Leviticus 19 · Geneva Bible Notes (1599)
Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be (a) holy: for I the LORD your God [am] holy. (a) That is, void of all pollution, idolatry and superstition both of soul and body. Leviticus 19:5
And if ye offer a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the LORD, ye shall offer it (b) at your own will. (b) Of your own accord. Leviticus 19:7
And if it be eaten at all on the third day, it [is] abominable; it shall not be (c) accepted. (c) To wit, of God. Leviticus 19:11
Ye shall not steal, neither (d) deal falsely, neither lie one to another. (d) In that which is committed to your credit. Leviticus 19:16
Thou shalt not (e) go up and down [as] a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou (f) stand against the blood of thy neighbour: I [am] the LORD. (e) As a slanderer, backbiter, or quarrel picker. (f) By consenting to his death, or conspiring with the wicked. Leviticus 19:19
Ye shall keep my statutes. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a (g) diverse kind: thou shalt not sow thy field with mingled seed: neither shall a garment mingled of linen and woollen come upon thee. (g) As a horse to leap an ass, or a mule a mare. Leviticus 19:23
And when ye shall come into the land, and shall have planted all manner of trees for food, then ye (h) shall count the fruit thereof as uncircumcised: three years shall it be as uncircumcised unto you: it shall not be eaten of. (h) It shall be unclean as that thing, which is not circumcised. Leviticus 19:26
Ye shall not eat [any thing] with the blood: neither shall ye use enchantment, nor (i) observe times. (i) To measure lucky or unlucky days. Leviticus 19:27
Ye shall not (k) round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard. (k) As did the Gentiles in sign of mourning. Leviticus 19:28
Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any (l) marks upon you: I [am] the LORD. (l) By whipping your bodies or burning marks in them. Leviticus 19:29
Do not prostitute thy daughter, to cause her to be a (m) whore; lest the land fall to whoredom, and the land become full of wickedness. (m) As did the Cyprians, and Locrenses. Leviticus 19:32
Thou shalt (n) rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I [am] the LORD. (n) In token of reverence. Leviticus 19:35
Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in (o) meteyard, in weight, or in measure. (o) As in measuring the ground. Leviticus 19:36
Just balances, just weights, a just (p) ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I [am] the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt. (p) By these two measures he means all other. Of Ephah, read ( Exo 16:36 ) and of Hin, ( Exo 29:40 ).