Deuteronomy 14
1 You are sons of the LORD your God; do not cut yourselves or shave your foreheads on behalf of the dead,
You are the children of the Lord your God: you shall not make any baldness between you eyes for the dead.
2 for you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all the peoples on the face of the earth.
For you are a holy people to the Lord your God, and the Lord your God has chosen you to be a peculiar people to himself of all the nations on the face of the earth.
3 You must not eat any detestable thing.
You shall not eat any abominable thing.
4 These are the animals that you may eat: The ox, the sheep, the goat,
These [are] the beasts which you shall eat; the calf of the herd, and lamb of the sheep, and kid of the goats;
5 the deer, the gazelle, the roe deer, the wild goat, the ibex, the antelope, and the mountain sheep.
the stag, and doe, and pygarg, and wild goat, and camelopard.
6 You may eat any animal that has a split hoof divided in two and that chews the cud.
Every beast that divides the hoofs, and makes claws of two divisions, and that chews the cud amongst beasts, these you shall eat.
7 But of those that chew the cud or have a completely divided hoof, you are not to eat the following: the camel, the rabbit, or the rock badger. Although they chew the cud, they do not have a divided hoof. They are unclean for you,
And these you shall not eat of them that chew the cud, and of those that divide the hoofs, and make distinct claws; the camel, and the hare, and the rabbit; because they chew the cud, and do not divide the hoof, these are unclean to you.
8 as well as the pig; though it has a divided hoof, it does not chew the cud. It is unclean for you. You must not eat its meat or touch its carcass.
And as for the swine, because he divides the hoof, and makes claws of the hoof, yet he chews not the cud, he is unclean to you; you shall not eat of their flesh, you shall not touch their dead bodies.
9 Of all the creatures that live in the water, you may eat anything with fins and scales,
And these you shall eat of all that are in the water, you shall eat all that have fins and scales.
10 but you may not eat anything that does not have fins and scales; it is unclean for you.
And all that have not fins and scales you shall not eat; they are unclean to you.
11 You may eat any clean bird,
You shall eat every clean bird.
12 but these you may not eat: the eagle, the bearded vulture, the black vulture,
And these of them you shall not eat; the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the sea-eagle,
13 the red kite, the falcon, any kind of kite,
and the vulture, and the kite and the like to it,
14 any kind of raven,
15 the ostrich, the screech owl, the gull, any kind of hawk,
and the sparrow, and the owl, and the cormorant,
16 the little owl, the great owl, the white owl,
and the heron, and the swan, and the stork,
17 the desert owl, the osprey, the cormorant,
and the cormorant, and the hawk, and its like, and the hoopoe, and the raven,
18 the stork, any kind of heron, the hoopoe, or the bat.
and the pelican, and the diver and the like to it, and the red-bill and the bat.
19 All flying insects are unclean for you; they may not be eaten.
All winged animals that creep are unclean to you; you shall not eat of them.
20 But you may eat any clean bird.
You shall eat every clean bird.
21 You are not to eat any carcass; you may give it to the foreigner residing within your gates, and he may eat it, or you may sell it to a foreigner. For you are a holy people belonging to the LORD your God. You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.
You shall eat nothing that dies of itself; it shall be given to the sojourner in your cities and he shall eat it, or you shall sell it to a stranger, because you are a holy people to the Lord your God. You shall not boil a lamb in his mother's milk.
22 You must be sure to set aside a tenth of all the produce brought forth each year from your fields.
You shall tithe a tenth of all the produce of your seed, the fruit of your field year by year.
23 And you are to eat a tenth of your grain, new wine, and oil, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks, in the presence of the LORD your God at the place He will choose as a dwelling for His Name, so that you may learn to fear the LORD your God always.
And you shall eat it in the place which the Lord your God shall choose to have his name called there; you shall bring the tithe of your corn and of your wine, and of your oil, the firstborn of your herd and of your flock, that you may learn to fear the Lord your God always.
24 But if the distance is too great for you to carry that with which the LORD your God has blessed you, because the place where the LORD your God will choose to put His Name is too far away,
And if the journey be too far for you, and you are not able to bring them, because the place [is] far from you which the Lord your God shall choose to have his name called there, because the Lord your God will bless you;
25 then exchange it for money, take the money in your hand, and go to the place the LORD your God will choose.
then you shall sell them for money, and you shall take the money in your hands, and you shall go to the place which the Lord your God shall choose.
26 Then you may spend the money on anything you desire: cattle, sheep, wine, strong drink, or anything you wish. You are to feast there in the presence of the LORD your God and rejoice with your household.
And you shall give the money for whatever your soul shall desire, for oxen or for sheep, or for wine, or [you shall lay it out] on strong drink, or on whatever your soul may desire, and you shall eat there before the Lord your God, and you shall rejoice and your house,
27 And do not neglect the Levite within your gates, since he has no portion or inheritance among you.
and the Levite that is in your cities, because he has not a portion or inheritance with you.
28 At the end of every three years, bring a tenth of all your produce for that year and lay it up within your gates.
After three years you shall bring out all the tithes of your fruits, in that year you shall lay it up in your cities.
29 Then the Levite (because he has no portion or inheritance among you), the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow within your gates may come and eat and be satisfied. And the LORD your God will bless you in all the work of your hands.
And the Levite shall come, because he has no part or lot with you, and the stranger, and the orphan, and the widow which is in your cities; and they shall eat and be filled, that the Lord your God may bless you in all the works which you shall do.
