New Living Translation (NLT)
Leviticus 19
19 “You must obey all my decrees. “Do not mate two different kinds of animals. Do not plant your field with two different kinds of seed. Do not wear clothing woven from two different kinds of thread.
20 “If a man has sex with a slave girl whose freedom has never been purchased but who is committed to become another man’s wife, he must pay full compensation to her master. But since she is not a free woman, neither the man nor the woman will be put to death.
21 The man, however, must bring a ram as a guilt offering and present it to the LORD at the entrance of the Tabernacle.
22 The priest will then purify him before the LORD with the ram of the guilt offering, and the man’s sin will be forgiven.
23 “When you enter the land and plant fruit trees, leave the fruit unharvested for the first three years and consider it forbidden. Do not eat it.
24 In the fourth year the entire crop must be consecrated to the LORD as a celebration of praise.
25 Finally, in the fifth year you may eat the fruit. If you follow this pattern, your harvest will increase. I am the LORD your God.
26 “Do not eat meat that has not been drained of its blood. “Do not practice fortune-telling or witchcraft.
27 “Do not trim off the hair on your temples or trim your beards.
28 “Do not cut your bodies for the dead, and do not mark your skin with tattoos. I am the LORD.
29 “Do not defile your daughter by making her a prostitute, or the land will be filled with prostitution and wickedness.
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