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 people of Yahweh your God. Do not cut yourselves, nor shave any part of your face 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 nation that is set apart to Yahweh your God, and Yahweh has chosen you to be a people for his own possession, more than all peoples that are on the surface of the earth.

3 You must not eat any detestable thing.

You must not eat any abominable thing.

4 These are the animals that you may eat: The ox, the sheep, the goat,

These are the animals that you 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 deer, the gazelle, the roebuck, the wild goat, and ibex, and the antelope, and the mountain sheep.

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

You may eat any animals that parts the hoof, that is, that has the hoof divided in two, and that chews the cud.

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, you must not eat some animals that chew the cud or that have the hoof divided in two: the camel, the rabbit, and the rock badger; because they chew the cud but do not part the hoof, 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.

The pig is unclean to you as well because he parts the hoof but does not chew the cud; he is unclean to you. Do not eat pig meat, and do not touch their carcasses.

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

Of these things that are in water you may eat: whatever has fins and scales;

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

but whatever has no fins and scales you must not eat; they are unclean to you.

11 You may eat any clean bird,

All clean birds you may eat.

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

But these are the birds that you must not eat: the eagle, the vulture, the osprey,

13 the red kite, the falcon, any kind of kite,

the red kite and black kite, any kind of falcon.

14 any kind of raven,

You must not eat any kind of raven,

15 the ostrich, the screech owl, the gull, any kind of hawk,

and the ostrich, and the night hawk, the sea gull, any kind of hawk,

16 the little owl, the great owl, the white owl,

the little owl, the great owl, the white owl,

17 the desert owl, the osprey, the cormorant,

the pelican, the carrion vulture, the cormorant.

18 the stork, any kind of heron, the hoopoe, or the bat.

You must not eat the stork, any kind of heron, the hoopoe, and the bat.

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

All winged, swarming things are unclean to you; they must not be eaten.

20 But you may eat any clean bird.

You may eat all clean flying things.

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 must not eat of anything that dies of itself; you may give it to the foreigner who is within your towns, that he may eat it; or you may sell it to a foreigner. For you are a nation that is set apart to Yahweh your God. You must not boil a young goat 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.

You must surely tithe all the yield of your seed, that which comes out from the field year after 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.

You must eat before Yahweh your God, in the place that he will choose as his sanctuary, the tithe of your grain, of your new wine, and of your oil, and the firstborn of your herd and your flock; that you may learn to always honor Yahweh your God.

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,

If the journey is too long for you so that you are not able to carry it, because the place that Yahweh your God will choose as his sanctuary is too far from you, then, when Yahweh God blesses you,

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

you will convert the offering into money, tie up the money in your hand, and go to the place that Yahweh your 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.

There you will spend the money for whatever you desire: for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatever you desire; you will eat there before Yahweh your God, and you will rejoice, you and your household.

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

The Levite who is within your gates—do not forsake him, for he has no portion 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 every three years you will present all the tithe of your produce in the same year, and you will store 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 portion nor inheritance with you, and the foreigner, and the fatherless, and the widow who are within your gates, will come and eat and be satisfied. Do this so that Yahweh your God may bless you in all the work of your hand that you do.