Focused Passage

Leviticus 19:26-28

Be Holy Because I Am Holy: Covenant Life Before God and Neighbor

The LORD commands the whole assembly of Israel to be holy because He is holy, then applies that holiness across reverence for parents, Sabbath keeping, rejection of idols, proper fellowship offerings, care for the poor and foreigner, honesty, justice, love of neighbor, sexual and agricultural boundaries, rejection of pagan practices, Sabbath and sanctuary reverence, honoring the elderly, love for the foreigner, and honest weights and measures.

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

26You must not eat anything with blood still in it. You must not practice divination or sorcery.

27You must not cut off the hair at the sides of your head or clip off the edges of your beard.

28You must not make any cuts in your bodies for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves. I am the LORD.

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Verse 26

Cross-references

Deuteronomy 18:10Classic cross-references 2 Kings 17:17Classic cross-references 2 Chronicles 33:6Classic cross-references Exodus 22:18Classic cross-references 2 Kings 21:6Classic cross-references

Original words

You must notלֹ֥אH3808Adverb - Negative particleeatתֹאכְל֖וּH398Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine pluralanything withעַל־H5921Prepositionblood still in itהַדָּ֑םH1818Article | Noun - masculine singularYou must notלֹ֥אH3808Adverb - Negative particlepractice divinationתְנַחֲשׁ֖וּH5172Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine pluralorוְלֹ֥אH3808Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particlesorceryתְעוֹנֵֽנוּ׃H6049Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine plural

Verse 27

Cross-references

Leviticus 21:5Classic cross-references Deuteronomy 14:1Classic cross-references Ezekiel 44:20Classic cross-references Isaiah 15:2Classic cross-references Jeremiah 48:37Classic cross-references

Original words

You must notלֹ֣אH3808Adverb - Negative particlecut off the hairתַקִּ֔פוּH5362Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine pluralat the sidesפְּאַ֖תH6285Noun - feminine singular constructof your headרֹאשְׁכֶ֑םH7218Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine plural. . .וְלֹ֣אH3808Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particleor clip offתַשְׁחִ֔יתH7843Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular-אֵ֖תH853Direct object markerthe edgesפְּאַ֥תH6285Noun - feminine singular constructof your beardזְקָנֶֽךָ׃H2206Noun - common singular construct | second person masculine singular

Verse 28

Cross-references

Deuteronomy 14:1Classic cross-references 1 Kings 18:28Classic cross-references Leviticus 21:5Classic cross-references Leviticus 21:1Classic cross-references Jeremiah 16:6Classic cross-references

Original words

You must notלֹ֤אH3808Adverb - Negative particlemake any cutsוְשֶׂ֣רֶטH8296Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular. . .תִתְּנוּ֙H5414Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine pluralin your bodiesבִּבְשַׂרְכֶ֔םH1320Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine pluralfor the deadלָנֶ֗פֶשׁH5315Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singularor putתִתְּנ֖וּH5414Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine pluraltattooקַֽעֲקַ֔עH7085Noun - masculine singular. . .לֹ֥אH3808Adverb - Negative particlemarksוּכְתֹ֣בֶתH3793Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular constructon yourselvesבָּכֶ֑םPreposition | second person masculine pluralIאֲנִ֖יH589Pronoun - first person common singularam the LORDיְהוָֽה׃H3068Noun - proper - masculine singular

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