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

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

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

28 You 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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References and Original Words

Verse 26

Cross-references

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

Original words

You must not לֹ֥א H3808 Adverb - Negative particle eat תֹאכְל֖וּ H398 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural anything with עַל־ H5921 Preposition blood still in it הַדָּ֑ם H1818 Article | Noun - masculine singular You must not לֹ֥א H3808 Adverb - Negative particle practice divination תְנַחֲשׁ֖וּ H5172 Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine plural or וְלֹ֥א H3808 Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle sorcery תְעוֹנֵֽנוּ׃ H6049 Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine plural

Verse 27

Cross-references

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

Original words

You must not לֹ֣א H3808 Adverb - Negative particle cut off the hair תַקִּ֔פוּ H5362 Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine plural at the sides פְּאַ֖ת H6285 Noun - feminine singular construct of your head רֹאשְׁכֶ֑ם H7218 Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine plural . . . וְלֹ֣א H3808 Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle or clip off תַשְׁחִ֔ית H7843 Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular - אֵ֖ת H853 Direct object marker the edges פְּאַ֥ת H6285 Noun - feminine singular construct of your beard זְקָנֶֽךָ׃ H2206 Noun - common singular construct | second person masculine singular

Verse 28

Cross-references

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

Original words

You must not לֹ֤א H3808 Adverb - Negative particle make any cuts וְשֶׂ֣רֶט H8296 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular . . . תִתְּנוּ֙ H5414 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural in your bodies בִּבְשַׂרְכֶ֔ם H1320 Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine plural for the dead לָנֶ֗פֶשׁ H5315 Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular or put תִתְּנ֖וּ H5414 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural tattoo קַֽעֲקַ֔ע H7085 Noun - masculine singular . . . לֹ֥א H3808 Adverb - Negative particle marks וּכְתֹ֣בֶת H3793 Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct on yourselves בָּכֶ֑ם Preposition | second person masculine plural I אֲנִ֖י H589 Pronoun - first person common singular am the LORD יְהוָֽה׃ H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular

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