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 the people of Yahweh your God. Do not cut yourselves, nor shave any part of your face for the dead.

2 For thou art an holy people to the LORD thy God, and the LORD hath chosen thee to be a special people to himself, above all the nations that are upon the earth.

For you are a nation that is set apart to Yahweh your God, and Yahweh has chosen you to be a people for his own possession, more than all peoples that are on the surface of the earth.

3 Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing.

You must not eat any abominable 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, and 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 roebuck, the wild goat, and ibex, and 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 animals that parts the hoof, that is, that has the 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.

Nevertheless, you must not eat some animals that chew the cud or that have the hoof divided in two: the camel, the rabbit, and the rock badger; because they chew the cud but do not part the hoof, they are unclean to 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 carcase.

The pig is unclean to you as well because he parts the hoof but does not chew the cud; he is unclean to you. Do not eat pig meat, and do not touch their carcasses.

9 These ye shall eat of all that are in the waters: all that have fins and scales shall ye eat:

Of these things that are in water you may eat: whatever has fins and scales;

10 And whatever hath not fins and scales ye may not eat; it is unclean to you.

but whatever has no fins and scales you must not eat; they are unclean to you.

11 Of all clean birds ye shall eat.

All clean birds you may eat.

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

But these are the birds that you must not eat: the eagle, the vulture, the osprey,

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

the red kite and black kite, any kind of falcon.

14 And every raven after his kind,

You must not eat any kind of raven,

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

and the ostrich, and the night hawk, the sea 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 pelican, the carrion vulture, the cormorant.

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

You must not eat the stork, any kind of heron, the hoopoe, and the bat.

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

All winged, swarming things are unclean to you; they must not be eaten.

20 But of all clean fowls ye may eat.

You may eat all clean flying things.

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 an holy people to the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not boil a kid in his mother’s milk.

You must not eat of anything that dies of itself; you may give it to the foreigner who is within your towns, that he may eat it; or you may sell it to a foreigner. For you are a nation that is set apart to Yahweh your God. You must not boil 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 surely tithe all the yield of your seed, that which comes out from the field year after year.

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 grain, 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.

You must eat before Yahweh your God, in the place that he will choose as his sanctuary, the tithe of your grain, of your new wine, and of your oil, and the firstborn of your herd and your flock; that you may learn to always honor Yahweh your God.

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:

If the journey is too long for you so that you are not able to carry it, because the place that Yahweh your God will choose as his sanctuary is too far from you, then, when Yahweh God blesses you,

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:

you will convert the offering into money, tie up the money in your hand, and go to the place that Yahweh 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,

There you will spend the money for whatever you desire: for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatever you desire; you will eat there before Yahweh your God, and you will rejoice, you and 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.

The Levite who is within your gates—do not forsake him, for he has no portion nor inheritance with 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 you will present all the tithe of your produce in the same year, and you will store 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.

and the Levite, because he has no portion nor inheritance with you, and the foreigner, and the fatherless, and the widow who are within your gates, will come and eat and be satisfied. Do this so that Yahweh your God may bless you in all the work of your hand that you do.