Leviticus 19:21-31

21 The man must bring a Compensation-Offering to God at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, a ram of compensation.
22 The priest will perform the ritual of atonement for him before God with the ram of compensation for the sin he has committed. Then he will stand forgiven of the sin he committed.
23 "When you enter the land and plant any kind of fruit tree, don't eat the fruit for three years; consider it inedible.
24 By the fourth year its fruit is holy, an offering of praise to God.
25 Beginning in the fifth year you can eat its fruit; you'll have richer harvests this way. I am God, your God.
26 "Don't eat meat with blood in it. "Don't practice divination or sorcery.
27 "Don't cut the hair on the sides of your head or trim your beard.
28 "Don't gash your bodies on behalf of the dead. "Don't tattoo yourselves. I am God.
29 "Don't violate your daughter by making her a whore - the whole country would soon become a brothel, filled with sordid sex.
30 "Keep my Sabbaths and revere my Sanctuary: I am God.
31 "Don't dabble in the occult or traffic with mediums; you'll pollute your souls. I am God, your God.
Published by permission. Originally published by NavPress in English as THE MESSAGE: The Bible in Contemporary Language copyright 2002 by Eugene Peterson. All rights reserved.