Self-interpreting Bible

1 AND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

2 Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye ^ashall be holy: for I the LORD your God am holy.

• a: Le. 11:44 , Le. 11:45 , Le. 20:7 , Le. 20:26 , 1Pe. 1:15 , 1Pe. 1:16 , Mat. 5:48 , 2Co. 7:1

3 ¶Ye shall ^bfear every man his mother, and his father, and ^ckeep my sabbaths: I am the LORD your God.

• b: Ex. 20:12 , Pr. 1:8 , Le. 19:32 , Ep. 6:1
• c: Ex. 20:8 , Ex. 31:13 , Ex. 31:15 , Le. 23:32 , Is. 58:13 , Is. 56:2 , Is. 56:4 , Is. 56:6

4 ¶Turn ^dye not unto idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I am the LORD your God.

• d: Ex. 20:3 , Ex. 20:4 , Ex. 20:23 , Ex. 32:8 , Ex. 32:31 , Ex. 34:17 , De. 27:15 , Hab. 2:18 , 1Jn. 5:21 , Le. 26:1

5 ¶And if ye ^eoffer a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the LORD, ye shall offer it at your own will.

• e: Le. 3:1 , Le. 7:15 - 18

6 It ^fshall be eaten the same day ye offer it, and on the morrow: and if ought remain until the third day, it shall be burnt in the fire.

• f: Le. 7:16 - 18 , 2Co. 6:2 , Ro. 6:3 , Ro. 6:4 , 1Co. 10:16 , Col. 2:17 , Col. 2:20 , Is. 66:3

7 And if it be eaten at all on the third day, it is abominable; it shall not be accepted.

8 Therefore every one that eateth it shall bear his iniquity, because he hath profaned the hallowed thing of the LORD: and that soul shall be ^gcut off from among his people.

• g: Ge. 17:14 , Le. 7:25 , Le. 7:27 , Le. 17:4 , Le. 17:9 , Le. 17:10 , Le. 17:14

9 ¶And when ^hye 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.

• h: Le. 23:22 , De. 24:19 - 22 , Ru. 2:2 , Ru. 2:7 , Ru. 2:8 , Ru. 2:15 , Ru. 2:16
• *: gleanings-crop dropped by the reapers at harvest time.

10 And thou shalt not ^i*glean thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather every grape of thy vineyard; ^jthou shalt leave them for the poor and stranger: I am the LORD your God.

• i: De. 24:19 - 22
• *: glean-collect what the reapers drop at harvest time.
• j: Ex. 23:11 , Ex. 23:25 , Le. 23:22 , Ps. 112:9 , Pr. 22:9 , Pr. 19:17 , Pr. 28:27 , Pr. 31:20 , Pr. 14:21 , Pr. 14:31 , Pr. 29:7 , Pr. 29:14 , De. 10:18 , De. 26:11 - 14 , Mat. 5:48

11 ¶Ye ^kshall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.

• k: Le. 6:2 , Ex. 20:15 , Ex. 20:17 , Ex. 22:1 , Ex. 22:7 , Ex. 22:10 , Ac. 5:3 , Ep. 4:25 , Ep. 4:28 , Zec. 8:16 , Zec. 8:17

12 ¶And ye shall not ^lswear by my name falsely, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD.

• l: Ex. 20:7 , De. 5:11 , Je. 4:2 , Zec. 5:4 , Mat. 5:34 , Ja. 5:12

13 ¶Thou ^mshalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob him: ⁿthe wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.

• m: Lu. 3:14 , 1Th. 4:6 , Eze. 22:29 , Je. 22:3 , Je. 22:13 , Le. 6:2 , Le. 6:4
• n: Ja. 5:4 , De. 24:14 , De. 24:15 , Je. 22:13 , Mal. 3:5 , Job 31:39

14 ¶Thou ^oshalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumblingblock before the blind, but shalt fear thy God: I am the LORD.

• o: De. 27:18 , Ro. 12:14 , Ro. 14:13 , 1Co. 8:9 - 13 , Re. 2:14

15 ¶Ye ^pshall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.

• p: Le. 19:35 , Le. 19:36 , De. 1:17 , De. 16:19 , De. 25:16 , De. 27:19 , Ps. 82:2 , Ex. 23:3 , 2Ch. 19:6 , 2Ch. 19:7 , 2Ch. 19:9 , Pr. 24:23 , Ja. 2:9

16 ¶Thou ^qshalt 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.

• q: Ex. 20:16 , Ex. 23:1 , Pr. 11:13 , Pr. 29:19 , Je. 6:28 , Je. 9:4 , Eze. 22:9 , 2Ti. 3:3 , 1Ti. 3:11 , Ps. 15:3 , Ps. 140:11

17 ¶Thou ^rshalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: ^sthou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, ¹and not suffer sin upon him.

• r: 1Jn. 2:9 , 1Jn. 2:11 , 1Jn. 3:15 , Mat. 22:39
• s: Mat. 18:15 - 17 , Ga. 6:1 , 1Ti. 5:20 , Ep. 5:11 , Lu. 17:3
• 1: Or, that thou bear not sin for him, Ro. 1.32. 1Co. 5.2. Ep. 5.11. 1Ti. 5.22. 2Jn. 10,11. , Ro. 1:32 , 1Co. 5:2 , Ep. 5:11 , 1Ti. 5:22 , 2Jn. vs. 10 , 2Jn. vs. 11

18 ¶Thou ^tshalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but ^uthou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the LORD.

• t: Ro. 12:17 , Ro. 12:19 , Pr. 20:22 , 2Sa. 13:22 , Mat. 22:39 , Ga. 5:14 , Ja. 2:8 , Le. 19:34 , He. 10:30
• u: Ro. 13:9 , Mat. 5:43 , Mat. 19:19 , Mar. 12:31 , Lu. 10:27

19 ¶Ye shall keep my statutes. ^vThou shalt not let thy cattle ^*gender with a diverse kind: thou shalt not sow thy field with mingled seed: neither shall a garment mingled of linen and woollen come upon thee.

• v: De. 22:9 - 11 , De. 12:32 , 2Co. 6:14 - 17 , Ga. 3:9 - 11 , Mat. 9:16 , Mat. 9:17
• *: gender-produce.

20 ¶And whosoever ^wlieth carnally with a woman, that is a bondmaid, ²betrothed to an husband, and not at all redeemed, nor freedom given her; ³she shall be scourged; they ^xshall not be put to death, because she was not free.

• w: Le. 18:22 , Ge. 4:1 , Ge. 38:18
• 2: Or, abused by any. Heb. reproached by or for man.
• 3: Or, they. Heb. there shall be a scourging.
• x: De. 22:24 , Ex. 21:20 , Ex. 21:21

21 And he shall bring his ^ytrespass offering unto the LORD, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, even a ram for a trespass offering.

• y: Leviticus 5 , Leviticus 6 , Is. 53:10 , Is. 53:11 , 2Co. 5:21

22 And ^zthe priest shall make an atonement for him with the ram of the trespass offering before the LORD for his sin which he hath done: and the sin which he hath done shall be forgiven him.

• z: Le. 4:35

23 ¶And when ye shall come into the land, and shall have planted all ^*manner of trees for food, then ye shall count the fruit thereof as ^auncircumcised: ^bthree years shall it be as uncircumcised unto you: it shall not be eaten of.

• *: manner-kind, sort.
• a: Ex. 6:12
• b: Ex. 4:25 , Ex. 22:29 , Ex. 22:30 , Ex. 29:30 , Ex. 29:35 , Ex. 29:37 , Le. 22:27 , Le. 8:33 , Le. 12:2

24 But in the fourth year all the fruit thereof shall be ⁴holy to praise the LORD withal.

• 4: Heb. holiness of praises to the LORD, Nu. 18.12,13. De. 18.4; 14.28. , Nu. 18:12 , Nu. 18:13 , De. 18:4 , De. 14:28

25 And in the fifth year ^cshall ye eat of the fruit thereof, that it may yield unto you the increase thereof: I am the LORD your God.

• c: Le. 26:3 , Le. 26:4 , Pr. 3:9 , Pr. 3:10 , Pr. 19:17 , Ec. 11:1 , Ec. 11:2

26 ¶Ye ^dshall not eat any thing with the blood: neither shall ye ^euse enchantment, nor ^fobserve times.

• d: Ge. 9:4 , Le. 3:17 , Le. 7:26 , Le. 17:10 , Le. 17:14 , De. 12:23 , 1Sa. 14:33 , 1Sa. 14:34
• e: De. 18:10 , De. 18:11 , Ex. 22:18 , Le. 20:27 , Le. 19:31 , 2Ki. 17:17 , 2Ki. 21:6 , 1Sa. 15:23
• f: De. 18:14

27 Ye ^gshall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard.

• g: Le. 21:5 , Is. 15:2 , Je. 9:26 , Je. 10:3 , Je. 16:6 , Je. 48:37 , Eze. 7:18 , Eze. 21:6 , Eze. 21:7 , Eze. 44:20 , Ro. 12:2

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

• h: De. 14:1 , De. 14:2 , Je. 16:6 , Je. 16:7 , Je. 48:37 , Je. 41:7 , Je. 47:5 , 1Ki. 18:28 , 1Th. 4:13 , Ro. 12:2 , Le. 21:4 , Le. 21:5

29 ¶Do ⁱnot ⁵prostitute thy daughter, to cause her to be a whore; lest the land fall to whoredom, and the land become full of wickedness.

• i: 1Co. 6:9 , 1Co. 6:10 , 1Co. 6:15 , 1Co. 3:16 , 1Co. 3:17 , Le. 21:7 , De. 23:17 , Ho. 4:11 - 14 , He. 13:4 , Col. 3:5
• 5: Heb. profane.

30 ¶Ye shall ^jkeep my sabbaths, and ^kreverence my sanctuary: I am the LORD.

• j: Le. 19:3 , Le. 26:2
• k: Ge. 28:16 , Ge. 28:17 , Ec. 5:1 , Jn. 2:15 , Jn. 2:16 , Ps. 89:7

31 ¶^lRegard not them that have ^*familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the LORD your God.

• l: Le. 19:26 , Le. 20:6 , Le. 20:27 , De. 18:11 , 1Sa. 28:3 , 1Sa. 28:7 , 1Sa. 28:9 , Ac. 16:16 , 2Ch. 33:6 , Is. 8:19 , Ex. 22:18
• *: familiar spirits-demons supposed to be in, or under the power of, a man.

32 ¶Thou shalt ^mrise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the LORD.

• m: 1Ki. 2:19 , Pr. 20:29 , Pr. 31:28 , De. 28:50 , La. 5:12

33 ¶And ⁿif a stranger ^*sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not ⁶vex him.

• n: Ex. 22:21 , Ex. 23:8 , Ex. 23:9 , Ex. 23:12 , Ex. 12:48 , Ex. 12:49 , Le. 25:35 , De. 10:19 , De. 1:16 , De. 24:14 , Mat. 22:39
• *: sojourn-dwell for a time.
• 6: Or, oppress.

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

• o: Ex. 12:19 , Ex. 12:48 , Ex. 12:49 , Le. 24:16 , Le. 24:22 , Nu. 9:14 , Nu. 15:15 , Nu. 15:16 , Nu. 15:29 , Nu. 19:10 , Nu. 35:15 , De. 31:11 , De. 29:11
• p: De. 10:19
• q: Ge. 15:13 , Ex. 23:9 , Ex. 22:21

35 ¶Ye ^rshall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in ^*meteyard, in weight, or in measure.

• r: Le. 19:15 , Ex. 23:15 , De. 25:13 - 15 , Eze. 22:7 , Eze. 22:12 , Eze. 22:13 , Am. 8:5 , Am. 8:6 , Mat. 7:2 , Pr. 11:1 , Pr. 16:11 , Pr. 20:10
• *: meteyard-measuring rod.

36 ^sJust balances, just ⁷weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: ^tI am the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt.

• s: De. 25:13 , De. 25:15
• 7: Heb. stones.
• t: Ex. 20:2 , Ex. 16:6 , Ex. 29:46 , Le. 26:13 , De. 5:6 , De. 13:5 , De. 13:10 , De. 20:1 , Ju. 2:12

37 Therefore ^ushall ye observe all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: I am the LORD.

• u: Le. 18:4 , Le. 18:5 , Mat. 28:18 - 20 , 2Ti. 3:16 , 2Ti. 3:17 , De. 4:1 , De. 4:2 , De. 6:1 , De. 6:2 , De. 8:1 , De. 12:32 , De. 11:32 , De. 5:32 , De. 5:33