Leviticus 19
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Leviticus 19:19-32

19You must keep my statutes. You must not allow two different kinds of your animals to breed, you must not sow your field with two different kinds of seed, and you must not wear a garment made of two different kinds of fabric.

20“‘When a man has sexual intercourse with a woman, although she is a slave woman designated for another man and she has not yet been ransomed, or freedom has not been granted to her, there will be an obligation to pay compensation. They must not be put to death, because she was not free.

21He must bring his guilt offering to the Lord at the entrance of the Meeting Tent, a guilt offering ram,

22and the priest is to make atonement for him with the ram of the guilt offering before the Lord for his sin that he has committed, and he will be forgiven of his sin that he has committed.

23“‘When you enter the land and plant any fruit tree, you must consider its fruit to be forbidden. Three years it will be forbidden to you; it must not be eaten.

24In the fourth year all its fruit will be holy, praise offerings to the Lord.

25Then in the fifth year you may eat its fruit to add its produce to your harvest. I am the Lord your God.

26“‘You must not eat anything with the blood still in it. You must not practice either divination or soothsaying.

27You must not round off the corners of the hair on your head or ruin the corners of your beard.

28You must not slash your body for a dead person or incise a tattoo on yourself. I am the Lord.

29Do not profane your daughter by making her a prostitute, so that the land does not practice prostitution and become full of lewdness.

30“‘You must keep my Sabbaths and fear my sanctuary. I am the Lord.

31Do not turn to the spirits of the dead and do not seek familiar spirits to become unclean by them. I am the Lord your God.

32You must stand up in the presence of the aged, honor the presence of an elder, and fear your God. I am the Lord.

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