Leviticus 19
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Leviticus 19:19-32

19“You are to keep my statutes. Do not crossbreed two different kinds of your livestock, sow your fields with two kinds of seed, or put on a garment made of two kinds of material.

20“If a man has sexual intercourse with a woman who is a slave designated for another man, but she has not been redeemed or given her freedom, there must be punishment. They are not to be put to death, because she had not been freed.

21However, he must bring a ram as his guilt offering to the Lord at the entrance to the tent of meeting.

22The priest will make atonement on his behalf before the Lord with the ram of the guilt offering for the sin he has committed, and he will be forgiven for the sin he committed.

23“When you come into the land and plant any kind of tree for food, you are to consider the fruit forbidden. It will be forbidden to you for three years; it is not to be eaten.

24In the fourth year all its fruit is to be consecrated as a praise offering to the Lord.

25But in the fifth year you may eat its fruit. In this way its yield will increase for you; I am the Lord your God.

26“You are not to eat anything with blood in it. You are not to practice divination or witchcraft.

27You are not to cut off the hair at the sides of your head or mar the edge of your beard.

28You are not to make gashes on your bodies for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves; I am the Lord.

29“Do not debase your daughter by making her a prostitute, or the land will be prostituted and filled with depravity.

30Keep my Sabbaths and revere my sanctuary; I am the Lord.

31“Do not turn to mediums or consult spiritists, or you will be defiled by them; I am the Lord your God.

32“You are to rise in the presence of the elderly and honor the old. Fear your God; I am the Lord.

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