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Leviticus 19:22-34 Modern English Version (MEV)

22. The priest shall make atonement for him with the ram of the guilt offering before the Lord for his sin which he has done, and he will be forgiven for the sin that he has committed.

23. When you come into the land and plant any kind of tree for food, then you shall count the fruit as forbidden. Three years it shall be forbidden to you. It shall not be eaten.

24. But in the fourth year all the fruit shall be holy and an offering of praise to the Lord.

25. And in the fifth year you shall eat of the fruit that it may yield an increase to you: I am the Lord your God.

26. You shall not eat anything with the blood in it, nor shall you practice divination or fortune-telling.

27. You shall not round the corners of the hair on your head, nor shall you mar the edges of your beard.

28. You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead nor make any tattoo marks on yourselves: I am the Lord.

29. Do not prostitute your daughter and cause her to be defiled, lest the land fall into whoredom and become full of wickedness.

30. You shall keep My Sabbaths and revere My sanctuary: I am the Lord.

31. Do not turn to spirits through mediums or necromancers. Do not seek after them to be defiled by them: I am the Lord your God.

32. You shall rise up before a gray head, and honor the face of an old man, and fear your God: I am the Lord.

33. When a foreigner sojourns with you in your land, you shall not do him wrong.

34. The foreigner who dwells with you shall be to you as one born among you, and you shall love him as yourself for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.

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