Quotes from Leviticus

Quotations follow the King James Version translation (Oxford University Press, 1611) — our recommended edition.

1. 2

   Breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth: as he hath caused a blemish in a man, so shall it be done to him again.

2. 3

   And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubile unto you; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family.

3. 4

   But the goat, on which the lot fell to be the scapegoat, shall be presented alive before the LORD, to make an atonement with him, and to let him go for a scapegoat into the wilderness.

4. 5

   For I am the LORD your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy.

5. 6

   For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul.

6. 7

   Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.

7. 8

   If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.

8. 9

   Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the LORD.

9. 10

   But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.

10. 11

    The land shall not be sold for ever: for the land is mine; for ye are strangers and sojourners with me.

11. 12

    And I will walk among you, and will be your God, and ye shall be my people.

12. 13

    And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered strange fire before the LORD, which he commanded them not.