Leviticus 19

“And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,” Naming Moses keeps the account rooted in particular people or places. Follow where the name returns and what changes around it.

“Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be holy: for I the LORD your…” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the LORD your God.” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“Turn ye not unto idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I am the LORD your God.” Naming Turn keeps the account rooted in particular people or places. Follow where the name returns and what changes around it.

“And if ye offer a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the LORD , ye shall offer it at your own will.” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“It shall be eaten the same day ye offer it, and on the morrow: and if ought remain until the third day, it shall be…” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“And if it be eaten at all on the third day, it is abominable; it shall not be accepted.” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“Therefore every one that eateth it shall bear his iniquity, because he hath profaned the hallowed thing of the LORD …” This line supplies a reason, result, or conclusion. It should stay attached to the claim or action that gives it meaning.

“And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field, neither shalt thou…” The line’s distinctive content terms include harvest, reap, corners. Its relationship to verses 10 shows what work it does in this passage.

“And thou shalt not glean thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather every grape of thy vineyard; thou shalt leave them…” The verse names God rather than leaving the action without a source. Watch whether the next line continues, answers, or contrasts that action.

“Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD .” The promise, blessing, or covenant language needs its named recipient and scope. Those details prevent a personal word in the story from becoming a promise detached from context.

“Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob him: the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all…” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumblingblock before the blind, but shalt fear thy God: I am the LORD .” Naming Thou keeps the account rooted in particular people or places. Follow where the name returns and what changes around it.

“Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of…” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy…” Naming Thou keeps the account rooted in particular people or places. Follow where the name returns and what changes around it.

“Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon…” Naming Thou keeps the account rooted in particular people or places. Follow where the name returns and what changes around it.

“Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as…” Naming Thou keeps the account rooted in particular people or places. Follow where the name returns and what changes around it.

“Ye shall keep my statutes. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a diverse kind: thou shalt not sow thy field with…” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“And whosoever lieth carnally with a woman, that is a bondmaid, betrothed to an husband, and not at all redeemed, nor…” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the LORD , unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, even a…” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“And the priest shall make an atonement for him with the ram of the trespass offering before the LORD for his sin which…” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“And when ye shall come into the land, and shall have planted all manner of trees for food, then ye shall count the…” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“But in the fourth year all the fruit thereof shall be holy to praise the LORD withal.” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“And in the fifth year shall ye eat of the fruit thereof, that it may yield unto you the increase thereof: I am the…” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“Ye shall not eat any thing with the blood: neither shall ye use enchantment, nor observe times.” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard.” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the LORD .” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“Do not prostitute thy daughter, to cause her to be a whore; lest the land fall to whoredom, and the land become full…” The line’s distinctive content terms include land, become, cause. Its relationship to verses 28 and 30 shows what work it does in this passage.

“Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the LORD .” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the LORD your God.” Naming Regard keeps the account rooted in particular people or places. Follow where the name returns and what changes around it.

“Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the LORD .” Naming Thou keeps the account rooted in particular people or places. Follow where the name returns and what changes around it.

“And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex him.” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself…” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure.” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I am the LORD your God, which brought you…” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“Therefore shall ye observe all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: I am the LORD .” This line supplies a reason, result, or conclusion. It should stay attached to the claim or action that gives it meaning.