Leviticus 19
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Leviticus 19:21-37

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.

33When a foreigner resides with you in your land, you must not oppress him.

34The foreigner who resides with you must be to you like a native citizen among you; so you must love him as yourself, because you were foreigners in the land of Egypt. I am the Lord your God.

35You must not do injustice in the regulation of measures, whether of length, weight, or volume.

36You must have honest balances, honest weights, an honest ephah, and an honest hin. I am the Lord your God who brought you out from the land of Egypt.

37You must be sure to obey all my statutes and regulations. I am the Lord.’”

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