Deuteronomy 14

1 Ye are the children of the LORD your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between 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 a holy people unto the LORD thy God, and the LORD hath chosen thee to be His own treasure out of all 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 may 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 roebuck, and the wild goat, and the pygarg, and the antelope, and the mountain-sheep.

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

6 And every beast that parteth the hoof, and hath the hoof wholly cloven in two, and cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that ye may eat.

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

7 Nevertheless these ye shall not eat of them that only chew the cud, or of them that only have the hoof cloven: the camel, and the hare, and the rock-badger, because they chew the cud but part not the hoof, they are 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, because he parteth the hoof but cheweth not the cud, he is unclean unto you; of their flesh ye shall not eat, and their carcasses ye shall 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 ye may eat of all that are in the waters: whatsoever hath fins and scales may ye eat;

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

10 and whatsoever hath not fins and scales ye shall not eat; it is unclean unto you.

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

11 Of all clean birds ye may eat.

You may eat any clean bird,

12 But these are they of which ye shall not eat: the great vulture, and the bearded vulture, and the ospray;

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

13 and the glede, and the falcon, and the kite after its kinds;

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

14 and every raven after its kinds;

any kind of raven,

15 and the ostrich, and the night-hawk, and the sea-mew, and the hawk after its kinds;

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

16 the little owl, and the great owl, and the horned owl;

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

17 and the pelican, and the carrion-vulture, and the cormorant;

the desert owl, the osprey, the cormorant,

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

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

19 And all winged swarming things are unclean unto you; they shall not be eaten.

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

20 Of all clean winged things ye may eat.

But you may eat any clean bird.

21 Ye shall not eat of any thing that dieth of itself; thou mayest give it unto the stranger that is within thy gates, that he may eat it; or thou mayest sell it unto a foreigner; for thou art a holy people unto the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe 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 surely tithe all the increase of thy seed, that which is brought forth in 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 the LORD thy God, in the place which He shall choose to cause His name to dwell there, the tithe of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herd and of thy flock; that thou mayest learn to fear the LORD thy God always.

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 the LORD thy God shall choose to set His name there, when the LORD thy God shall bless 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 turn it into money, and bind up the money in thy hand, and shalt go unto the place which the LORD thy God shall 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 bestow the money for whatsoever thy soul desireth, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatsoever thy soul asketh of thee; and thou shalt eat there before the LORD thy God, and thou shalt rejoice, thou and thy 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 Levite that is within thy gates, thou shalt not forsake him; 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 every three years, even in the same year, thou shalt bring forth all the tithe of thine increase, and shall 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, because 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 the LORD 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.