Deuteronomy 14

1 Be ye children of the Lord your God: you shall not cut yourselves, no, make any baldness for 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 Because thou art a holy people to the Lord thy God: and he chose thee to be his peculiar people of all nations that are upon 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 Eat not the things that are unclean.

You shall not eat any abominable thing.

4 These are the beasts that you shall eat, the ox, and the sheep, and the goat,

These are the beasts which you shall eat: the ox, the sheep, and the goat,

5 The hart and the roe, the buffle, the chamois, the pygarg, the wild goat, the camelopardalus.

The hart, and the roebuck, and the fallow deer, and the wild goat, and the pygarg, and the wild ox, and the chamois.

6 Every beast that divideth the hoof in two parts, and cheweth the cud, you shall eat.

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 them that chew the cud, but divide not the hoof, you shall not eat, such as the camel, the hare, and the cherogril: because they chew the cud, but divide not the hoof, they shall be unclean to 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 The swine also, because it divideth the hoof, but cheweth not the cud, shall be unclean, their flesh you shall not eat, and their carcasses you shall not touch.

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 These shall you eat of all that abide in the waters: All that have fins and scales, you shall eat.

These you shall eat of all that are in the waters: all that have fins and scales shall you eat:

10 Such as are without fins and scales, you shall not eat, because they are unclean.

And whatever has not fins and scales you may not eat; it is unclean to you.

11 All birds that are clean you shall eat.

Of all clean birds you shall eat.

12 The unclean eat not: to wit, the eagle, and the grype, and the osprey,

But these are they of which you shall not eat: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray,

13 The ringtail, and the vulture, and the kite according to their kind:

And the glede, and the kite, and the vulture after his kind,

14 And all of the raven’s kind:

And every raven after his kind,

15 And the ostrich, and the owl, and the larus, and the hawk according to its kind:

And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind,

16 The heron, and the swan, and the stork,

The little owl, and the great owl, and the swan,

17 And the cormorant, the porphyrion, and the night crow,

And the pelican, and the gier eagle, and the cormorant,

18 The bittern, and the charadrion, every one in their kind: the hoop also and the bat.

And the stork, and the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat.

19 Every thing that creepeth, and hath little wings, shall be unclean, and shall not be eaten.

And every creeping thing that flies is unclean to you: they shall not be eaten.

20 All that is clean, you shall eat.

But of all clean fowls you may eat.

21 But whatsoever is dead of itself, eat not thereof. Give it to the stranger, that is within thy gates, to eat, or sell it to him: because thou art the holy people of the Lord thy God. Thou shalt not boil a kid in the milk of his dam.

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 Every year thou shalt set aside the tithes of all thy fruits that the earth bringeth forth,

You shall truly tithe all the increase of your seed, that the field brings forth year by year.

23 And thou shalt eat before the Lord thy God in the place which he shall choose, that his name may be called upon therein, the tithe of thy corn, and thy wine, and thy oil, and the firstborn of thy herds and thy sheep: that thou mayst learn to fear the Lord thy God at all times.

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 when the way and the place which the Lord thy God shall choose, are far off, and he hath blessed thee, and thou canst not carry all these things thither,

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 Thou shalt sell them all, and turn them into money, and shalt carry it in thy hand, and shalt go to the place which the Lord shall 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 And thou shalt buy with the same money whatsoever pleaseth thee, either of the herds or of sheep, wine also and strong drink, and all that thy soul desireth: and thou shalt eat before the Lord thy God, and shalt feast, thou and thy house:

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 the Levite that is within thy gates, beware thou forsake him not, because he hath no other part in thy possession.

And the Levite that is within your gates; you shall not forsake him; for he has no part nor inheritance with you.

28 The third year thou shalt separate another tithe of all things that grow to thee at that time, and shalt lay it up within thy 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 And the Levite that hath no other part nor possession with thee, and the stranger and the fatherless and the widow, that are within thy gates, shall come and shall eat and be filled: that the Lord thy God may bless thee in all the works of thy hands that thou shalt do.

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.