Deuteronomy 14

¹You are the children of the Lord your God: you are not to make cuts on your bodies or take off the hair on your brows in honour of the dead;

²For you are a holy people to the Lord your God, and the Lord has taken you to be his special people out of all the nations on the face of the earth.

³No disgusting thing may be your food.

⁴These are the beasts which you may have for food: the ox, the sheep, and the goat;

⁵The hart, the gazelle, and the roe, the mountain goat and the pygarg and the antelope and the mountain sheep.

⁶Any beast which has a division in the horn of its foot and whose food comes back into its mouth to be crushed again, may be used for food.

⁷But even among these, there are some which may not be used for food: such as the camel, the hare, and the coney, which are unclean to you, because, though their food comes back, the horn of their feet is not parted in two.

⁸And the pig is unclean to you, because though it has a division in the horn of its foot, its food does not come back; their flesh may not be used for food or their dead bodies touched by you.

⁹And of the things living in the waters, you may take all those who have wings for swimming with and skins formed of thin plates.

¹⁰But any which have no skin-plates or wings for swimming, you may not take; they are unclean for you.

¹¹All clean birds may be used for food.

¹²But these birds you may not take: the eagle and the gier-eagle and the ospray;

¹³The falcon and the kite, and birds of that sort;

¹⁴Every raven, and all birds of that sort;

¹⁵And the ostrich and the night-hawk and the sea-hawk and birds of that sort;

¹⁶The little owl and the great owl and the water-hen;

¹⁷And the pelican and the vulture and the cormorant;

¹⁸The stork and the heron and birds of that sort, and the hoopoe and the bat.

¹⁹Every winged thing which goes flat on the earth is unclean to you and may not be used as food.

²⁰But all clean birds you may take.

²¹You may not have as food anything which has come to a natural death; the man from another country who is living with you may take it for food, or you may get a price for it from one of another nation; for you are a holy people to the Lord your God. The young goat is not to be cooked in its mother's milk.

²²Put on one side a tenth of all the increase of your seed, produced year by year.

²³And make a feast before the Lord your God, in the place which is to be marked out, where his name will be for ever, of the tenth part of your grain and your wine and your oil, and the first births of your herds and your flocks; so that you may have the fear of the Lord your God in your hearts at all times.

²⁴And if the way is so long that you are not able to take these things to the place marked out by the Lord your God for his name, when he has given you his blessing, because it is far away from you;

²⁵Then let these things be exchanged for money, and, taking the money in your hand, go to the place marked out by the Lord your God for himself;

²⁶And with the money get whatever you have a desire for, oxen or sheep or wine or strong drink, whatever your soul's desire may be: and make a feast there before the Lord your God, and be glad, you and all your house;

²⁷And give a thought to the Levite who is living among you, for he has no part or heritage in the land.

²⁸At the end of every three years take a tenth part of all your increase for that year, and put it in store inside your walls:

²⁹And the Levite, because he has no part or heritage in the land, and the man from a strange country, and the child who has no father, and the widow, who are living among you, will come and take food and have enough; and so the blessing of the Lord your God will be on you in everything you do.

Deuteronomy 14

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 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 shall not eat any abominable thing.

⁴These are the animals which you may eat: the ox, the sheep, and the goat,

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

⁶Every animal that parts the hoof, and has the hoof cloven in two and chews the cud, among the animals, that may you eat.

⁷Nevertheless these you shall not eat of them that chew the cud, or of those who have the hoof cloven: the camel, and the hare, and the rabbit; because they chew the cud but do not part the hoof, they are unclean to you.

⁸The pig, because it has a split hoof but doesn't chew the cud, is unclean to you: of their flesh you shall not eat, and their carcasses you shall not touch.

⁹These you may eat of all that are in the waters: whatever has fins and scales may you eat;

¹⁰and whatever doesn't have fins and scales you shall not eat; it is unclean to you.

¹¹Of all clean birds you may eat.

¹²But these are they of which you shall not eat: the eagle, and the vulture, and the osprey,

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

¹⁴and every raven after its kind,

¹⁵and the ostrich, and the owl, and the seagull, 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.

¹⁹All winged creeping things are unclean to you: they shall not be eaten.

²⁰Of all clean birds you may eat.

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 shall surely tithe all the increase of your seed, that which comes forth from the field year by year.

²³You shall eat before the Lord your God, in the place which he shall choose, to cause his name to dwell there, 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.

²⁴If the way is too long for you, so that you are not able to carry it, because the place is too far from you, which the Lord your God shall choose, to set his name there, when the Lord your God shall bless you;

²⁵then you shall turn it into money, and bind up the money in your hand, and shall go to the place which the Lord your God shall choose:

²⁶and you shall bestow 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; and you shall eat there before the Lord your God, and you shall rejoice, you and your household.

²⁷The Levite who is within your gates, you shall not forsake him; for he has no portion nor inheritance with you.

²⁸At the end of every three years you shall bring forth all the tithe of your increase in the same year, and shall lay it up within your gates:

²⁹and the Levite, because he has no portion nor inheritance with you, and the foreigner living among you, and 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.

Deuteronomy 14

¹You are the children of the Lord your God: you are not to make cuts on your bodies or take off the hair on your brows in honour of the dead;

²For you are a holy people to the Lord your God, and the Lord has taken you to be his special people out of all the nations on the face of the earth.

³No disgusting thing may be your food.

⁴These are the beasts which you may have for food: the ox, the sheep, and the goat;

⁵The hart, the gazelle, and the roe, the mountain goat and the pygarg and the antelope and the mountain sheep.

⁶Any beast which has a division in the horn of its foot and whose food comes back into its mouth to be crushed again, may be used for food.

⁸And the pig is unclean to you, because though it has a division in the horn of its foot, its food does not come back; their flesh may not be used for food or their dead bodies touched by you.

⁹And of the things living in the waters, you may take all those who have wings for swimming with and skins formed of thin plates.

¹⁰But any which have no skin-plates or wings for swimming, you may not take; they are unclean for you.

¹¹All clean birds may be used for food.

¹²But these birds you may not take: the eagle and the gier-eagle and the ospray;

¹³The falcon and the kite, and birds of that sort;

¹⁴Every raven, and all birds of that sort;

¹⁵And the ostrich and the night-hawk and the sea-hawk and birds of that sort;

¹⁶The little owl and the great owl and the water-hen;

¹⁷And the pelican and the vulture and the cormorant;

¹⁸The stork and the heron and birds of that sort, and the hoopoe and the bat.

¹⁹Every winged thing which goes flat on the earth is unclean to you and may not be used as food.

²⁰But all clean birds you may take.

²²Put on one side a tenth of all the increase of your seed, produced year by year.

²⁵Then let these things be exchanged for money, and, taking the money in your hand, go to the place marked out by the Lord your God for himself;

²⁷And give a thought to the Levite who is living among you, for he has no part or heritage in the land.

²⁸At the end of every three years take a tenth part of all your increase for that year, and put it in store inside your walls:

Deuteronomy 14:1

BBE

You are the children of the Lord your God: you are not to make cuts on your bodies or take off the hair on your brows in honour of the dead;

NHEB

You are the children of the Lord your God: you shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.

BBE

For you are a holy people to the Lord your God, and the Lord has taken you to be his special people out of all the nations on the face of the earth.

NHEB

For 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.

BBE

No disgusting thing may be your food.

NHEB

You shall not eat any abominable thing.

BBE

These are the beasts which you may have for food: the ox, the sheep, and the goat;

NHEB

These are the animals which you may eat: the ox, the sheep, and the goat,

BBE

The hart, the gazelle, and the roe, the mountain goat and the pygarg and the antelope and the mountain sheep.

NHEB

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

BBE

Any beast which has a division in the horn of its foot and whose food comes back into its mouth to be crushed again, may be used for food.

NHEB

Every animal that parts the hoof, and has the hoof cloven in two and chews the cud, among the animals, that may you eat.

BBE

But even among these, there are some which may not be used for food: such as the camel, the hare, and the coney, which are unclean to you, because, though their food comes back, the horn of their feet is not parted in two.

NHEB

Nevertheless these you shall not eat of them that chew the cud, or of those who have the hoof cloven: the camel, and the hare, and the rabbit; because they chew the cud but do not part the hoof, they are unclean to you.

BBE

And the pig is unclean to you, because though it has a division in the horn of its foot, its food does not come back; their flesh may not be used for food or their dead bodies touched by you.

NHEB

The pig, because it has a split hoof but doesn't chew the cud, is unclean to you: of their flesh you shall not eat, and their carcasses you shall not touch.

BBE

And of the things living in the waters, you may take all those who have wings for swimming with and skins formed of thin plates.

NHEB

These you may eat of all that are in the waters: whatever has fins and scales may you eat;

BBE

But any which have no skin-plates or wings for swimming, you may not take; they are unclean for you.

NHEB

and whatever doesn't have fins and scales you shall not eat; it is unclean to you.

BBE

All clean birds may be used for food.

NHEB

Of all clean birds you may eat.

BBE

But these birds you may not take: the eagle and the gier-eagle and the ospray;

NHEB

But these are they of which you shall not eat: the eagle, and the vulture, and the osprey,

BBE

The falcon and the kite, and birds of that sort;

NHEB

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

BBE

Every raven, and all birds of that sort;

NHEB

and every raven after its kind,

BBE

And the ostrich and the night-hawk and the sea-hawk and birds of that sort;

NHEB

and the ostrich, and the owl, and the seagull, and the hawk after its kind,

BBE

The little owl and the great owl and the water-hen;

NHEB

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

BBE

And the pelican and the vulture and the cormorant;

NHEB

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

BBE

The stork and the heron and birds of that sort, and the hoopoe and the bat.

NHEB

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

BBE

Every winged thing which goes flat on the earth is unclean to you and may not be used as food.

NHEB

All winged creeping things are unclean to you: they shall not be eaten.

BBE

But all clean birds you may take.

NHEB

Of all clean birds you may eat.

BBE

You may not have as food anything which has come to a natural death; the man from another country who is living with you may take it for food, or you may get a price for it from one of another nation; for you are a holy people to the Lord your God. The young goat is not to be cooked in its mother's milk.

NHEB

You 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.

BBE

Put on one side a tenth of all the increase of your seed, produced year by year.

NHEB

You shall surely tithe all the increase of your seed, that which comes forth from the field year by year.

BBE

And make a feast before the Lord your God, in the place which is to be marked out, where his name will be for ever, of the tenth part of your grain and your wine and your oil, and the first births of your herds and your flocks; so that you may have the fear of the Lord your God in your hearts at all times.

NHEB

You shall eat before the Lord your God, in the place which he shall choose, to cause his name to dwell there, 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.

BBE

And if the way is so long that you are not able to take these things to the place marked out by the Lord your God for his name, when he has given you his blessing, because it is far away from you;

NHEB

If the way is too long for you, so that you are not able to carry it, because the place is too far from you, which the Lord your God shall choose, to set his name there, when the Lord your God shall bless you;

BBE

Then let these things be exchanged for money, and, taking the money in your hand, go to the place marked out by the Lord your God for himself;

NHEB

then you shall turn it into money, and bind up the money in your hand, and shall go to the place which the Lord your God shall choose:

BBE

And with the money get whatever you have a desire for, oxen or sheep or wine or strong drink, whatever your soul's desire may be: and make a feast there before the Lord your God, and be glad, you and all your house;

NHEB

and you shall bestow 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; and you shall eat there before the Lord your God, and you shall rejoice, you and your household.

BBE

And give a thought to the Levite who is living among you, for he has no part or heritage in the land.

NHEB

The Levite who is within your gates, you shall not forsake him; for he has no portion nor inheritance with you.

BBE

At the end of every three years take a tenth part of all your increase for that year, and put it in store inside your walls:

NHEB

At the end of every three years you shall bring forth all the tithe of your increase in the same year, and shall lay it up within your gates:

BBE

And the Levite, because he has no part or heritage in the land, and the man from a strange country, and the child who has no father, and the widow, who are living among you, will come and take food and have enough; and so the blessing of the Lord your God will be on you in everything you do.

NHEB

and the Levite, because he has no portion nor inheritance with you, and the foreigner living among you, and 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.

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