Leviticus 19:23-37 ▼

23 |When you come into the land and plant all kinds of fruit trees, you must not eat the fruit for [the first] three years.

24 In the fourth year all the fruit will be a holy offering of praise to the LORD.

25 In the fifth year you may eat the fruit. Do this to make the trees produce more for you. I am the LORD your God.

26 |Never eat any meat with blood still in it. |Never cast evil spells, and never consult fortunetellers.

27 |Never shave the hair on your foreheads, and never cut the edges of your beard.

28 Never slash your body to mourn the dead, and never get a tattoo. I am the LORD.

29 |Never dishonor your daughter by making her a prostitute, or the country will turn to prostitution and be filled with people who are perverted.

30 |Observe my days of worship and respect my holy tent. I am the LORD.

31 |Don't turn to psychics or mediums to get help. That will make you unclean. I am the LORD your God.

32 |Show respect to the elderly, and honor older people. In this way you show respect for your God. I am the LORD.

33 |Never mistreat a foreigner living in your land.

34 Foreigners living among you will be like your own people. Love them as you love yourself, because you were foreigners living in Egypt. I am the LORD your God.

35 |Don't be corrupt when administering justice concerning length, weight, or measuring liquid.

36 Use honest scales, honest weights, and honest measures. I am the LORD your God who brought you out of Egypt.

37 |Obey all my laws and all my rules, and live by them. I am the LORD.|