Deuteronomy 14

1 You are the people of the LORD your God: you 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 you are a holy people to the LORD your God, and the LORD has chosen you to be a people for his own possession, above all peoples who are on 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 You shall not eat any abominable thing.

You must not eat any detestable thing.

4 These are the animals which you 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 deer, and the gazelle, and the roebuck, and the wild goat, and the ibex, and the antelope, and the chamois.

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

6 Every animal that parts the hoof, and has the hoof cloven in two and chews the cud, among the animals, that may you eat.

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

7 Nevertheless these you shall not eat of them that chew the cud, or of those who have the hoof cloven: the camel, and the hare, and the rabbit; because they chew the cud but do not part the hoof, they are unclean to 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 The pig, because it has a split hoof, but doesn't chew the cud, is unclean to you: of their flesh you shall not eat, and their carcasses you 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 you may eat of all that are in the waters: whatever has fins and scales may you eat;

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

10 and whatever doesn't have fins and scales you shall not eat; it is unclean to you.

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

11 Of all clean birds you may eat.

You may eat any clean bird,

12 But these are they of which you shall not eat: the eagle, and the vulture, and the osprey,

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

13 and the kite, and the buzzard, and the vulture after its kind,

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

14 and every raven after its kind,

any kind of raven,

15 and the ostrich, and the owl, and the seagull, and the hawk after its kind,

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 vulture, and the cormorant,

the desert owl, the osprey, the cormorant,

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

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

19 All winged crawling creatures are unclean to you: they shall not be eaten.

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

20 Of all clean birds you may eat.

But you may eat any clean bird.

21 You shall not eat of anything that dies of itself: you may give it to the foreigner living among you who is within your gates, that he may eat it; or you may sell it to a foreigner: for you are a holy people to the LORD your God. You shall not boil a young goat 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 You shall surely tithe all the increase of your seed, that which comes forth from 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 You shall eat before the LORD your God, in the place which he shall choose, to cause his name to dwell there, the tithe of your grain, of your new wine, and of your oil, and the firstborn of your herd and of your flock; that you may learn to fear the LORD your 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 If the way is too long for you, so that you are not able to carry it, because the place is too far from you, which the LORD your God shall choose, to set his name there, when the LORD your God shall bless you;

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 you shall turn it into money, and bind up the money in your hand, and shall go to the place which the LORD your 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 you shall bestow the money for whatever your soul desires, for cattle, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatever your soul asks of you; and you shall eat there before the LORD your God, and you shall rejoice, you and your 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 The Levite who is within your gates, you shall not forsake him; for he has no portion nor inheritance with you.

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 you shall bring forth all the tithe of your increase in the same year, and shall lay it up within your 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 has no portion nor inheritance with you, and the foreigner living among you, and the fatherless, and the widow, who are within your gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hand which you do.

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.