Leviticus 19

Leviticus 19
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"Tabernacle", Biblical illustrations, Sweet Media, 1984.
Book	Book of Leviticus
Category	Torah
Christian Bible part	Old Testament
Order in the Christian part	3

Leviticus 19 is the nineteenth chapter of the Book of Leviticus in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

See also

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

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 (ed.). 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 (ed.). 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 (ed.). 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 (ed.). 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 (ed.). 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 (ed.). 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.