Leviticus 19:26-29
Holman Christian Standard Bible
26 “You are not to eat anything with blood in it.[a](A) You are not to practice divination(B) or sorcery.(C) 27 You are not to cut off the hair at the sides of your head or mar the edge of your beard.(D) 28 You are not to make gashes on your bodies for the dead(E) or put tattoo marks on yourselves; I am Yahweh.
29 “Do not debase[b](F) your daughter by making her a prostitute,(G) or the land will be prostituted and filled with depravity.
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- Leviticus 19:26 Or [anything] over its blood
- Leviticus 19:29 Lit profane
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
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