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Leviticus 19:13-15
New English Translation

13 You must not oppress your neighbor or commit robbery against your neighbor.[a] You must not withhold[b] the wages of the hired laborer overnight until morning. 14 You must not curse a deaf person or put a stumbling block in front of a blind person.[c] You must fear[d] your God; I am the Lord.

Justice, Love, and Propriety

15 “‘You[e] must not deal unjustly in judgment:[f] You must neither show partiality to the poor nor honor the rich.[g] You must judge your fellow citizen fairly.[h]

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 19:13 tn Heb “You shall not oppress your neighbor and you shall not rob.”
  2. Leviticus 19:13 tn Heb “hold back with you”; perhaps “hold back for yourself” (cf. NRSV “keep for yourself”).
  3. Leviticus 19:14 tn Heb “You shall not curse a deaf [person] and before a blind [person] you shall not put a stumbling block.”
  4. Leviticus 19:14 tn Heb “And you shall fear.” Many English versions (e.g., KJV, ASV, NAB, NASB, NIV) regard the Hebrew conjunction ו (vav, “and”) as adversative in force here (“but”).
  5. Leviticus 19:15 tc Smr has the singular rather than the plural “you” of the MT, which brings this verb form into line with the ones surrounding it.
  6. Leviticus 19:15 tn Heb “You shall not do injustice in judgment” (NASB similar); cf. NIV “do not pervert justice.”
  7. Leviticus 19:15 tn Heb “You shall not lift up faces of poor [people] and you shall not honor faces of great.”
  8. Leviticus 19:15 tn Heb “In righteousness you shall judge your fellow citizen.”
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