26‘You shall not eatתֹאכְל֖וּto.khe.LuH398anythingwith the bloodהַדָּ֑םha.DamH1818,norH3808practiceH5172divinationתְנַחֲשׁ֖וּte.na.cha.ShuH5172or soothsayingתְעוֹנֵֽנוּ׃te.'o.Ne.nuH6049.
27You shall not roundתַקִּ֔פוּta.Ki.fuH5362off the side-growthפְּאַ֖תpe.'AtH6285of your headsרֹאשְׁכֶ֑םrosh.KhemH7218norH3808harmתַשְׁחִ֔יתtash.ChitH7843the edgesפְּאַ֥תpe.'AtH6285of your beardזְקָנֶֽךָ׃ze.ka.Ne.chaH2206.
28You shall not makeתִתְּנוּ֙ti.te.NuH5414any cutsוְשֶׂ֣רֶטve.Se.retH8296in yourbodyבִּבְשַׂרְכֶ֔םbiv.sar.KhemH1320for thedeadלָנֶ֗פֶשׁla.Ne.feshH5315norH3808makeתִתְּנ֖וּti.te.NuH5414any tattooקַֽעֲקַ֔עka.'a.Ka'H3793H7085marksH3793on yourselves: I am the Lordיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068.
29‘Do notprofaneH2455your daughterבִּתְּךָ֖bi.te.KhaH1323by makingH2181her a harlotH2181,so that the landהָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzH776will not fallH2181to harlotryH2181and the landהָאָ֖רֶץha.'A.retzH776becomeH4390fullוּמָלְאָ֥הu.mal.'AhH4390of lewdnessזִמָּֽה׃zi.MahH2154.
30You shallkeepתִּשְׁמֹ֔רוּtish.Mo.ruH8104My sabbathsשַׁבְּתֹתַ֣יsha.be.to.TaiH7676andrevereתִּירָ֑אוּti.Ra.'uH3372My sanctuaryוּמִקְדָּשִׁ֖יu.mik.da.ShiH4720;I am the Lordיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068.
31‘Do not turnתִּפְנ֤וּtif.NuH6437tomediumsהָאֹבֹת֙ha.'o.VotH178or spiritistsהַיִּדְּעֹנִ֔יםhai.yi.de.'o.NimH3049;do not seekתְּבַקְשׁ֖וּte.vak.ShuH1245them out to be defiledלְטָמְאָ֣הle.ta.me.'AhH2930by them. I am the Lordיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068your Godאֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃'e.lo.hei.KhemH430.
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