Leviticus 19:21-37 ▼

21 The man, however, must bring a ram to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting as his guilt offering to the LORD {YHWH}.

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

23 When you⁺ enter the land and plant any kind of tree for food, you⁺ shall regard the fruit as forbidden \as uncircumcised/. For three years it will be forbidden to you⁺ and must not be eaten.

24 In the fourth year all its fruit must be consecrated as a praise offering to the LORD {YHWH}.

25 But in the fifth year you⁺ may eat its fruit; thus your⁺ harvest will be increased. I am the LORD your⁺ God {YHWH Eloheikem}.

26 You⁺ must not eat anything with blood still in it. You⁺ must not practice divination or sorcery.

27 You⁺ must not cut off the hair at the sides of your⁺ head or clip off the edges of your beard.

28 You⁺ must not make any cuts in your⁺ bodies for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves. I am the LORD {YHWH}.

29 You must not defile your daughter by making her a prostitute, or the land will be prostituted and filled with depravity.

30 You⁺ must keep My Sabbaths and have reverence for My sanctuary. I am the LORD {YHWH}.

31 You⁺ must not turn to mediums or spiritists; do not seek them out, or you will be defiled by them. I am the LORD your⁺ God {YHWH Eloheikem}.

32 You are to rise in the presence of the elderly, honor the aged, and fear your God {Eloheka}. I am the LORD {YHWH}.

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

34 You⁺ must treat the foreigner living among you⁺ as native-born and love him as yourself, for you⁺ were foreigners in the land of Egypt (land of bondage). I am the LORD your⁺ God {YHWH Eloheikem}.

35 You⁺ must not use dishonest measures of length, weight, or volume.

36 You⁺ shall maintain honest scales and weights, an honest ephah <20 qt / 22 l>, and an honest hin <0.97 gal / 3.67 l>. I am the LORD your⁺ God {YHWH Eloheikem}, who brought you⁺ out of the land of Egypt (land of bondage).

37 You⁺ must keep all My statutes and all My ordinances and follow them. I am the LORD {YHWH}.”