Deuteronomy 14

1 Ye are the children of YHWH your Elohim: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.

Be ye children of the Lord your God: you shall not cut yourselves, no, make any baldness for the dead;

2 For thou art an holy people unto YHWH thy Elohim, and YHWH hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that are upon the earth.

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.

3 Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing.

Eat not the things that are unclean.

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

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

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

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

6 And every beast that parteth the hoof, and cleaveth the cleft into two claws, and cheweth the cud among the beasts, that ye shall eat.

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

7 Nevertheless these ye 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 unto you.

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.

8 And the swine, because it divideth the hoof, yet cheweth not the cud, it is unclean unto you: ye shall not eat of their flesh, nor touch their dead carcase.

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.

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

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

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

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

11 Of all clean birds ye shall eat.

All birds that are clean you shall eat.

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

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

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

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

14 And every raven after his kind.

And all of the raven’s kind:

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

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

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

The heron, and the swan, and the stork,

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

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

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

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

19 And every creeping thing that flieth is unclean unto you: they shall not be eaten.

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

20 But of all clean fowls ye may eat.

All that is clean, you shall eat.

21 Ye shall not eat of anything that dieth of itself: thou shalt give it unto the stranger that is in thy gates, that he may eat it; or thou mayest sell it unto an alien: for thou art an holy people unto YHWH thy Elohim. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk.

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.

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

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

23 And thou shalt eat before YHWH thy Elohim, in the place which he shall choose to place his name there, the tithe of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herds and of thy flocks; that thou mayest learn to fear YHWH thy Elohim always.

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.

24 And if the way be too long for thee, so that thou art not able to carry it; or if the place be too far from thee, which YHWH thy Elohim shall choose to set his name there, when YHWH thy Elohim hath blessed thee:

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,

25 Then shalt thou turn it into money, and bind up the money in thine hand, and shalt go unto the place which YHWH thy Elohim shall choose:

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:

26 And thou shalt bestow that money for whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatsoever thy soul desireth: and thou shalt eat there before YHWH thy Elohim, and thou shalt rejoice, thou, and thine household,

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:

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

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

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:

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.

29 And the Levite, (because he hath no part nor inheritance with thee, ) and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, which are within thy gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that YHWH thy Elohim may bless thee in all the work of thine hands which thou doest.

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.