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Deuteronomy 14

1You are sons of the LORD your God; do not cut yourselves or shave your foreheads on behalf of the dead,
1You are the children of the LORD your God. You shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.
2for 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.
2For 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.
3You must not eat any detestable thing.
3You shall not eat any abominable thing.
4These are the animals that you may eat: The ox, the sheep, the goat,
4These are the animals which you may eat: the ox, the sheep, the goat,
5the deer, the gazelle, the roe deer, the wild goat, the ibex, the antelope, and the mountain sheep.
5the deer, the gazelle, the roebuck, the wild goat, the ibex, the antelope, and the chamois.
6You may eat any animal that has a split hoof divided in two and that chews the cud.
6Every animal that parts the hoof, and has the hoof split in two and chews the cud, among the animals, you may eat.
7But 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,
7Nevertheless these you shall not eat of them that chew the cud, or of those who have the hoof split: the camel, the hare, and the rabbit. Because they chew the cud but don’t part the hoof, they are unclean to you.
8as 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.
8The pig, because it has a split hoof but doesn’t chew the cud, is unclean to you. You shall not eat their meat. You shall not touch their carcasses.
9Of all the creatures that live in the water, you may eat anything with fins and scales,
9These you may eat of all that are in the waters: you may eat whatever has fins and scales.
10but you may not eat anything that does not have fins and scales; it is unclean for you.
10You shall not eat whatever doesn’t have fins and scales. It is unclean to you.
11You may eat any clean bird,
11Of all clean birds you may eat.
12but these you may not eat: the eagle, the bearded vulture, the black vulture,
12But these are they of which you shall not eat: the eagle, the vulture, the osprey,
13the red kite, the falcon, any kind of kite,
13the red kite, the falcon, the kite of any kind,
14any kind of raven,
14every raven of any kind,
15the ostrich, the screech owl, the gull, any kind of hawk,
15the ostrich, the owl, the seagull, the hawk of any kind,
16the little owl, the great owl, the white owl,
16the little owl, the great owl, the horned owl,
17the desert owl, the osprey, the cormorant,
17the pelican, the vulture, the cormorant,
18the stork, any kind of heron, the hoopoe, or the bat.
18the stork, the heron after its kind, the hoopoe, and the bat.
19All flying insects are unclean for you; they may not be eaten.
19All winged creeping things are unclean to you. They shall not be eaten.
20But you may eat any clean bird.
20Of all clean birds you may eat.
21You 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.
21You 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.
22You must be sure to set aside a tenth of all the produce brought forth each year from your fields.
22You shall surely tithe all the increase of your seed, that which comes out of the field year by year.
23And 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.
23You shall eat before the LORD your God, in the place which he chooses to cause his name to dwell, 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.
24But 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,
24If the way is too long for you, so that you are not able to carry it because the place which the LORD your God shall choose to set his name there is too far from you, when the LORD your God blesses you,
25then exchange it for money, take the money in your hand, and go to the place the LORD your God will choose.
25then you shall turn it into money, bind up the money in your hand, and shall go to the place which the LORD your God shall choose.
26Then 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.
26You shall trade 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. You shall eat there before the LORD your God, and you shall rejoice, you and your household.
27And do not neglect the Levite within your gates, since he has no portion or inheritance among you.
27You shall not forsake the Levite who is within your gates, for he has no portion nor inheritance with you.
28At the end of every three years, bring a tenth of all your produce for that year and lay it up within your gates.
28At the end of every three years you shall bring all the tithe of your increase in the same year, and shall store it within your gates.
29Then 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.
29The Levite, because he has no portion nor inheritance with you, as well as the foreigner living among you, 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.