Leviticus 19:26-29
International Standard Version
Prohibited Practices
26 “You are not to eat anything containing blood, engage in occult practices,[a] or practice fortune telling.[b]
27 “You are not to cut your hair in ritualistic patterns[c] on your head or deface the edges of your beard.
28 “You are not to make incisions in your flesh on account of the dead nor submit to cuts or tattoos. I am the Lord.
29 “You are not to defile your daughter by engaging her in prostitution so the land won’t become filled with wickedness.
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- Leviticus 19:26 I.e. divination
- Leviticus 19:26 Or practice witchcraft
- Leviticus 19:27 Lit. cut the sides of your hair; i.e. as a sign of affiliation
Leviticus 19:26-29
Lexham English Bible
26 “‘You[a] must not eat anything with the blood; you[b] shall not practice divination, nor shall you[c] interpret signs. 27 You[d] shall not round off the corner hair of your[e] head, and you[f] shall not trim the corner of your[g] beard. 28 And you[h] shall not make a slash in your[i] body for a dead person, nor shall you[j] make on yourselves a tattoo’s mark; I am Yahweh.
29 “‘You[k] shall not profane your[l] daughter by making her a prostitute, lest the land be prostituted and the land fill up with depravity.[m]
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- Leviticus 19:26 Plural
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- Leviticus 19:27 Plural
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- Leviticus 19:27 Singular
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- Leviticus 19:28 Plural
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- Leviticus 19:29 Singular
- Leviticus 19:29 Singular
- Leviticus 19:29 Literally “and the land does not prostitute and the land fills up depravity” or “so that the land does not prostitute and the land fills up depravity”
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