23 “When you come into the land and plant any kind of tree for food, then you shall regard its fruit as forbidden.¹ Three years it shall be forbidden to you; it must not be eaten. 24 And in the fourth year all its fruit shall be holy, an offering of praise to the Lord. 25 But in the fifth year you may eat of its fruit, to increase its yield for you: I am the Lord your God.

26 ^x“You shall not eat any flesh with the blood in it. ^yYou shall not interpret omens or ^ztell fortunes. 27 ^aYou shall not round off the hair on your temples or mar the edges of your beard. 28 You shall not make any ^bcuts on your body for the dead or tattoo yourselves: I am the Lord.

29 ^c“Do not profane your daughter by making her a prostitute, lest the land fall into prostitution and the land become full of depravity. 30 ^dYou shall keep my Sabbaths and ^ereverence my sanctuary: I am the Lord.

31 ^f“Do not turn to mediums or necromancers; do not seek them out, and so make yourselves unclean by them: I am the Lord your God.

32 ^g“You shall stand up before the gray head and honor the face of an old man, and you shall ^hfear your God: I am the Lord.