1 Clean and Unclean Animals “You are the sons of Yahweh your God; you shall not gash yourselves nor 14:1Lit make a baldness between your eyes shave your forehead for the sake of the dead.
2 For you are a holy people to Yahweh your God, and Yahweh has chosen you to be a people for His 14:2 Or special treasure treasured possession out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth.
3 “You shall not eat any abominable thing.
4 These are the animals which you may eat: the ox, the sheep, the goat,
5 14:5Exact identification of these animals is uncertain the deer, the gazelle, the roebuck, the wild goat, the ibex, the antelope, and the mountain sheep.
6 And any animal that divides the hoof and has the hoof split in 14:6Lit two hoofs twoand 14:6Lit brings up chews the cud, among the animals, thatoneyou may eat.
7 Nevertheless, you are not to eat of these among those which 14:7Lit brings up chew the cud or among those that divide the hoof in 14:7Lit a cleaving two: the camel and the 14:7Or hare rabbit and the 14:7A small, shy, furry animal (Hyrax syriacus) found in the peninsula of the Sinai, northern Israel, and the region round the Dead Sea; KJV coney, orig NASB rock badger shaphan, for though they 14:7Lit brings up chew the cud, they do not divide the hoof; they are unclean for you.
8 And the pig, because it divides the hoof butdoesnotchewthe cud, it is unclean for you. You shall not eat any of their flesh nor touch their carcasses.
9 “These you may eat of all that are in water: anything that has fins and scales you may eat,
10 but anything that does not have fins and scales you shall not eat; it is unclean for you.
11 “You may eat any clean bird.
12 But these are the ones which you shall not eat: the 14:12 Or vulture eagle and the vulture and the 14:12 Or black vulture buzzard,
13 and the red kite, the falcon, and the kite in their kinds,
14 and every raven in its kind,
15 and the ostrich, the owl, the gull, and the hawk in their kinds,
16 the little owl, the 14:16Or great horned owl great owl, the white owl,
17 the pelican, the carrion vulture, the cormorant,
18 the stork, and the heron in their kinds, and the hoopoe and the bat.
19 And all the 14:19Flying insects teeming life with wings are unclean to you; they shall not be eaten.
20 You may eat any clean bird.
21 “You shall not eat anything which diesof itself. You may give it to the sojourner who is within your gates, so that he may eat it, or you may sell it to a foreigner, for you are a holy people to Yahweh your God. You shall not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk.
22 “You shall surely tithe all the produce from 14:22Lit your seed what you sow, which comes out of the field every year.
23 And you shall eat in the presence of Yahweh your God, at the place where He chooses for His name to dwell, the tithe of your grain, your new wine, your oil, and the firstborn of your herd and your flock, so that you may learn to fear Yahweh your God allyourdays.
24 And if the 14:24Lit way distance is so great for you that you are not able to 14:24Lit carry it bringthe tithe, since the place where Yahweh your God chooses to set His name is too far away from you when Yahweh your God blesses you,
25 then you shall 14:25Lit give in money exchangeitfor money and bind the money in your hand and go to the place which Yahweh your God chooses.
26 And you may spend the money for whatever your 14:26Lit soul heart desires: for oxen or sheep or wine or strong drink or whatever your 14:26Lit soul heart 14:26Lit asks of you desires; and there you shall eat in the presence of Yahweh your God and be glad, you and your household.
27 Also you shall not forsake the Levite who is within your gates, for he has no portion or inheritance among you.
28 “At the end of every third year you shall bring out all the tithe of your produce in that year and shall deposititwithin your gates.
29 And the Levite, because he has no portion or inheritance among you, and the sojourner, the 14:29Or fatherless orphan, and the widow who are within your gates, shall come and eat and be satisfied, in order that Yahweh your God may bless you in all the work of your hand which you do.