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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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26 “I am Jehovah your God! You must not eat meat with undrained blood nor use fortune-telling or witchcraft.

27 “You must not trim off your hair on your temples or clip the edges of your beard, as the heathen do.[a] 28 You shall not cut yourselves nor put tattoo marks upon yourselves in connection with funeral rites; I am the Lord.

29 “Do not violate your daughter’s sanctity by making her a prostitute, lest the land become full of enormous wickedness.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 19:27 as the heathen do, implied.