Deuteronomy 14

1 Be ye children of the Lord your God: you shall not cut yourselves, no, make any baldness for the dead;

You are the children of the Lord your God: you shall not make any baldness between you eyes for the dead.

2 Because thou art a holy people to the Lord thy God: and he chose thee to be his peculiar people of all nations that are upon the earth.

For you are a holy people to the Lord your God, and the Lord your God has chosen you to be a peculiar people to himself of all the nations on the face of the earth.

3 Eat not the things that are unclean.

You shall not eat any abominable thing.

4 These are the beasts that you shall eat, the ox, and the sheep, and the goat,

These [are] the beasts which you shall eat; the calf of the herd, and lamb of the sheep, and kid of the goats;

5 The hart and the roe, the buffle, the chamois, the pygarg, the wild goat, the camelopardalus.

the stag, and doe, and pygarg, and wild goat, and camelopard.

6 Every beast that divideth the hoof in two parts, and cheweth the cud, you shall eat.

Every beast that divides the hoofs, and makes claws of two divisions, and that chews the cud amongst beasts, these you shall eat.

7 But of them that chew the cud, but divide not the hoof, you shall not eat, such as the camel, the hare, and the cherogril: because they chew the cud, but divide not the hoof, they shall be unclean to you.

And these you shall not eat of them that chew the cud, and of those that divide the hoofs, and make distinct claws; the camel, and the hare, and the rabbit; because they chew the cud, and do not divide the hoof, these are unclean to you.

8 The swine also, because it divideth the hoof, but cheweth not the cud, shall be unclean, their flesh you shall not eat, and their carcasses you shall not touch.

And as for the swine, because he divides the hoof, and makes claws of the hoof, yet he chews not the cud, he is unclean to you; you shall not eat of their flesh, you shall not touch their dead bodies.

9 These shall you eat of all that abide in the waters: All that have fins and scales, you shall eat.

And these you shall eat of all that are in the water, you shall eat all that have fins and scales.

10 Such as are without fins and scales, you shall not eat, because they are unclean.

And all that have not fins and scales you shall not eat; they are unclean to you.

11 All birds that are clean you shall eat.

You shall eat every clean bird.

12 The unclean eat not: to wit, the eagle, and the grype, and the osprey,

And these of them you shall not eat; the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the sea-eagle,

13 The ringtail, and the vulture, and the kite according to their kind:

and the vulture, and the kite and the like to it,

14 And all of the raven’s kind:

15 And the ostrich, and the owl, and the larus, and the hawk according to its kind:

and the sparrow, and the owl, and the cormorant,

16 The heron, and the swan, and the stork,

and the heron, and the swan, and the stork,

17 And the cormorant, the porphyrion, and the night crow,

and the cormorant, and the hawk, and its like, and the hoopoe, and the raven,

18 The bittern, and the charadrion, every one in their kind: the hoop also and the bat.

and the pelican, and the diver and the like to it, and the red-bill and the bat.

19 Every thing that creepeth, and hath little wings, shall be unclean, and shall not be eaten.

All winged animals that creep are unclean to you; you shall not eat of them.

20 All that is clean, you shall eat.

You shall eat every clean bird.

21 But whatsoever is dead of itself, eat not thereof. Give it to the stranger, that is within thy gates, to eat, or sell it to him: because thou art the holy people of the Lord thy God. Thou shalt not boil a kid in the milk of his dam.

You shall eat nothing that dies of itself; it shall be given to the sojourner in your cities and he shall eat it, or you shall sell it to a stranger, because you are a holy people to the Lord your God. You shall not boil a lamb in his mother's milk.

22 Every year thou shalt set aside the tithes of all thy fruits that the earth bringeth forth,

You shall tithe a tenth of all the produce of your seed, the fruit of your field year by year.

23 And thou shalt eat before the Lord thy God in the place which he shall choose, that his name may be called upon therein, the tithe of thy corn, and thy wine, and thy oil, and the firstborn of thy herds and thy sheep: that thou mayst learn to fear the Lord thy God at all times.

And you shall eat it in the place which the Lord your God shall choose to have his name called there; you shall bring the tithe of your corn and of your wine, and of your oil, the firstborn of your herd and of your flock, that you may learn to fear the Lord your God always.

24 But when the way and the place which the Lord thy God shall choose, are far off, and he hath blessed thee, and thou canst not carry all these things thither,

And if the journey be too far for you, and you are not able to bring them, because the place [is] far from you which the Lord your God shall choose to have his name called there, because the Lord your God will bless you;

25 Thou shalt sell them all, and turn them into money, and shalt carry it in thy hand, and shalt go to the place which the Lord shall choose:

then you shall sell them for money, and you shall take the money in your hands, and you shall go to the place which the Lord your God shall choose.

26 And thou shalt buy with the same money whatsoever pleaseth thee, either of the herds or of sheep, wine also and strong drink, and all that thy soul desireth: and thou shalt eat before the Lord thy God, and shalt feast, thou and thy house:

And you shall give the money for whatever your soul shall desire, for oxen or for sheep, or for wine, or [you shall lay it out] on strong drink, or on whatever your soul may desire, and you shall eat there before the Lord your God, and you shall rejoice and your house,

27 And the Levite that is within thy gates, beware thou forsake him not, because he hath no other part in thy possession.

and the Levite that is in your cities, because he has not a portion or inheritance with you.

28 The third year thou shalt separate another tithe of all things that grow to thee at that time, and shalt lay it up within thy gates.

After three years you shall bring out all the tithes of your fruits, in that year you shall lay it up in your cities.

29 And the Levite that hath no other part nor possession with thee, and the stranger and the fatherless and the widow, that are within thy gates, shall come and shall eat and be filled: that the Lord thy God may bless thee in all the works of thy hands that thou shalt do.

And the Levite shall come, because he has no part or lot with you, and the stranger, and the orphan, and the widow which is in your cities; and they shall eat and be filled, that the Lord your God may bless you in all the works which you shall do.