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 cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your 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 an holy people to the LORD your God, and the LORD has chosen you to be a peculiar people to himself, above all the nations that are on 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 ox, the sheep, and the goat,
5 the deer, the gazelle, the roe deer, the wild goat, the ibex, the antelope, and the mountain sheep.
The hart, and the roebuck, and the fallow deer, and the wild goat, and the pygarg, and the wild ox, and the chamois.
6 You may eat any animal that has a split hoof divided in two and that chews the cud.
And every beast that parts the hoof, and separates the cleft into two claws, and chews the cud among the beasts, that 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,
Nevertheless these you shall not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the cloven hoof; as the camel, and the hare, and the coney: for they chew the cud, but divide not the hoof; therefore they 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 the swine, because it divides the hoof, yet chews not the cud, it is unclean to you: you shall not eat of their flesh, nor touch their dead carcass.
9 Of all the creatures that live in the water, you may eat anything with fins and scales,
These you shall eat of all that are in the waters: all that have fins and scales shall you eat:
10 but you may not eat anything that does not have fins and scales; it is unclean for you.
And whatever has not fins and scales you may not eat; it is unclean to you.
11 You may eat any clean bird,
Of all clean birds you shall eat.
12 but these you may not eat: the eagle, the bearded vulture, the black vulture,
But these are they of which you shall not eat: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray,
13 the red kite, the falcon, any kind of kite,
And the glede, and the kite, and the vulture after his kind,
14 any kind of raven,
And every raven after his kind,
15 the ostrich, the screech owl, the gull, any kind of hawk,
And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind,
16 the little owl, the great owl, the white owl,
The little owl, and the great owl, and the swan,
17 the desert owl, the osprey, the cormorant,
And the pelican, and the gier eagle, and the cormorant,
18 the stork, any kind of heron, the hoopoe, or the bat.
And the stork, and the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat.
19 All flying insects are unclean for you; they may not be eaten.
And every creeping thing that flies is unclean to you: they shall not be eaten.
20 But you may eat any clean bird.
But of all clean fowls you may eat.
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 not eat of anything that dies of itself: you shall give it to the stranger that is in your gates, that he may eat it; or you may sell it to an alien: for you are an holy people to the LORD your God. You shall not seethe a kid 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 truly tithe all the increase of your seed, that the field brings forth 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 before the LORD your God, in the place which he shall choose to place his name there, the tithe of your corn, of your wine, and of your oil, and the firstborn of your herds and of your flocks; 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 way be too long for you, so that you are not able to carry it; or if the place be too far from you, which the LORD your God shall choose to set his name there, when the LORD your God has blessed 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 shall you turn it into money, and bind up the money in your hand, and 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 bestow that money for whatever your soul lusts after, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatever your soul desires: and you shall eat there before the LORD your God, and you shall rejoice, you, and your household,
27 And do not neglect the Levite within your gates, since he has no portion or inheritance among you.
And the Levite that is within your gates; you shall not forsake him; for he has no part nor 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.
At the end of three years you shall bring forth all the tithe of your increase the same year, and shall lay it up within your gates:
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, (because he has no part nor inheritance with you, ) and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, which are within your gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hand which you do.
