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 Yahweh 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 a holy people to Yahweh your God, and Yahweh has chosen you to be a people for his own possession, above all peoples who are 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 animals which you may eat: the ox, the sheep, 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, the ibex, the antelope, and the chamois.

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

Every animal that parts the hoof, and has the hoof split in two and chews the cud, among the animals, you may 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 those who have the hoof split: the camel, the hare, and the rabbit. Because they chew the cud but don’t 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, because it has a split hoof but doesn’t chew the cud, is unclean to you. You shall not eat their meat. You shall not touch their carcasses.

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

These you may eat of all that are in the waters: 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.

You shall not eat whatever doesn’t have fins and scales. It is unclean to you.

11 You may eat any clean bird,

Of all clean birds you may 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, the vulture, the osprey,

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

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

14 any kind of raven,

every raven of any kind,

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

the ostrich, the owl, the seagull, the hawk of any kind,

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

the little owl, the great owl, the horned owl,

17 the desert owl, the osprey, the cormorant,

the pelican, the vulture, the cormorant,

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

the stork, the heron after its kind, the hoopoe, and the bat.

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

All winged creeping things are unclean to you. They shall not be eaten.

20 But you may eat any clean bird.

Of all clean birds 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 may give it to the foreigner living among you who is within your gates, that he may eat it; or you may sell it to a foreigner; for you are a holy people to Yahweh your God. You shall 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 shall surely tithe all the increase of your seed, that which comes out of the 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.

You shall eat before Yahweh your God, in the place which he chooses to cause his name to dwell, the tithe of your grain, of your new wine, and of your oil, and the firstborn of your herd and of your flock; that you may learn to fear Yahweh 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,

If the way is too long for you, so that you are not able to carry it because the place which Yahweh your God shall choose to set his name there is too far from you, when Yahweh your 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.

then you shall turn it into money, bind up the money in your hand, and shall go to the place which Yahweh 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.

You shall trade the money for whatever your soul desires: for cattle, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatever your soul asks of you. You shall eat there before Yahweh 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.

You shall not forsake the Levite who is within your gates, 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 shall bring all the tithe of your increase in the same year, and shall store it 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.

The Levite, because he has no portion nor inheritance with you, as well as the foreigner living among you, the fatherless, and the widow who are within your gates shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that Yahweh your God may bless you in all the work of your hand which you do.