Deuteronomy 14

1 You are the children of the Lord your God. Don't mutilate yourselves or shave your forehead like pagans do when they mourn the dead,

Ye are the children of the Lord your God. Ye shall not cut yourselues, nor make you any baldnesse betweene your eyes for the dead.

2 because you are a holy people who belong to the Lord your God. The Lord chose you as his special people out of all the nations on earth.

For thou art an holy people vnto ye Lord thy God, and the Lord hath chosen thee to be a precious people vnto himselfe, aboue all the people that are vpon the earth.

3 You must not eat anything repulsive.

Thou shalt eate no maner of abomination.

4 These are the animals that you are allowed to eat: cattle, sheep, goats,

These are the beastes, which ye shall eate, the beefe, the sheepe, and the goate,

5 deer, gazelles, wild goats, antelopes, and mountain sheep.

The hart, and the roe buck, and the bugle, and the wilde goate, and the vnicorne, and the wilde oxe, and the chamois.

6 You can eat any animal that both has a divided hoof and also chews the cud.

And euery beast that parteth ye hoofe, and cleaueth the clift into two clawes, and is of the beasts that cheweth the cudde, that shall ye eate.

7 But you are not allowed to eat those that either chew the cud or have a divided hoof. This includes: camels, rabbits, and rock hyraxes. Even though they chew the cud, they don't have a divided hoof. You must treat them as unclean.

But these ye shall not eate, of them that chew the cud, and of them that deuide and cleaue the hoofe onely: ye camell, nor the hare, nor the cony: for they chewe the cudde, but deuide not ye hoofe: therefore they shall be vncleane vnto you:

8 The same applies to the pig. Even though it has a divided hoof, it does not chew the cud. So you must treat it as unclean. You must not eat its meat or touch its dead body.

Also the swine, because he deuideth the hoofe, and cheweth not the cud, shalbe vncleane vnto you: ye shall not eate of their flesh, nor touch their dead carkeises.

9 When it comes to creatures that live in the water, you are allowed to eat anything that has fins and scales.

These ye shall eate, of all that are in the waters: all that haue finnes and scales shall ye eate.

10 But you must not eat anything that does not have fins and scales. You must treat them as unclean.

And whatsoeuer hath no finnes nor scales, ye shall not eate: it shall be vncleane vnto you.

11 You are allowed to eat any clean bird.

Of all cleane birdes ye shall eate:

12 But you must not eat the following: eagle, griffon vulture, bearded vulture,

But these are they, whereof ye shall not eate: the eagle, nor the goshawke, nor the osprey,

13 buzzard, kites, any kind of falcon,

Nor the glead nor the kite, nor the vulture, after their kind,

14 any member of the crow family,

Nor all kinde of rauens,

15 tawny owl, long-eared owl, gulls, any kind of hawk,

Nor the ostrich, nor the nightcrow, nor the semeaw, nor the hawke after her kinde,

16 little owl, eagle owl, barn owl,

Neither the litle owle, nor the great owle, nor the redshanke,

17 desert owl, Egyptian vulture, fish owl,

Nor the pellicane, nor the swanne, nor the cormorant:

18 storks, any kind of heron, hoopoe, or bats.

The storke also, and the heron in his kinde, nor the lapwing, nor the backe.

19 All insects that fly are unclean to you; you must not eat them.

And euery creeping thing that flieth, shall be vncleane vnto you: it shall not be eaten.

20 But you are allowed to eat any clean animal that has wings.

But of all cleane foules ye may eate.

21 You must not eat any animal that dies. You can give it to a foreigner in your town, and they can eat it, or you can sell it to a foreigner. You, however, are a holy people who belong to the Lord your God. Don't cook a young goat in its mother's milk.

Ye shall eate of nothing that dieth alone, but thou shalt giue it vnto the stranger that is within thy gates, that he may eate it: or thou maiest sell it vnto a stranger: for thou art an holy people vnto the Lord thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mothers milke.

22 Make sure you pay a tithe of every crop grown each year in your fields.

Thou shalt giue the tithe of all the increase of thy seede, that commeth foorth of the fielde yeere by yeere.

23 You are to eat a tenth of your grain, new wine, and olive oil, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks, in the presence of the Lord your God at the place he will choose to live with you, so that you will learn to always respect the Lord your God.

And thou shalt eate before the Lord thy God (in the place which he shall chose to cause his Name to dwell there) the tithe of thy corne, of thy wine, and of thine oyle, and the first borne of thy kine and of thy sheepe, that thou maiest learne to feare the Lord thy God alway.

24 However, if it's too far to carry all the tithe that the Lord your God has blessed you with, because the place where the Lord your God will choose to live with you is too distant,

And if the way be too long for thee, so that thou art not able to cary it, because the place is farre from thee, where the Lord thy God shall chose to set his Name, when the Lord thy God shall blesse thee,

25 then you can exchange it for money, take the money with you and go to the place the Lord your God will choose.

Then shalt thou make it in money, and take the money in thine hand, and goe vnto the place which the Lord thy God shall chose.

26 Then you can spend the money on anything you like—cattle, sheep, wine, alcoholic drink, or anything else you want. Then you can have a feast there in the presence of the Lord your God and celebrate with your family.

And thou shalt bestowe the money for whatsoeuer thine heart desireth: whether it be oxe, or sheepe, or wine, or strong drinke, or whatsoeuer thine heart desireth: and shalt eate it there before the Lord thy God, and reioyce, both thou, and thine household.

27 Don't forget to take care of the Levites in your town, because they don't have any share in the allotment of land.

And the Leuite that is within thy gates, shalt thou not forsake: for he hath neither part nor inheritance with thee.

28 At the end of every third year, collect a tenth of all your produce for that year and store it in your town.

At the end of three yeere thou shalt bring foorth all the tithes of thine increase of the same yeere, and lay it vp within thy gates.

29 This way the Levites (who don't have any share in the allotment of land), the foreigners, the orphans, and the widows in your town will be provided with what they need. The Lord your God will bless you in everything you do.

Then ye Leuite shall come, because he hath no part nor inheritance with thee, and the stranger, and the fatherlesse, and the widowe, which are within thy gates, and shall eate, and be filled, that the Lord thy God may blesse thee in al the worke of thine hand which thou doest.