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 people of Yahweh your God. Do not cut yourselves, nor shave any part of your face 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 nation that is set apart to Yahweh your God, and Yahweh has chosen you to be a people for his own possession, more than all peoples that are on the surface of the earth.

3 Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing.

You must not eat any abominable 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, and the goat,

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

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

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.

You may eat any animals that parts the hoof, that is, that has the hoof divided in two, and that chews the cud.

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;

Nevertheless, you must not eat some animals that chew the cud or that have the hoof divided in two: the camel, the rabbit, and the rock badger; because they chew the cud but do not part the hoof, they 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.

The pig is unclean to you as well because he parts the hoof but does not chew the cud; he is unclean to you. Do not eat pig meat, and do not touch their carcasses.

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

Of these things that are in water you may eat: whatever has fins and scales;

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

but whatever has no fins and scales you must not eat; they are unclean to you.

11 Every clean bird may ye eat.

All clean birds you may eat.

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

But these are the birds that you must not eat: the eagle, the vulture, the osprey,

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

the red kite and black kite, any kind of falcon.

14 And every raven after his kind,

You must not eat any kind of raven,

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

and the ostrich, and the night hawk, the sea gull, any kind of hawk,

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

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

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

the pelican, the carrion vulture, the cormorant.

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

You must not eat the stork, any kind of heron, the hoopoe, and the bat.

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

All winged, swarming things are unclean to you; they must not be eaten.

20 All clean fowls may ye eat.

You may eat all clean flying things.

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 must not eat of anything that dies of itself; you may give it to the foreigner who is within your towns, that he may eat it; or you may sell it to a foreigner. For you are a nation that is set apart to Yahweh your God. You must not boil a young goat in its mother's milk.

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

You must surely tithe all the yield of your seed, that which comes out from the field year after 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.

You must eat before Yahweh your God, in the place that he will choose as his sanctuary, the tithe of your grain, of your new wine, and of your oil, and the firstborn of your herd and your flock; that you may learn to always honor Yahweh your God.

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:

If the journey is too long for you so that you are not able to carry it, because the place that Yahweh your God will choose as his sanctuary is too far from you, then, when Yahweh God blesses 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;

you will convert the offering into money, tie up the money in your hand, and go to the place that Yahweh your God will 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.

There you will spend the money for whatever you desire: for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatever you desire; you will eat there before Yahweh your God, and you will rejoice, you and your household.

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

The Levite who is within your gates—do not forsake him, for he has no portion nor 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:

At the end of every three years you will present all the tithe of your produce in the same year, and you will store it up within your gates;

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, because he has no portion nor inheritance with you, and the foreigner, and the fatherless, and the widow who are within your gates, will come and eat and be satisfied. Do this so that Yahweh your God may bless you in all the work of your hand that you do.