Leviticus 19:26-31

You Shall Keep My Statutes

26 x "You shall not eat any flesh with the blood in it. y You shall not interpret omens or z tell fortunes. 27 a You shall not round off the hair on your temples or mar the edges of your beard. 28 You shall not make any b cuts 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 d You shall keep my Sabbaths and e reverence 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.

  1. Cross References
    Leviticus 3:17
    It shall be a statute forever throughout your generations, in all your dwelling places, that you eat neither fat nor blood.
  2. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 18:10
    There shall not be found among you anyone who burns his son or his daughter as an offering, anyone who practices divination or tells fortunes or interprets omens, or a sorcerer
    2 Kings 17:17
    And they burned their sons and their daughters as offerings and used divination and omens and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the Lord, provoking him to anger.
  3. Cross References
    2 Kings 21:6
    And he burned his son as an offering and used fortune-telling and omens and dealt with mediums and with necromancers. He did much evil in the sight of the Lord, provoking him to anger.
    2 Chronicles 33:6
    And he burned his sons as an offering in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, and used fortune-telling and omens and sorcery, and dealt with mediums and with necromancers. He did much evil in the sight of the Lord, provoking him to anger.
  4. Cross References
    Leviticus 21:5
    They shall not make bald patches on their heads, nor shave off the edges of their beards, nor make any cuts on their body.
    Isaiah 15:2
    He has gone up to the temple, and to Dibon, to the high places to weep; over Nebo and over Medeba Moab wails. On every head is baldness; every beard is shorn.
    Jeremiah 9:26
    Egypt, Judah, Edom, the sons of Ammon, Moab, and all who dwell in the desert who cut the corners of their hair, for all these nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in heart.
    Jeremiah 48:37
    For every head is shaved and every beard cut off. On all the hands are gashes, and around the waist is sackcloth.
  5. Cross References
    Leviticus 21:1
    And the Lord said to Moses, "Speak to the pries...
    Leviticus 21:4 - 5
    He shall not make himself unclean as a husband ...
    Deuteronomy 14:1
    You are the sons of the Lord your God. You shal...
    1 Kings 18:28
    And they cried aloud and cut themselves after t...
    Jeremiah 16:6
    Both great and small shall die in this land. Th...
    Jeremiah 41:5
    Eighty men arrived from Shechem and Shiloh and ...
    Jeremiah 47:5
    Baldness has come upon Gaza; Ashkelon has peris...
    Jeremiah 48:37
    For every head is shaved and every beard cut of...
  6. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 23:17
    None of the daughters of Israel shall be a cult prostitute, and none of the sons of Israel shall be a cult prostitute.
  7. Cross References
    Leviticus 19:3
    Every one of you shall revere his mother and his father, and you shall keep my Sabbaths: I am the Lord your God.
    Leviticus 26:2
    You shall keep my Sabbaths and reverence my sanctuary: I am the Lord.
    Exodus 20:8
    Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
  8. Cross References
    Ecclesiastes 5:1
    Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. To draw near to listen is better than to offer the sacrifice of fools, for they do not know that they are doing evil.
    Matthew 21:12 - 13
    And Jesus entered the temple and drove out all who sold and bought in the temple, and he overturned the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those who sold pigeons.
    Mark 11:15 - 17
    And they came to Jerusalem. And he entered the temple and began to drive out those who sold and those who bought in the temple, and he overturned the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those who sold pigeons.
    Luke 19:45 - 46
    And he entered the temple and began to drive out those who sold.
    John 2:14 - 16
    In the temple he found those who were selling oxen and sheep and pigeons, and the money-changers sitting there.
  9. Cross References
    Leviticus 20:6
    If a person turns to mediums and necromancers, ...
    Leviticus 20:27
    "A man or a woman who is a medium or a necroman...
    Deuteronomy 18:11
    Or a charmer or a medium or a necromancer or on...
    Isaiah 8:19
    And when they say to you, "Inquire of the mediu...
    Exodus 22:18
    You shall not permit a sorceress to live.
    1 Samuel 28:3
    Now Samuel had died, and all Israel had mourned...
    1 Samuel 28:7
    Then Saul said to his servants, "Seek out for m...
    1 Samuel 28:9
    The woman said to him, "Surely you know what Sa...
    1 Chronicles 10:13
    So Saul died for his breach of faith. He broke ...
    Acts 16:16
    As we were going to the place of prayer, we wer...
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