Leviticus 19

Leviticus 19 is the nineteenth chapter of the Book of Leviticus in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible.^[1][2]

Text

• The original text is written in Hebrew.
• Some of the most ancient manuscripts containing this chapter are:
  • In Hebrew:
    • Masoretic Text
    • Dead Sea Scrolls
    • Samaritan Pentateuch
  • In Greek:
    • Septuagint (3rd century BC)
• This chapter is divided into 37 verses.

Structure

English Standard Version groups this chapter as follows:

• Leviticus 19:1-8 = The LORD Is Holy
• Leviticus 19:9-18 = Love Your Neighbor as Yourself
• Leviticus 19:19-37 = You Shall Keep My Statutes

Verse 2

Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them,

Ye shall be holy: for I the Lord your God am holy.^[3]

Verse 9

And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field,

neither shalt thou gather the gleanings of thy harvest.^[4]

Applied in the story of Ruth recorded in the Book of Ruth chapter 2

Verse 10

And thou shalt not glean thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather every grape of thy vineyard;

thou shalt leave them for the poor and stranger:

I am the Lord your God.^[5]

Applied in the story of Ruth recorded in the Book of Ruth chapter 2

Verse 16

Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people:

neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbour;

'I am the Lord.^[6]

Verse 18

Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people,

but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself:

I am the Lord.^[7]

See also

• Ruth
• Other related Bible parts: Leviticus 18, Leviticus 20, Ruth 2, Matthew 19, Matthew 22, Romans 13, James 2

References

Bibliography

Translations of Leviticus

• Leviticus at Bible gateway

Commentaries on Leviticus

• Balentine, Samuel E (2002). Leviticus. Westminster John Knox Press. ISBN 9780664237356. 
• Gerstenberger, Erhard S (1996). Leviticus: A Commentary. Westminster John Knox Press. ISBN 9780664226732. 
• Gorman, Frank H (1997). Divine presence and community: a commentary on the Book of Leviticus. Eerdmans. ISBN 9780802801104. 
• Grabbe, Lester (1998). "Leviticus". In John Barton. Oxford Bible Commentary. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198755005. 
• Hartley, John E. (1992). Leviticus. Word. ISBN 0849902037. 
• Houston, Walter J (2003). "Leviticus". In James D. G. Dunn, John William Rogerson. Eerdmans Bible Commentary. Eerdmans. ISBN 9780802837110. 
• Kleinig, John W (2004). Leviticus. Concordia Publishing House. ISBN 9780570063179. 
• Levine, Baruch A. (1989). JPS Torah Commentary: Leviticus. Jewish Publication Society. 
• Milgrom, Jacob (1998–2001). Leviticus 1-16, Leviticus 17-22, Leviticus 23-27. New Haven: Yale. 
• Milgrom, Jacob (2004). Leviticus: A Book of Ritual and Ethics. Minneapolis: Fortress. 
• Watts, James W. (2013). Leviticus 1-10. Leuven: Peeters. ISBN 9042929847. 
• Wenham, Gordon (1979). The book of Leviticus. Eerdmans. ISBN 9780802825223. 

General

• Balentine, Samuel E (1999). The Torah's vision of worship. Fortress Press. ISBN 9781451418088. 
• Bandstra, Barry L (2004). Reading the Old Testament: an introduction to the Hebrew Bible. Wadsworth. ISBN 9780495391050. 
• Brueggemann, Walter (2002). Reverberations of faith: a theological handbook of Old Testament themes. Westminster John Knox. ISBN 9780664222314. 
• Campbell, Antony F; O'Brien, Mark A (1993). Sources of the Pentateuch: texts, introductions, annotations. Fortress Press. ISBN 9781451413670. 
• Clines, David A (1997). The theme of the Pentateuch. Sheffield Academic Press. ISBN 9780567431967. 
• Davies, Philip R; Rogerson, John W (2005). The Old Testament world. Liturgical Press. ISBN 9780664230258. 
• Dawes, Gregory W (2005). Introduction to the Bible. Liturgical Press. ISBN 9780814628355. 
• Gilbert, Christopher (2009). A Complete Introduction to the Bible. Paulist Press. ISBN 9780809145522. 
• Grabbe, Lester (2006). "The priests in Leviticus". In Rolf Rendtorff, Robert A. Kugler. The Book of Leviticus: Composition and Reception. Brill. ISBN 9789004126343. 
• Knierim, Rolf P (1995). The task of Old Testament theology: substance, method, and cases. Eerdmans. ISBN 9780802807151. 
• Kugler, Robert; Hartin, Patrick (2009). An Introduction to the Bible. Eerdmans. ISBN 9780802846365. 
• Levine, Baruch (2006). "Leviticus: Its Literary History and Location in Biblical Literature". In Rolf Rendtorff, Robert A. Kugler. The Book of Leviticus: Composition and Reception. Brill. ISBN 9789004126343. 
• Marx, Alfred (2006). "The theology of the sacrifice according to Leviticus 1–7". In Rolf Rendtorff, Robert A. Kugler. The Book of Leviticus: Composition and Reception. Brill. ISBN 9789004126343. 
• McDermott, John J (2002). Reading the Pentateuch: a historical introduction. Pauline Press. ISBN 9780809140824. 
• Newsom, Carol Ann (2004). The self as symbolic space: constructing identity and community at Qumran. BRILL. ISBN 9789004138032. 
• Nihan, Christophe (2007). From Priestly Torah to Pentateuch: A Study in the Composition of the Book of Leviticus. Tuebingen: Mohr Siebeck. ISBN 9783161492570. 
• Rodd, Cyril S (2001). Glimpses of a strange land: studies in Old Testament ethics. T&T Clark. ISBN 9780567087539. 
• Rogerson, J.W (1991). Genesis 1–11. T&T Clark. ISBN 9780567083388. 
• Van Seters, John (1998). "The Pentateuch". In Steven L. McKenzie, Matt Patrick Graham. The Hebrew Bible today: an introduction to critical issues. Westminster John Knox Press. ISBN 9780664256524. 
• Ska, Jean-Louis (2006). Introduction to reading the Pentateuch. Eisenbrauns. ISBN 9781575061221. 
• Watts, James W. (2007). Ritual and Rhetoric in Leviticus: From Sacrifice to Scripture. New York: Cambridge. ISBN 9780521871938. 
• Wenham, Gordon (2003). Exploring the Old Testament: The Pentateuch. SPCK.