Deuteronomy 14

1 “We are people who belong to Yahweh our God. So, when people die, do not show that you are grieving by gashing/cutting yourselves or by shaving the hair on your foreheads [like the other people-groups do].

[are] children You of Yahweh God your not you will cut yourselves and not you will make baldness between eyes your to a dead [person].

2 We belong to Yahweh alone. Yahweh chose us from all the other people-groups on the earth to be his special people.

For [are] a people holy you to Yahweh God your and you he has chosen Yahweh to become for him a people of possession from all the peoples which [are] on [the] surface of the ground.

3 “Do not eat anything that [Yahweh] detests.

Not you will eat any disgusting thing.

4 The animals [whose meat] you are permitted to eat are cattle, sheep, goats,

This [is] the animal which you will eat an ox an animal of sheep and an animal of goats.

5 deer, gazelles, wild goats, antelopes, and mountain sheep.

A deer and a gazelle and a roe-deer and a wild goat and an ibex and an antelope and a mountain sheep.

6 Those are animals that have split hoofs and that also (chew their cuds/regurgitate their food [from their stomachs] to chew it again).

And every animal [which] divides a hoof and [which] cleaves a cleft of two hooves [which] brings up cud among the animal[s] it you will eat.

7 But there are other animals that chew their cuds that you must not eat. Those are camels, rabbits, and rock badgers. They chew their cuds, but their hooves are not split. So they are not acceptable for you to eat.

Nevertheless this not you will eat any of [those which] bring up the cud and [any] of those dividing the hoof cloven the camel and the hare and the rock badger that [is] bringing up cud they and a hoof not they divide [are] unclean they to you.

8 Do not eat pigs. They are unacceptable for you to eat; their hooves are split, but they do not chew cud. Do not eat the meat of those animals; do not even touch their dead bodies.

And the pig that [is] dividing a hoof it and not cud [is] unclean it to you any of meat their not you will eat and carcass their not you will touch.

9 You are permitted to eat any fish that has scales and fins.

This you will eat from all that [is] in the water all that [belongs] to it fin and scale you will eat.

10 But anything else [that lives in the water] that does not have scales and fins, you must not eat, because [if you eat them], you will become unacceptable [to Yahweh].

And all that not [belongs] to it fin and scale not you will eat [is] unclean it to you.

11 “You are permitted to eat the flesh of any bird that is acceptable [to Yahweh].

Every bird clean you will eat.

12 But eagles, vultures, black vultures,

And this [is that] which not you will eat any of them the eagle and the bearded vulture and the osprey.

13 buzzards, all kinds of kites,

And the red kite and the hawk and the black kite to kind its.

14 all kinds of crows,

And every raven to kind its.

15 ostriches, seagulls,

And [the] daughter of the ostrich and the screech owl and the gull and the falcon to kind its.

16 owls, hawks, falcons,

The little owl and the great owl and the barn owl.

17 pelicans, vultures that eat dead animals, cormorants,

And the desert owl and the Egyptian vulture and the cormorant.

18 storks, herons, hoopoes, and bats, you must not eat.

And the stork and the heron to kind its and the hoopoe and the bat.

19 “All insects with wings [and which walk on the ground] are unacceptable [to Yahweh]; do not eat them.

And every swarming thing of the insect [is] unclean it to you not they will be eaten.

20 But other insects with wings [and which hop along the ground] are acceptable to eat.

Every insect clean you will eat.

21 “Do not eat any animal that has died naturally, [because its blood has not been drained out]. You may allow foreigners who live among you to eat those things or you may sell them to other foreigners. But you belong to Yahweh our God; [and those who belong to him are not permitted to eat the meat of animals whose blood has not been drained out]. “You must not cook a young sheep or goat in its mother’s milk.”

Not you will eat any carcass to the sojourner who [is] in gates your you will give it and he will eat it or you will sell it to a foreigner for [are] a people holy you to Yahweh God your not you will boil a kid in [the] milk of mother its.

22 “Once each year you must set apart (a tithe/10 percent) of all the crops that are produced/harvested in your fields.

Fully you will tithe all [the] produce of seed your which comes out the field a year a year.

23 Take those things to the place that Yahweh our God will choose [for you to worship him]. There eat the tithes of your grain, your wine, your [olive] oil, and the meat of the firstborn male animals of your cattle and your sheep. Do this in order that you may learn to always revere Yahweh, [the one who has blessed you by giving you these things].

And you will eat before - Yahweh God your in the place where he will choose to cause to dwell name his there [the] tithe of grain your new wine your and fresh oil your and [the] firstborn of herd your and flock your so that you may learn to fear Yahweh God your all the days.

24 If the place that Yahweh has chosen [for you to worship him] is very far from your home, with the result that you are not able to take there the tithes [of your crops] with which Yahweh has blessed you, do this:

And if it will be [too] great for you the journey for not you will be able to carry it that it will be [too] far for you the place where he will choose Yahweh God your to put name his there for he will bless you Yahweh God your.

25 Sell [IDM] the tithes of your crops, wrap the money carefully [in a cloth], and take it with you to the place of worship that Yahweh has chosen.

And you will exchange [it] for money and you will secure the money in hand your and you will go to the place which he will choose Yahweh God your it.

26 There, [with that money], you may buy whatever you want to—beef or lamb or wine or fermented drinks. And there, in the presence of Yahweh, you and your families should eat [and drink] those things and be happy.

And you will exchange the money for all that it will desire appetite your for cattle and for sheep and for wine and for strong drink and for all that it will ask you appetite your and you will eat there before Yahweh God your and you will rejoice you and household your.

27 But be sure to not neglect/forget [to help] the descendants of Levi who live in your towns, because they will not own any land.

And the Levite who [is] in gates your not you will neglect him for not [belongs] to him a portion and an inheritance with you.

28 “At the end of every three years, bring a tithe of all your crops that have been produced/harvested in that year and store it in your towns.

From [the] end of - three years you will bring out all [the] tithe of produce your in the year that and you will deposit [it] in gates your.

29 That food is for the descendants of Levi, because they do not have their own land, and for foreigners [who live among you], and for orphans and widows who live in your towns. They are permitted to come [to where the food is stored] and take what they need. Do that in order that Yahweh our God will bless you in everything that you do.”

And he will come the Levite for not [belongs] to him a portion and an inheritance with you and the sojourner and the fatherless one and the widow who [are] in gates your and they will eat and they will be satisfied so that he may bless you Yahweh God your in all [the] work of hand your which you will do.