Holy Bible: Easy-To-Read Version

Leviticus 19:8-14 Holy Bible: Easy-To-Read Version (ETR)

8. You will be guilty of sin if you do that because you did not respect the holy things that belong to the Lord. If you do that, you will be separated from your people.

9. “When you cut your crops at harvest time, don’t cut all the way to the corners of your fields. And if grain falls on the ground, you must not gather up that grain.

10. Don’t pick all the grapes in your vineyards or pick up the grapes that fall to the ground. You must leave those things for your poor people and for people traveling through your country. I am the Lord your God.

11. “You must not steal. You must not cheat people. You must not lie to each other.

12. You must not use my name to make false promises. If you do that, you will show that you don’t respect the name of your God. I am the Lord!

13. “You must not cheat or rob your neighbor. You must not hold a hired worker’s salary overnight until morning.

14. “You must not curse anyone who is deaf. You must not do anything to make a blind person fall. But you must respect your God. I am the Lord.