Deuteronomy 14

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Clean and Unclean Animals

¹You are sons of the LORD your God; do not cut yourselves or shave your foreheads on behalf of the dead,

¹You are sons of YHWH your God; you shall not cut yourselves, nor make a baldness between your eyes on behalf of 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 YHWH your God, and YHWH has chosen you to be for Himself a people, a special treasure above all the peoples who are on the face of the earth.

³You must not eat any detestable thing.

³You shall not eat any detestable thing.

⁴These are the animals that you may eat:^a

The ox, the sheep, the goat,

⁴This is the animal that you may eat: The ox, a lamb of the flock, and the goat,

⁵the deer, the gazelle, the roe deer,

the wild goat, the ibex, the antelope,

and the mountain sheep.

⁵the deer, and the gazelle, and the roe deer, and the wild goat, and the ibex, and the antelope, and the mountain sheep.

⁶You may eat any animal that has a split hoof divided in two and that chews the cud.

⁶And every animal dividing the hoof and having split the cleft into two hooves, bringing up 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.^a

Although they chew the cud, they do not have a divided hoof. They are unclean for you,

⁷Nevertheless, this you shall not eat of those bringing up the cud, and of those dividing the cloven hoof: The camel, and the hare, and the rock badger, for they are bringing up the cud, and the hoof have not divided; they are unclean for 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.

⁸And the swine, for it is dividing the hoof and not bringing up the cud. It is unclean for you. Their flesh you shall not eat, and their carcass you shall not touch.

⁹Of all the creatures that live in the water, you may eat anything with fins and scales,

⁹This you may eat of all that are in the waters: All that have fins and scales you may eat,

¹⁰but you may not eat anything that does not have fins and scales; it is unclean for you.

¹⁰and whatever does not have fins and scales you shall not eat; it is unclean for you.

¹¹You may eat any clean bird,

¹¹All clean birds you may eat.

¹²but these you may not eat:

the eagle, the bearded vulture, the black vulture,

¹²And these are they of which you shall not eat: The eagle, and the vulture, and the buzzard,

¹³the red kite, the falcon, any kind of kite,

¹³and the red kite, and the falcon, and the kite after its kind,

¹⁴any kind of raven,

¹⁴and every raven after its kind,

¹⁵the ostrich,^a the screech owl, the gull, any kind of hawk,

¹⁵and the daughter of the ostrich, and the screech owl, and the gull, and the hawk after its kind,

¹⁶the little owl, the great owl, the white owl,

¹⁶the little owl, and the screech owl, and the white owl,

¹⁷the desert owl, the osprey, the cormorant,

¹⁷and the desert owl, and the osprey, and the cormorant,

¹⁸the stork, any kind of heron,

the hoopoe, or the bat.

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

¹⁹All flying insects are unclean for you; they may not be eaten.

¹⁹And every swarming thing that flies is unclean for you; they shall not be eaten.

²⁰But you may eat any clean bird.

²⁰All 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 any carcass; you may give it to the sojourner 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 YHWH your God. You shall not boil a young goat in the milk of its mother.

Giving Tithes

²²You must be sure to set aside a tenth of all the produce brought forth each year from your fields.

²²You must surely tithe all the increase of your seed that the field produces 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.

²³And you shall eat before the face of YHWH your God, in the place where He chooses for His Name to dwell, the tithe of your grain, and your new wine, and your oil, and of the firstborn of your herd and your flock, so that you may learn to fear YHWH your God all the days.

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,

²⁴But if the journey is too long for you, so that you are not able to carry it, or if the place is too far from you where YHWH your God chooses to put His Name when YHWH your God has blessed 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 exchange it for silver, and take the silver in your hand, and go to the place that YHWH your God chooses in it.

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.

²⁶And you shall spend the silver for whatever your soul desires, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for anything that your soul desires; and you shall eat there before the face of YHWH your God, and you shall rejoice—you and your house.

²⁷And do not neglect the Levite within your gates, since he has no portion or inheritance among you.

²⁷And the Levite who is within your gates you shall not forsake, for unto him is not a portion or 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 three years you shall bring out all the tithe of your produce of that year and store it up 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.

²⁹And the Levite may come—for unto him is not a portion or inheritance with you—and the sojourner, and the fatherless, and the widow who is within your gates. And they shall eat and be satisfied, that YHWH your God may bless you in all the work of your hand that you do.