Deuteronomy 14

1 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.

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 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.

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 eate no maner of abomination.

You must not eat any detestable thing.

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

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

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

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

6 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.

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

7 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:

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 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.

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

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

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

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

11 Of all cleane birdes ye shall eate:

You may eat any clean bird,

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

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

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

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

14 Nor all kinde of rauens,

any kind of raven,

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

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

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

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

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

the desert owl, the osprey, the cormorant,

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

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

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

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

20 But of all cleane foules ye may eate.

But you may eat any clean bird.

21 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.

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

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

23 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.

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 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,

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

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 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.

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 the Leuite that is within thy gates, shalt thou not forsake: for he hath neither part 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 yeere thou shalt bring foorth all the tithes of thine increase of the same yeere, and lay it vp 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 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.

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.