English Standard Version

Leviticus 19:20-27 English Standard Version (ESV)

20. “If a man lies sexually with a woman who is a slave, assigned to another man and not yet ransomed or given her freedom, a distinction shall be made. They shall not be put to death, because she was not free;

21. but he shall bring his compensation to the Lord, to the entrance of the tent of meeting, a ram for a guilt offering.

22. And the priest shall make atonement for him with the ram of the guilt offering before the Lord for his sin that he has committed, and he shall 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 regard its fruit as forbidden. Three years it shall be forbidden to you; it must not be eaten.

24. And in the fourth year all its fruit shall be holy, an offering of praise to the Lord.

25. But in the fifth year you may eat of its fruit, to increase its yield for you: I am the Lord your God.

26. “You shall not eat any flesh with the blood in it. You shall not interpret omens or tell fortunes.

27. You shall not round off the hair on your temples or mar the edges of your beard.