Leviticus 19:26-37

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition

²⁶ “You shall not eat anything with its blood. You shall not practice augury or witchcraft.^{(A) 27} You shall not round off the hair on your temples or mar the edges of your beard.^{(B) 28} You shall not make any gashes in your flesh for the dead or tattoo any marks upon you: I am the Lord.^(C)

²⁹ “Do not profane your daughter by making her a prostitute, that the land not become prostituted and full of depravity.^{(D) 30} You shall keep my Sabbaths and revere my sanctuary: I am the Lord.^(E)

³¹ “Do not turn to mediums and spiritualists; do not seek them out, to be defiled by them: I am the Lord your God.^(F)

³² “You shall rise before the aged and defer to the old, and you shall fear your God: I am the Lord.

³³ “When an alien resides with you in your land, you shall not oppress the alien.^{(G) 34} The alien who resides with you shall be to you as the native-born among you; you shall love the alien as yourself, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.^(H)

³⁵ “You shall not cheat in measuring length, weight, or quantity. ³⁶ You shall have honest balances, honest weights, an honest ephah, and an honest hin: I am the Lord your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt. ³⁷ You shall keep all my statutes and all my ordinances and observe them: I am the Lord.”