You shall not round the corners of the hair of your heads, neither
shall thou trim the corners of thy beard.
(see
Vayikra 21:5; Tehillim 133:2)[In regular years read with Parashah 29, in leap read separately]
Kedoshim : Holiness code of chapters 19-20 consist of 64 verses and 51 mitzvot
Key instruction: Love first Elohim with all our hearts, mind and nefesh and then exhibit love to people those in our circle of life, man, Praise Ha Shem, desire to be righteousness, set apartness, Non-Mixture concept, always speaks the truth, do justice in judgment,shomer, obey do them
19:1(i) And YHWH spake unto Mosheh, saying:
19:2 Speak unto all the congregation of the benai Yisrael, and say unto them, You shall be kodesh: for
ANI YHWH (יהוה) Eloheichem [am] kodesh.
19:3 You shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep My Shabbatot:
ANI YHWH (יהוה) Eloheichem.
19:4 Turn ye not unto elilim (idols), nor make to yourselves molten gods:
ANI YHWH (יהוה) Eloheichem.
19:5 And if ye offer a sacrifice of shelamim unto YHWH (יהוה), ye shall offer it at your own will.
19:6 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 burnt in the fire.
19:7 And if it be eaten at all on the third day, it [is] abominable; it shall not be accepted.
19:8 Therefore [every one] that eateth it shall bear his iniquity, because he hath profaned the hallowed thing of YHWH (יהוה): and that nefesh (soul) shall be karat from among his people.
19:9 And when ye 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.
19:10 And thou shalt not glean thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather [every] grape of thy vineyard; thou shalt leave them for the poor and stranger:
ANI YHWH (יהוה) Eloheichem.
19:11 You shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.
19:12 And ye shall not swear by My Name falsely, neither shalt thou profane Ha Shem Eloheicha:
ANI YHWH (יהוה).
19:13 Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob [him]: the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.
19:14 Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumblingblock before the blind, but shalt fear Eloheicha:
ANI YHWH (יהוה).
You shall do no avel bamisphat (perversion of justice): thou shalt not be partial to the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: [but] in fairly shalt thou judge thy neighbour.
19:16 Thou shalt not go up and down [as] a rakhil (talebearer, slanderer) among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbour:
ANI YHWH (יהוה).
19:17 Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him.
19:18 Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the benai thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: ANI YHWH (יהוה).
19:19 You shall keep My Chukkot. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a diverse kind: thou shalt not sow thy field with mingled seed (kil'ayim): neither shall a garment mingled of linen and woollen come upon thee.
19:20 And whosoever lieth carnally with a woman, that [is] a bondmaid, betrothed to an husband, and not at all redeemed, nor freedom given her; she shall be scourged; they shall not be put to death, because she was not free.
19:21 And he shall bring his Asham (tresspas offering) unto YHWH (יהוה), unto the door of the tent of meeting, [even] a ram for a Asham.
19:22 And the Kohen shall make an kapporah for him with the ram of the Asham before YHWH (יהוה) for his sin which he hath done: and the sin which he hath done shall be forgiven him.
And when ye shall come into the eretz, and shall have planted all manner of trees for food, then ye shall count the fruit thereof as arel (uncircumcised): three years shall it be as arel (uncircumcised) unto you: it shall not be eaten of.
19:24 But in the fourth year all the fruit thereof shall be kodesh an offering of praise YHWH (יהוה) [withal].
19:25 And in the fifth year shall ye eat of the fruit thereof, that it may yield unto you the increase thereof:
ANI YHWH (יהוה) Eloheichem.
19:26 You shall not eat [any thing] with the blood: neither shall ye use enchantment, nor observe times.
19:27
You shall not round the corners of the hair of your heads, neither
shall thou trim the corners of thy beard.
(see
Vayikra 21:5; Tehillim 133:2)
19:28 You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you (tattoos?):
ANI YHWH (יהוה).
19:29 Do not prostitute thy daughter, to cause her to be a harot; lest the land fall to commit fornication, and the land become full of wickedness.
19:30 You shall keep My Shabbatot, and reverence My sanctuary:
ANI YHWH (יהוה).
19:31 Regard not them that have familiar spirits , neither seek after wizards, to be tamei (defiled) by them:
ANI YHWH (יהוה) Eloheichem.
19:32 Thou shalt rise up before the grey head, and honour the face of the zaken (old man), and fear Eloheicha:
ANI YHWH (יהוה).
19:33(RY:vi, LY:iv)
And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex him.
19:34 [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 eretz Mitzrayim:
ANI YHWH (יהוה) Eloheichem.
19:35 You shall do no injustice in judgment, in measurement of weight, or in measure.
19:36 Tzedek scale balance, tzedek weights, a tzedel ephah, and a tzedel hin, shall ye have:
ANI YHWH (יהוה) Eloheichem,
which brought you out of the eretz Mitzrayim.
19:37 Therefore shall ye shomer all My statutes, and all My mishpatim, and do them:
ANI YHWH (יהוה).
19:27
Beard
- berd :- To better understand the significance of the man's beard, go back to man's begining when Elohim created Adam
and Eve (Gen 1:27) The physical traits distinguishes man from woman. Beard speaks of man's masculinity,
nobility adornment, dignity, royal, leadership, authority, power of speech. It
also symbolize channels of subconscious set apart energy that flows from above
to the human soul. To remove it is an offensive against nature.
BM84a describes the beard is "the adormant of a man's face while Encyclopedia Judaica a man without a his beard is compared to a eunuch. The man's
beard is like the manes of the lion known to the king of the beast.
Why do certain part of scripture man cut their beard?
H3610 כּלאים kil'ayim BDB Definition:1) two kinds, mixture1a) forbidden practice among cattle (cross breeding), seeds
ANI YHWH mention 16 times
Holiness (K'dushah) and Righteousness (Tzedaka) go together but they are not the same, there is a difference between the two. Righteousness is a free gift from G-d which every believer acquires simply by accepting Yeshua as the Mashiach (Messiah) of Yisrael (Yisrael), and inviting Him into their heart through repentance by faith (Teshuva derekh Emunah). Righteousness is a free gift imputed by faith because of the death and resurrection of Mashiach. He was bruised for our transgressions and took our iniquities upon Himself and through Him we are declared righteous, end of story (see Yeshayahu 53). Therefore there are no levels of righteousness. You are either righteous by the shed blood of Mashiach, offered on your behalf or you're not! Everyone therefore who is saved has the same righteousness.
Idea of Set apartness - holiness
> Holiness - There are levels of holiness. The ultimate level which we should all be striving for is. Holiness does not make you more righteous, but it does allow you to enjoy the righteousness you received as a free gift to the maximum extent of the promises of G-dHoliness is how we walk and live our life as a believer, where we go (places of activities), what we do (activities involved), how we think (our hearts altittude), how deal with people (care, considerate, helpful, resourceful), what we say (use of tongues, encouragement), what we wear (modesty attire) and what we eat (clean and unclean food idolatry free) . In the Lev 19 - 20 is known as holiness code. Holiness is how we respond to the teaching and instruction of the Holy Spirit. It require an action. If we choose to live carelessly our credential testimony as an ambassdor of Moshiach will be let down
Beresheit, Deception in Gardern, clean and unclean food, Holy and profane