22. The priest will use the ram for the compensation offering to make reconciliation for him before the Lord on account of the sin he committed. Then he will be forgiven of the sin that he committed.
23. When you enter the land and plant any fruit tree, you must consider its fruit off-limits. For three years it will be off-limits to you; it must not be eaten.
24. In the fourth year, all of the tree’s fruit will be holy, a celebration for the Lord.
25. In the fifth year you can eat the fruit. This is so as to increase its produce for you; I am the Lord your God.
26. You must not eat anything with its blood. You must not participate in divination or fortune-telling.
27. You must not cut off the hair on your forehead or clip the ends of your beard.
28. Do not cut your bodies for the dead or put marks on yourselves; I am the Lord.
29. Do not defile your daughter by making her sexually promiscuous or else the land will become promiscuous and full of shame.
30. You must keep my sabbaths and treat my sanctuary with respect; I am the Lord.
31. Do not resort to dead spirits or inquire of spirits of divination—you will be made unclean by them; I am the Lord your God.
32. You must rise in the presence of an old person and respect the elderly. You must fear your God; I am the Lord.
33. When immigrants live in your land with you, you must not cheat them.
34. Any immigrant who lives with you must be treated as if they were one of your citizens. You must love them as yourself, because you were immigrants in the land of Egypt; I am the Lord your God.
35. You must not act unjustly in a legal case involving measures of length, weight, or volume.