# Leviticus 19.27 **Book:** [Leviticus](/codex/leviticus/) · NASB95 ## Immediate context (±2 verses) **ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/)) > 25. And in the fifth year shall ye eat of the fruit thereof, that it may yield unto you the increase thereof: I am Jehovah your God. 26. Ye shall not eat anything with the blood: neither shall ye use enchantments, nor practise augury. > > **27. Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard.** > > 28. Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am Jehovah. 29. Profane not thy daughter, to make her a harlot; lest the land fall to whoredom, and the land become full of wickedness. (Leviticus 19:25-29, ASV) **WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/)) > 25. In the fifth year you shall eat its fruit, that it may yield its increase to you. I am Yahweh your God. 26. “‘You shall not eat any meat with the blood still in it. You shall not use enchantments, nor practice sorcery. > > **27. “‘You shall not cut the hair on the sides of your head or clip off the edge of your beard.** > > 28. “‘You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor tattoo any marks on you. I am Yahweh. 29. “‘Don’t profane your daughter, to make her a prostitute; lest the land fall to prostitution, and the land become full of wickedness. (Leviticus 19:25-29, WEB) **KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/)) > 25. And in the fifth year shall ye eat of the fruit thereof, that it may yield unto you the increase thereof: I am the LORD your God. 26. Ye shall not eat any thing with the blood: neither shall ye use enchantment, nor observe times. > > **27. Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard.** > > 28. Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the LORD. 29. Do not prostitute thy daughter, to cause her to be a whore; lest the land fall to whoredom, and the land become full of wickedness. prostitute: Heb. profane (Leviticus 19:25-29, KJV) **YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/)) > 25. And in the fifth year ye do eat its fruit, to add to you its increase; I [am] Jehovah your God. 26. 'Ye do not eat with the blood; ye do not enchant, nor observe clouds. > > **27. 'Ye do not round the corner of your head, nor destroy the corner of thy beard.** > > 28. 'And a cutting for the soul ye do not put in your flesh; and a writing, a cross-mark, ye do not put on you; I [am] Jehovah. 29. 'Thou dost not pollute thy daughter to cause her to go a-whoring, that the land go not a-whoring, and the land hath been full of wickedness. (Leviticus 19:25-29, YLT) ## Setting - **Speaker:** _TBD_ - **Audience:** _TBD_ - **Location:** _TBD_ - **Time period:** _TBD_ ## Theological reading _Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._ ## Key words _Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap._ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ ## Quoted in **Concepts:** - [Atheism](/codex/atheism/) - [Ritual Purity Laws Objection](/codex/ritual-purity-laws-objection/) --- _Scripture quotations taken from the **New American Standard Bible®** (NASB), Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995 by **The Lockman Foundation**. Used by permission. All rights reserved. [www.lockman.org](https://www.lockman.org)_ ## Why these four translations ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance. The four: - **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition. - **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English. - **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base. - **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff. See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.