Here’s a simple readers’ theatre setting of Leviticus 19:
1-18. It is set for three voices.
Readers’ Theatre:
Leviticus 19:
1-18
One: The Lord said
to Moses,
Two: Give the
following instructions to the entire community of Israel.
You must be holy because I,
the Lord your God, am holy.
Three: When you
harvest the crops of your land,
do not harvest the grain along the
edges of your fields,
and do not pick up what the
harvesters drop.
Two: It is the same
with your grape crop—
do not strip every last bunch of
grapes from the vines,
Three: and do not pick
up the grapes that fall to the ground.
Leave them for the poor and the
foreigners living among you.
One: I am
the Lord your God.
Three: Do not steal.
Two: Do not deceive
or cheat one another.
Three: Do not bring
shame on the name of your God
by using it to swear falsely.
One: I am
the Lord.
Two; Do not defraud
or rob your neighbor.
Three: Do not make
your hired workers wait until the next day
to receive their pay.
Two: Do not insult
the deaf or cause the blind to stumble.
One: You must fear
your God; I am the Lord.
Three: Do not twist
justice in legal matters by favoring the poor
or being partial to the rich and
powerful.
Always judge people fairly.
Two: Do not spread
slanderous gossip among your people.
Three: Do not stand
idly by when your neighbor’s life is threatened.
One: I am
the Lord.
Two: Do not nurse
hatred in your heart for any of your relatives.
Confront people directly so you
will not be held guilty for their sin.
Three: Do not seek
revenge or bear a grudge against a fellow Israelite,
but love your neighbor as yourself.
One: I am
the Lord.
