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 the children of the Lord your God: you shall not make any baldness between you eyes for the dead.

2 For a holy people art thou unto the Lord thy God, and the Lord hath made choice of thee to be unto himself a peculiar nation above all the nations that are upon the face of the earth.

For you are a holy people to the Lord your God, and the Lord your God has chosen you to be a peculiar people to himself of all the nations on the face of the earth.

3 Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing.

You shall not eat any abominable thing.

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

These [are] the beasts which you shall eat; the calf of the herd, and lamb of the sheep, and kid of the goats;

5 The hart, and the roebuck, and the fallow-deer, and the chamois, and the gazelle, and the wild ox, and the antelope.

the stag, and doe, and pygarg, and wild goat, and camelopard.

6 And every beast that hath parted hoofs, and whose feet are cleft into two claws, and cheweth the cud among the beasts—that alone may ye eat.

Every beast that divides the hoofs, and makes claws of two divisions, and that chews the cud amongst beasts, these you shall eat.

7 Nevertheless these shall ye not eat of those that chew the cud, and of those that possess the divided cloven hoof: The camel, and the hare, and the coney: for they chew the cud, but divide not the hoof; unclean are they unto you;

And these you shall not eat of them that chew the cud, and of those that divide the hoofs, and make distinct claws; the camel, and the hare, and the rabbit; because they chew the cud, and do not divide the hoof, these are unclean to you.

8 And the swine, because it divideth the hoof, yet cheweth not the cud, it is unclean unto you; of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their dead carcass shall ye not touch.

And as for the swine, because he divides the hoof, and makes claws of the hoof, yet he chews not the cud, he is unclean to you; you shall not eat of their flesh, you shall not touch their dead bodies.

9 This may ye eat of all that is in the waters: all that hath fins and scales may ye eat;

And these you shall eat of all that are in the water, you shall eat all that have fins and scales.

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

And all that have not fins and scales you shall not eat; they are unclean to you.

11 Every clean bird may ye eat.

You shall eat every clean bird.

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

And these of them you shall not eat; the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the sea-eagle,

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

and the vulture, and the kite and the like to it,

14 And every raven after his kind,

15 And the ostrich, and the night-hawk, and the cuckoo, and the hawk after his kind,

and the sparrow, and the owl, and the cormorant,

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

and the heron, and the swan, and the stork,

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

and the cormorant, and the hawk, and its like, and the hoopoe, and the raven,

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

and the pelican, and the diver and the like to it, and the red-bill and the bat.

19 And every winged insect is unclean unto you: it shall not be eaten.

All winged animals that creep are unclean to you; you shall not eat of them.

20 All clean fowls may ye eat.

You shall eat every clean bird.

21 Ye shall not eat any thing that dieth of itself: unto the stranger that is in thy gates canst thou give it, that he may eat it; or thou mayest sell it unto an alien; for thou art a holy people unto the Lord thy God; thou shalt not seethe a kid in its mother's milk.

You shall eat nothing that dies of itself; it shall be given to the sojourner in your cities and he shall eat it, or you shall sell it to a stranger, because you are a holy people to the Lord your God. You shall not boil a lamb in his mother's milk.

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

You shall tithe a tenth of all the produce of your seed, the fruit of your field year by year.

23 And thou shalt eat before the Lord thy God, in the place which he will choose to cause his name to dwell there, the tithe of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thy oil, and the first-born of thy herds and of thy flocks; in order that thou may learn to fear the Lord thy God all the days.

And you shall eat it in the place which the Lord your God shall choose to have his name called there; you shall bring the tithe of your corn and of your wine, and of your oil, the firstborn of your herd and of your flock, 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 will choose to set his name there, because the Lord thy God will bless thee:

And if the journey be too far for you, and you are not able to bring them, because the place [is] far from you which the Lord your God shall choose to have his name called there, because the Lord your God will bless you;

25 Then shalt thou turn it into money, and bind up the money in thy hand, and thou shalt go unto the place which the Lord thy God will choose;

then you shall sell them for money, and you shall take the money in your hands, and you shall go to the place which the Lord your God shall choose.

26 And thou shalt lay out that money for whatsoever thy soul longeth after, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatsoever thy soul asketh of thee; and thou shalt eat it there before the Lord thy God, and thou shalt rejoice, thou, and thy household.

And you shall give the money for whatever your soul shall desire, for oxen or for sheep, or for wine, or [you shall lay it out] on strong drink, or on whatever your soul may desire, and you shall eat there before the Lord your God, and you shall rejoice and your house,

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

and the Levite that is in your cities, because he has not a portion or inheritance with you.

28 At the end of three years shalt thou bring forth all the tithe of thy produce in the same year, and thou shalt lay it down within thy gates:

After three years you shall bring out all the tithes of your fruits, in that year you shall lay it up in your cities.

29 And then shall come the Levite, because he hath no portion nor inheritance with thee, with the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within thy gates, and they shall eat and be satisfied; in order that the Lord thy God may bless thee in all the work of thy hand which thou doest.

And the Levite shall come, because he has no part or lot with you, and the stranger, and the orphan, and the widow which is in your cities; and they shall eat and be filled, that the Lord your God may bless you in all the works which you shall do.