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 sons of the LORD your God; do not cut yourselves or shave your foreheads on behalf of the dead,

2 For thou [art] a holy people to the LORD thy God, and the LORD hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people to himself, above all the nations that [are] upon 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 Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing.

You must not eat any detestable thing.

4 These [are] the beasts which ye shall eat: the ox, the sheep, and the goat,

These are the animals that you may eat: The ox, the sheep, the goat,

5 The hart, and the roebuck, and the fallow-deer, and the wild-goat, and the pygarg, and the wild ox, and the chamois.

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, [and] cheweth the cud among the beasts, that ye shall eat.

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

7 Nevertheless, these ye shall not eat, of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the cloven hoof; the camel, and the hare, and the coney: for they chew the cud, but divide not the hoof; [therefore] 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 And the swine, because it divideth the hoof, yet cheweth not the cud, [is] unclean to you: ye shall not eat of their flesh, nor touch their dead carcass.

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 ye shall eat, of all that [are] in the waters: all that have fins and scales shall ye eat:

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

10 And whatever hath not fins and scales ye may 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 ye shall eat.

You may eat any clean bird,

12 But these [are they] of which ye shall not eat: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray,

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

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

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

14 And every raven after his kind,

any kind of raven,

15 And the owl, and the night-hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind,

the ostrich, the screech owl, the 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 desert owl, the osprey, the cormorant,

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

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

19 And every creeping animal that flieth [is] unclean to you: they shall not be eaten.

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

20 [But of] all clean fowls ye may eat.

But you may eat any clean bird.

21 Ye shall not eat [of] any thing that dieth of itself: thou shalt give it to the stranger that [is] in thy gates, that he may eat it; or thou mayest sell it to an alien: for thou [art] a holy people to the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his 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 Thou shalt truly tithe all the increase of thy seed, that 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 the LORD thy God, in the place which he shall choose to place his name there, the tithe of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thy oil, and the firstlings of thy herds and of thy flocks; that thou mayest learn to fear the LORD thy 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 And if the way is too long for thee, so that thou art not able to carry it; [or] if the place is too far from thee, which the LORD thy God shall choose to set his name there, when the LORD thy God hath blessed 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 money, and bind up the money in thy hand, and shalt go to the place which the LORD 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 thou shalt bestow that money for whatever thy soul desireth, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatever thy soul desireth: and thou shalt eat there before the LORD thy God, and thou 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 that [is] within thy gates, thou shalt not forsake him; for he hath no part 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 thou shalt bring forth all the tithe of thy increase the same 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, (because he hath no part nor inheritance with thee) and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, who [are] within thy gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thy hand which thou doest.

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.