Deuteronomy 14

1 You are sons of the LORD your God; do not cut yourselves or shave your foreheads on behalf of the dead,

Ye are the children of the Lord your God: ye 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 a holy people art thou unto the Lord thy God, and the Lord hath made choice of thee to be unto himself a peculiar nation above all the nations that are upon the face of the earth.

3 You must not eat any detestable thing.

Thou shalt 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 ye may 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 chamois, and the gazelle, and the wild ox, and the antelope.

6 You may eat any animal that has a split hoof divided in two and that chews the cud.

And every beast that hath parted hoofs, and whose feet are cleft into two claws, and cheweth the cud among the beasts—that alone may ye 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 shall ye not eat of those that chew the cud, and of those that possess the divided cloven hoof: The camel, and the hare, and the coney: for they chew the cud, but divide not the hoof; unclean are they unto 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 divideth the hoof, yet cheweth not the cud, it is unclean unto you; of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their dead carcass shall ye not touch.

9 Of all the creatures that live in the water, you may eat anything with fins and scales,

This may ye eat of all that is in the waters: all that hath fins and scales may ye eat;

10 but you may not eat anything that does not have fins and scales; it is unclean for you.

And whatsoever hath not fins and scales shall ye not eat; it is unclean unto you.

11 You may eat any clean bird,

Every clean bird may ye eat.

12 but these you may not eat: the eagle, the bearded vulture, the black vulture,

But these are they which ye shall not eat of them: The eagle, and the ossifrage, and the osprey,

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 ostrich, and the night-hawk, and the cuckoo, 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 his kind, and the lapwing, and the bat.

19 All flying insects are unclean for you; they may not be eaten.

And every winged insect is unclean unto you: it shall not be eaten.

20 But you may eat any clean bird.

All clean fowls may ye 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.

Ye shall not eat any thing that dieth of itself: unto the stranger that is in thy gates canst thou give it, that he may eat it; or thou mayest sell it unto an alien; for thou art a holy people unto the Lord thy God; thou shalt not seethe a kid in its mother's milk.

22 You must be sure to set aside a tenth of all the produce brought forth each year from your fields.

Thou shalt truly tithe all the produce of thy seed, which the field bringeth 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 thou shalt eat before the Lord thy God, in the place which he will choose to cause his name to dwell there, the tithe of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thy oil, and the first-born of thy herds and of thy flocks; in order that thou may learn to fear the Lord thy God all the days.

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 thee, so that thou art not able to carry it; because the place is too far from thee, which the Lord thy God will choose to set his name there, because the Lord thy God will bless thee:

25 then exchange it for money, take the money in your hand, and go to the place the LORD your God will choose.

Then shalt thou turn it into money, and bind up the money in thy hand, and thou shalt go unto the place which the Lord thy God will 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 thou shalt lay out that money for whatsoever thy soul longeth after, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatsoever thy soul asketh of thee; and thou shalt eat it there before the Lord thy God, and thou shalt rejoice, thou, and thy household.

27 And do not neglect the Levite within your gates, since he has no portion or inheritance among you.

And the Levite, who is within thy gates, him shalt thou not forsake; for he hath no portion nor inheritance with thee.

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 shalt thou bring forth all the tithe of thy produce in the same year, and thou shalt lay it down within thy 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 then shall come the Levite, because he hath no portion nor inheritance with thee, with the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within thy gates, and they shall eat and be satisfied; in order that the Lord thy God may bless thee in all the work of thy hand which thou doest.