You Shall Keep My Statutes

19 “ ‘You[fn] must keep my statutes: as for your[fn] domestic animals, you[fn] shall not cause two differing kinds to breed; as for your[fn] field, you[fn] shall not sow two differing kinds of seed; and, a garment of two differing kinds of woven material should not be worn on you.[fn]

20 “ ‘And when a man lies with a woman and there is an emission of semen and she is a female slave promised to a man, but[fn] she indeed has not been ransomed or freedom has not be given to her, there shall be an obligation to compensate; they shall not be put to death, because she has not been freed. 21 And he shall bring his guilt offering to Yahweh at the tent of assembly’s entrance: a ram for a guilt offering. 22 And the priest shall make atonement for him before[fn] Yahweh with the ram of the guilt offering for his sin that he committed,[fn] and so his sin that he committed[fn] shall be forgiven him.

23 “ ‘And when you[fn] have come into the land and you[fn] plant any tree for[fn] food, you[fn] shall regard its fruit as unharvestable;[fn] for three years it shall be forbidden for you;[fn] it shall not be eaten. 24 But[fn] in the fourth year all its fruit shall be holy, offerings of praise for Yahweh. 25 And in the fifth year you[fn] shall eat its fruit to increase its yield for you; [fn] I am Yahweh your[fn] God.

26 “ ‘You[fn] must not eat anything with the blood; you[fn] shall not practice divination, nor shall you[fn] interpret signs. 27 You[fn] shall not round off the corner hair of your[fn] head, and you[fn] shall not trim the corner of your[fn] beard. 28 And you[fn] shall not make a slash in your[fn] body for a dead person, nor shall you[fn] make on yourselves a tattoo’s mark; I am Yahweh.

29 “ ‘You[fn] shall not profane your[fn] daughter by making her a prostitute, lest the land be prostituted and the land fill up with depravity.[fn] 30 You[fn] shall keep my Sabbaths, and you[fn] shall revere my sanctuary; I am Yahweh.

31 “ ‘You[fn] shall not turn to the mediums and to the soothsayers; you[fn] shall not seek them to become unclean with them; I am Yahweh your[fn] God.

32 “ ‘Before[fn] old age you[fn] shall get up, and you[fn] shall show respect for an old person; and you[fn] shall revere your God; I am Yahweh.

33 “ ‘And when an alien dwells with you[fn] in your[fn] land, you[fn] shall not oppress him. 34 The alien who is dwelling with you[fn] shall be like a native among you,[fn] and you[fn] shall love him like yourself, [fn] because you[fn] were aliens in the land of Egypt; I am Yahweh your[fn] God.

35 “ ‘You[fn] shall not commit injustice in regulation, in measurement, in weight, or[fn] volume. 36 You[fn] must have honest balances, honest weights, an honest ephah, and an honest hin; I am Yahweh your[fn] God who brought you[fn] out from the land of Egypt.

37 “ ‘Thus you[fn] shall keep all my statutes and all my regulations, and you[fn] shall do them; I am Yahweh.’ ”