Deuteronomy 14

¹Ye are the children of Jehovah your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.

²For thou art a holy people unto Jehovah thy God, and Jehovah hath chosen thee to be a people for his own possession, above all peoples that are upon the face of the earth.

³Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing.

⁴These are the beasts which ye may eat: the ox, the sheep, and the goat,

⁵the hart, and the gazelle, and the roebuck, and the wild goat, and the pygarg, and the antelope, and the chamois.

⁶And every beast that parteth the hoof, and hath the hoof cloven in two, and cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that may ye eat.

⁷Nevertheless these ye shall not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that have the hoof cloven: the camel, and the hare, and the coney; because they chew the cud but part not the hoof, they are unclean unto you.

⁸And the swine, because he parteth the hoof but cheweth not the cud, he is unclean unto you: of their flesh ye shall not eat, and their carcasses ye shall not touch.

⁹These ye may eat of all that are in the waters: whatsoever hath fins and scales may ye eat;

¹⁰and whatsoever hath not fins and scales ye shall not eat; it is unclean unto you.

¹¹Of all clean birds ye may eat.

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

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

¹⁴and every raven after its kind,

¹⁵and the ostrich, and the night-hawk, and the sea-mew, and the hawk after its kind,

¹⁶the little owl, and the great owl, and the horned owl,

¹⁷and the pelican, and the vulture, and the cormorant,

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

¹⁹And all winged creeping things are unclean unto you: they shall not be eaten.

²⁰Of all clean birds ye may eat.

²¹Ye shall not eat of anything that dieth of itself: thou mayest give it unto the sojourner that is within thy gates, that he may eat it; or thou mayest sell it unto a foreigner: for thou art a holy people unto Jehovah thy God. Thou shalt not boil a kid in its mother’s milk.

²²Thou shalt surely tithe all the increase of thy seed, that which cometh forth from the field year by year.

²³And thou shalt eat before Jehovah thy God, in the place which he shall choose, to cause his name to dwell there, the tithe of thy grain, of thy new wine, and of thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herd and of thy flock; that thou mayest learn to fear Jehovah thy God always.

²⁴And if the way be too long for thee, so that thou art not able to carry it, because the place is too far from thee, which Jehovah thy God shall choose, to set his name there, when Jehovah thy God shall bless thee;

²⁵then shalt thou turn it into money, and bind up the money in thy hand, and shalt go unto the place which Jehovah thy God shall choose:

²⁶and thou shalt bestow the money for whatsoever thy soul desireth, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatsoever thy soul asketh of thee; and thou shalt eat there before Jehovah thy God, and thou shalt rejoice, thou and thy household.

²⁷And the Levite that is within thy gates, thou shalt not forsake him; for he hath no portion nor inheritance with thee.

²⁸At the end of every three years thou shalt bring forth all the tithe of thine increase in the same year, and shalt lay it up within thy gates:

²⁹and the Levite, because he hath no portion nor inheritance with thee, and the sojourner, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within thy gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that Jehovah thy God may bless thee in all the work of thy hand which thou doest.

Deuteronomy 14

¹`Sons ye are to Jehovah your God; ye do not cut yourselves, nor make baldness between your eyes for the dead;

²for a holy people art thou to Jehovah thy God, and on thee hath Jehovah fixed to be to Him for a people, a peculiar treasure, out of all the peoples who are on the face of the ground.

³`Thou dost not eat any abominable thing;

⁴`this is the beast which ye do eat: ox, lamb of the sheep, or kid of the goats,

⁵hart, and roe, and fallow deer, and wild goat, and pygarg, and wild ox, and chamois;

⁶and every beast dividing the hoof, and cleaving the cleft into two hoofs, bringing up the cud, among the beastsit ye do eat.

⁷`Only, this ye do not eat, of those bringing up the cud, and of those dividing the cloven hoof: the camel, and the hare, and the rabbit, for they are bringing up the cud but the hoof have not divided; unclean they are to you;

⁸and the sow, for it is dividing the hoof, and not bringing up the cud, unclean it is to you; of their flesh ye do not eat, and against their carcase ye do not come.

⁹`This ye do eat of all that are in the waters; all that hath fins and scales ye do eat;

¹⁰and anything which hath not fins and scales ye do not eat; unclean it is to you.

¹¹`Any clean bird ye do eat;

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

¹³and the glede, and the kite, and the vulture after its kind,

¹⁴and every raven after its kind;

¹⁵and the owl, and the night-hawk, and the cuckoo, and the hawk after its kind;

¹⁶the little owl, and the great owl, and the swan,

¹⁷and the pelican, and the gier-eagle, and the cormorant,

¹⁸and the stork, and the heron after its kind, and the lapwing, and the bat;

¹⁹and every teeming thing which is flying, unclean it is to you; they are not eaten;

²⁰any clean fowl ye do eat.

²¹`Ye do not eat of any carcase; to the sojourner who is within thy gates thou dost give it, and he hath eaten it; or sell it to a stranger; for a holy people thou art to Jehovah thy God; thou dost not boil a kid in its mother's milk.

²²`Thou dost certainly tithe all the increase of thy seed which the field is bringing forth year by year;

²³and thou hast eaten before Jehovah thy God, in the place where He doth choose to cause His name to tabernacle, the tithe of thy corn, of thy new wine, and of thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herd, and of thy flock, so that thou dost learn to fear Jehovah thy God all the days.

²⁴`And when the way is too much for thee, that thou art not able to carry itwhen the place is too far off from thee which Jehovah thy God doth choose to put His name there, when Jehovah thy God doth bless thee;

²⁵then thou hast given it in money, and hast bound up the money in thy hand, and gone unto the place on which Jehovah thy God doth fix;

²⁶and thou hast given the money for any thing which thy soul desireth, for oxen, and for sheep, and for wine, and for strong drink, and for any thing which thy soul asketh, and thou hast eaten there before Jehovah thy God, and thou hast rejoiced, thou and thy house.

²⁷As to the Levite who is within thy gates, thou dost not forsake him, for he hath no portion and inheritance with thee.

²⁸`At the end of three years thou dost bring out all the tithe of thine increase in that year, and hast placed it within thy gates;

²⁹and come in hath the Levite (for he hath no part and inheritance with thee), and the sojourner, and the fatherless, and the widow, who are within thy gates, and they have eaten, and been satisfied, so that Jehovah thy God doth bless thee in all the work of thy hand which thou dost.

Deuteronomy 14

¹Ye are the children of Jehovah your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.

²For thou art a holy people unto Jehovah thy God, and Jehovah hath chosen thee to be a people for his own possession, above all peoples that are upon the face of the earth.

³Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing.

⁴These are the beasts which ye may eat: the ox, the sheep, and the goat,

⁵the hart, and the gazelle, and the roebuck, and the wild goat, and the pygarg, and the antelope, and the chamois.

⁶And every beast that parteth the hoof, and hath the hoof cloven in two, and cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that may ye eat.

⁸And the swine, because he parteth the hoof but cheweth not the cud, he is unclean unto you: of their flesh ye shall not eat, and their carcasses ye shall not touch.

⁹These ye may eat of all that are in the waters: whatsoever hath fins and scales may ye eat;

¹⁰and whatsoever hath not fins and scales ye shall not eat; it is unclean unto you.

¹¹Of all clean birds ye may eat.

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

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

¹⁴and every raven after its kind,

¹⁵and the ostrich, and the night-hawk, and the sea-mew, and the hawk after its kind,

¹⁶the little owl, and the great owl, and the horned owl,

¹⁷and the pelican, and the vulture, and the cormorant,

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

¹⁹And all winged creeping things are unclean unto you: they shall not be eaten.

²⁰Of all clean birds ye may eat.

²²Thou shalt surely tithe all the increase of thy seed, that which cometh forth from the field year by year.

²⁵then shalt thou turn it into money, and bind up the money in thy hand, and shalt go unto the place which Jehovah thy God shall choose:

²⁷And the Levite that is within thy gates, thou shalt not forsake him; for he hath no portion nor inheritance with thee.

²⁸At the end of every three years thou shalt bring forth all the tithe of thine increase in the same year, and shalt lay it up within thy gates:

Deuteronomy 14:1

ASV

Ye are the children of Jehovah your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.

YLT

`Sons ye are to Jehovah your God; ye do not cut yourselves, nor make baldness between your eyes for the dead;

ASV

For thou art a holy people unto Jehovah thy God, and Jehovah hath chosen thee to be a people for his own possession, above all peoples that are upon the face of the earth.

YLT

for a holy people art thou to Jehovah thy God, and on thee hath Jehovah fixed to be to Him for a people, a peculiar treasure, out of all the peoples who are on the face of the ground.

ASV

Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing.

YLT

`Thou dost not eat any abominable thing;

ASV

These are the beasts which ye may eat: the ox, the sheep, and the goat,

YLT

`this is the beast which ye do eat: ox, lamb of the sheep, or kid of the goats,

ASV

the hart, and the gazelle, and the roebuck, and the wild goat, and the pygarg, and the antelope, and the chamois.

YLT

hart, and roe, and fallow deer, and wild goat, and pygarg, and wild ox, and chamois;

ASV

And every beast that parteth the hoof, and hath the hoof cloven in two, and cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that may ye eat.

YLT

and every beast dividing the hoof, and cleaving the cleft into two hoofs, bringing up the cud, among the beastsit ye do eat.

ASV

Nevertheless these ye shall not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that have the hoof cloven: the camel, and the hare, and the coney; because they chew the cud but part not the hoof, they are unclean unto you.

YLT

`Only, this ye do not eat, of those bringing up the cud, and of those dividing the cloven hoof: the camel, and the hare, and the rabbit, for they are bringing up the cud but the hoof have not divided; unclean they are to you;

ASV

And the swine, because he parteth the hoof but cheweth not the cud, he is unclean unto you: of their flesh ye shall not eat, and their carcasses ye shall not touch.

YLT

and the sow, for it is dividing the hoof, and not bringing up the cud, unclean it is to you; of their flesh ye do not eat, and against their carcase ye do not come.

ASV

These ye may eat of all that are in the waters: whatsoever hath fins and scales may ye eat;

YLT

`This ye do eat of all that are in the waters; all that hath fins and scales ye do eat;

ASV

and whatsoever hath not fins and scales ye shall not eat; it is unclean unto you.

YLT

and anything which hath not fins and scales ye do not eat; unclean it is to you.

ASV

Of all clean birds ye may eat.

YLT

`Any clean bird ye do eat;

ASV

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

YLT

and these are they of which ye do not eat: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray,

ASV

and the glede, and the falcon, and the kite after its kind,

YLT

and the glede, and the kite, and the vulture after its kind,

ASV

and every raven after its kind,

YLT

and every raven after its kind;

ASV

and the ostrich, and the night-hawk, and the sea-mew, and the hawk after its kind,

YLT

and the owl, and the night-hawk, and the cuckoo, and the hawk after its kind;

ASV

the little owl, and the great owl, and the horned owl,

YLT

the little owl, and the great owl, and the swan,

ASV

and the pelican, and the vulture, and the cormorant,

YLT

and the pelican, and the gier-eagle, and the cormorant,

ASV

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

YLT

and the stork, and the heron after its kind, and the lapwing, and the bat;

ASV

And all winged creeping things are unclean unto you: they shall not be eaten.

YLT

and every teeming thing which is flying, unclean it is to you; they are not eaten;

ASV

Of all clean birds ye may eat.

YLT

any clean fowl ye do eat.

ASV

Ye shall not eat of anything that dieth of itself: thou mayest give it unto the sojourner that is within thy gates, that he may eat it; or thou mayest sell it unto a foreigner: for thou art a holy people unto Jehovah thy God. Thou shalt not boil a kid in its mother’s milk.

YLT

`Ye do not eat of any carcase; to the sojourner who is within thy gates thou dost give it, and he hath eaten it; or sell it to a stranger; for a holy people thou art to Jehovah thy God; thou dost not boil a kid in its mother's milk.

ASV

Thou shalt surely tithe all the increase of thy seed, that which cometh forth from the field year by year.

YLT

`Thou dost certainly tithe all the increase of thy seed which the field is bringing forth year by year;

ASV

And thou shalt eat before Jehovah thy God, in the place which he shall choose, to cause his name to dwell there, the tithe of thy grain, of thy new wine, and of thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herd and of thy flock; that thou mayest learn to fear Jehovah thy God always.

YLT

and thou hast eaten before Jehovah thy God, in the place where He doth choose to cause His name to tabernacle, the tithe of thy corn, of thy new wine, and of thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herd, and of thy flock, so that thou dost learn to fear Jehovah thy God all the days.

ASV

And if the way be too long for thee, so that thou art not able to carry it, because the place is too far from thee, which Jehovah thy God shall choose, to set his name there, when Jehovah thy God shall bless thee;

YLT

`And when the way is too much for thee, that thou art not able to carry itwhen the place is too far off from thee which Jehovah thy God doth choose to put His name there, when Jehovah thy God doth bless thee;

ASV

then shalt thou turn it into money, and bind up the money in thy hand, and shalt go unto the place which Jehovah thy God shall choose:

YLT

then thou hast given it in money, and hast bound up the money in thy hand, and gone unto the place on which Jehovah thy God doth fix;

ASV

and thou shalt bestow the money for whatsoever thy soul desireth, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatsoever thy soul asketh of thee; and thou shalt eat there before Jehovah thy God, and thou shalt rejoice, thou and thy household.

YLT

and thou hast given the money for any thing which thy soul desireth, for oxen, and for sheep, and for wine, and for strong drink, and for any thing which thy soul asketh, and thou hast eaten there before Jehovah thy God, and thou hast rejoiced, thou and thy house.

ASV

And the Levite that is within thy gates, thou shalt not forsake him; for he hath no portion nor inheritance with thee.

YLT

As to the Levite who is within thy gates, thou dost not forsake him, for he hath no portion and inheritance with thee.

ASV

At the end of every three years thou shalt bring forth all the tithe of thine increase in the same year, and shalt lay it up within thy gates:

YLT

`At the end of three years thou dost bring out all the tithe of thine increase in that year, and hast placed it within thy gates;

ASV

and the Levite, because he hath no portion nor inheritance with thee, and the sojourner, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within thy gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that Jehovah thy God may bless thee in all the work of thy hand which thou doest.

YLT

and come in hath the Levite (for he hath no part and inheritance with thee), and the sojourner, and the fatherless, and the widow, who are within thy gates, and they have eaten, and been satisfied, so that Jehovah thy God doth bless thee in all the work of thy hand which thou dost.

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