New English Translation

Leviticus 19:24-37 New English Translation (NET)

24. In the fourth year all its fruit will be holy, praise offerings to the Lord.

25. Then in the fifth year you may eat its fruit to add its produce to your harvest. I am the Lord your God.

26. “‘You must not eat anything with the blood still in it. You must not practice either divination or soothsaying.

27. You must not round off the corners of the hair on your head or ruin the corners of your beard.

28. You must not slash your body for a dead person or incise a tattoo on yourself. I am the Lord.

29. Do not profane your daughter by making her a prostitute, so that the land does not practice prostitution and become full of lewdness.

30. “‘You must keep my Sabbaths and fear my sanctuary. I am the Lord.

31. Do not turn to the spirits of the dead and do not seek familiar spirits to become unclean by them. I am the Lord your God.

32. You must stand up in the presence of the aged, honor the presence of an elder, and fear your God. I am the Lord.

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

34. The foreigner who resides with you must be to you like a native citizen among you; so you must love him as yourself, because you were foreigners in the land of Egypt. I am the Lord your God.

35. You must not do injustice in the regulation of measures, whether of length, weight, or volume.

36. You must have honest balances, honest weights, an honest ephah, and an honest hin. I am the Lord your God who brought you out from the land of Egypt.

37. You must be sure to obey all my statutes and regulations. I am the Lord.’”