Deuteronomy 14

1 Sons, are ye unto Yahweh your God, —ye shall not cut yourselves, neither shall ye put 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, a holy people, thou art unto Yahweh thy God, —and, of thee, did Yahweh make choice, that thou shouldest become his people as a treasure, above all the peoples that are on the face of the ground.

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 young of sheep, and the young of goats;

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 mountain goat, and the wild ox, 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 cleaveth the cleft into two claws, chewing the cud, among beasts, the same, shall ye eat.

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

7 Nevertheless these, shall ye not eat, of them that chew the cud, and of them that divide the cloven hoof, —the camel and the hare and the rabbit for, though they do chew the cud, yet the hoof, do they not part, unclean, they are 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 though he doth divide the hoof, yet he cheweth not the cud, unclean, he is unto you, —of their flesh, shall ye not eat, and their carcases, shall ye 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, may ye eat of all that that are in the waters, —whatsoever hath fins and scales, ye may 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 may not eat, —unclean, it is unto you.

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

11 Of every clean bird, ye may eat;

You may eat any clean bird,

12 saving these, of which ye may not eat, —the eagle and the ossifrage and the osprey;

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

13 and the vulture and the kite, and the falcon 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 female ostrich, and the male ostrich and the sea-gull, —and the hawk, after its kind;

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

16 and the pelican and the bittern, and the swan;

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

17 and the vomiting pelican and the little vulture and the gannet;

the desert owl, the osprey, the cormorant,

18 and the stork, and the parrot, after its kind, —and the mountain-cock, and the bat.

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

19 And, as for every creeping thing that flieth, unclean, it is unto you, —they, shall not be eaten.

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

20 All clean fowls, ye may eat.

But you may eat any clean bird.

21 Ye shall not eat any thing that dieth of itself: to the sojourner who is within thy gates, mayest thou give it and he may eat it or thou mayest sell it to a foreigner, for a holy people, art thou unto Yahweh thy God. Thou shalt not boil a kid, in the milk of its dam.

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, —which the field bringeth forth 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 Yahweh thy God—in the place which he shall choose to make a habitation for his name there, —the tithe of thy corn thy new wine and thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herd and of thy flock, —that thou mayest learn to revere Yahweh thy God all the days.

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 But, when the way becometh too long for thee because thou canst not carry it, because the place is too far for thee which Yahweh thy God shall choose to put his name there, —because Yahweh thy God blesseth 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 silver, —and shalt bind up the silver in thy hand, and shalt journey unto the place, which Yahweh 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 shalt turn the silver into whatsoever thy soul desireth—of the herd or of the flock, or of wine or of strong drink, or of whatsoever thy soul shall ask thee for, —and shalt eat it there, before Yahweh thy God, and 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 who is within thy gates, thou shalt not forsake him, —for he hath neither 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 three years, shalt thou bring forth all the tithe of thine increase in that year, —and shalt 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 shall come in—because he hath neither portion nor inheritance with thee—and the sojourner and the fatherless and the widow who are within thy gates, and they shall eat and be satisfied, —that Yahweh thy God may bless thee, in all the work of thy hand which thou shalt 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.