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Leviticus 19:25-36 Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

25. But in the fifth year you may eat its fruit. In this way its yield will increase for you; I am Yahweh your God.

26. “You are not to eat anything with blood in it. You are not to practice divination or sorcery.

27. You are not to cut off the hair at the sides of your head or mar the edge of your beard.

28. You are not to make gashes on your bodies for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves; I am Yahweh.

29. “Do not debase your daughter by making her a prostitute, or the land will be prostituted and filled with depravity.

30. You must keep My Sabbaths and revere My sanctuary; I am Yahweh.

31. “Do not turn to mediums or consult spiritists, or you will be defiled by them; I am Yahweh your God.

32. “You are to rise in the presence of the elderly and honor the old. Fear your God; I am Yahweh.

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

34. You must regard the foreigner who lives with you as the native-born among you. You are to love him as yourself, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt; I am Yahweh your God.

35. “You must not be unfair in measurements of length, weight, or volume.

36. You are to have honest balances, honest weights, an honest dry measure, and an honest liquid measure; I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.

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