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Leviticus 19:21-22-35-36 Contemporary English Version Anglicised (CEVUK00)

21-22. The man must bring a ram to the entrance of the sacred tent and give it to a priest, who will then offer it as a sacrifice to me, so the man's sins will be forgiven.

23. After you enter the land, you will plant fruit trees, but you are not to eat any of their fruit for the first three years.

24. In the fourth year the fruit must be set apart, as an expression of thanks

25. to me, the Lord God. Do this, and in the fifth year, those trees will produce an abundant harvest of fruit for you to eat.

26. Don't eat the blood of any animal.Don't practise any kind of witchcraft.

27-28. I forbid you to shave any part of your head or beard or to cut and tattoo yourself as a way of worshipping the dead.

29. Don't let your daughters serve as temple prostitutes—this would bring disgrace both to them and the land.

30. I command you to respect the Sabbath and the place where I am worshipped.

31. Don't make yourselves disgusting to me by going to people who claim they can talk to the dead.

32. I command you to show respect for older people and to obey me with fear and trembling.

33. Don't ill-treat any foreigners who live in your land.

34. Instead, treat them as well as you treat citizens and love them as much as you love yourself. Remember, you were once foreigners in the land of Egypt. I am the Lord your God.

35-36. Use honest scales and don't cheat when you weigh or measure anything.I am the Lord your God. I rescued you from Egypt,

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