Deuteronomy 14

1 Ye are sons of Jehovah your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for a dead person.

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

2 For thou art a holy people unto Jehovah thy God, and thee hath Jehovah chosen for a people of possession unto himself, out of all the peoples that are upon the face of the earth.

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.

3 Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing.

You must not eat any detestable thing.

4 These are the beasts which ye shall eat: the ox, the sheep, and the goat;

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

5 the hart, and the gazelle, and the stag, and the wild goat, and the dishon and the oryx, and the wild sheep.

the deer, the gazelle, the roe deer, the wild goat, the ibex, the antelope, and the mountain sheep.

6 And every beast that hath cloven hoofs, and the feet quite split open into double hoofs, [and] which cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that ye shall eat.

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

7 Only these ye shall not eat of those that chew the cud, or of those with hoofs cloven and split open: the camel, and the hare, and the rock-badger; for they chew the cud, but have not cloven hoofs — they shall be unclean unto you;

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,

8 and the swine, for it hath cloven hoofs, yet cheweth not the cud — it shall be unclean unto you. Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase shall ye not touch.

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.

9 These shall ye eat of all that are in the waters: whatsoever hath fins and scales shall ye eat;

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

10 but whatsoever hath not fins and scales ye shall not eat: it shall be unclean unto you.

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

11 All clean birds shall ye eat.

You may eat any clean bird,

12 But these are they of which ye shall not eat: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the sea-eagle,

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

13 and the falcon, and the kite, and the black kite after its kind;

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

14 and every raven after its kind;

any kind of raven,

15 and the female ostrich, and the male ostrich, and the sea-gull, and the hawk after its kind;

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

16 the owl, and the ibis and the swan,

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

17 and the pelican, and the carrion vulture, and the gannet,

the desert owl, the osprey, the cormorant,

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

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

19 And every winged crawling thing shall be unclean unto you; they shall not be eaten.

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

20 All clean fowls shall ye eat.

But you may eat any clean bird.

21 Ye shall eat of no carcase; thou shalt give it unto the stranger that is within thy gates, that he may eat it, or sell it unto a foreigner; for thou art a holy people to Jehovah thy God. Thou shalt not boil a kid in its mother's milk.

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.

22 Thou shalt truly tithe all the increase of thy seed, the produce of the field, year by year.

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

23 And thou shalt eat before Jehovah thy God, in the place which he will choose to cause his name to dwell there, the tithe of thy corn, of thy new wine, and of thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herds and of thy flocks; that thou mayest learn to fear Jehovah thy God continually.

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.

24 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 Jehovah thy God will choose to set his name there, when Jehovah thy God blesseth thee;

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,

25 then shalt thou give it for money, and bind the money together in thy hand, and go to the place which Jehovah thy God will choose,

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

26 and thou shalt give the money for whatever thy soul desireth, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatever thy soul asketh of thee; and thou shalt eat there before Jehovah thy God, and thou shalt rejoice, thou, and thy house.

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.

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

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

28 At the end of three years thou shalt bring forth all the tithe of thine increase the same year, and shalt lay it up within thy gates;

At the end of every three years, bring a tenth of all your produce for that year and lay it up within your gates.

29 and the Levite — for he hath no portion nor inheritance with thee — and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within thy gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that Jehovah thy God may bless thee in all the work of thy hand which thou doest.

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.