst, and you⁺ shall be given into the hand of the enemy.