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.

1You are the children of Jehovah your God. Do not cut your bodies or shave the hair above your foreheads to mourn 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.

2For you are a holy people, set apart for Jehovah your God. Out of all the people on the face of the earth, Jehovah has chosen you to be his own special treasure.

3Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing.

3Do not eat anything that is forbidden or disgusting.

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

4These are the animals you are allowed to eat: the ox, the sheep, the goat,

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

5the deer, the gazelle, the roe deer, the wild goat, the addax, the antelope, and the mountain sheep.

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.

6You may eat any animal that has a divided hoof—cloven into two parts—and also chews the cud.

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.

7However, you must not eat these animals that only chew the cud or only have a divided hoof: the camel, the hare, and the rock badger. Even though they chew the cud, they do not have divided hoofs, so they are unclean for 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.

8The pig is also unclean for you because it has a divided hoof but does not chew the cud. You must not eat their meat or even touch their dead bodies.

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

9Of all the creatures living in the water, you may eat these: anything that has both fins and scales.

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

10But you may not eat anything that does not have fins and scales; it is unclean for you.

11Of all clean birds ye may eat.

11You may eat any bird that is considered clean.

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

12But these are the birds you must not eat: the eagle, the vulture, the black vulture,

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

13the red kite, the falcon, and any kind of kite,

14and every raven after its kind,

14any kind of raven,

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

15the horned owl, the screech owl, the gull, and any kind of hawk,

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

16the little owl, the great owl, the white owl,

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

17the desert owl, the Egyptian vulture, the cormorant,

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

18the stork, any kind of heron, the hoopoe, and the bat.

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

19All winged insects are unclean for you; do not eat them.

20Of all clean birds ye may eat.

20But you may eat any clean winged creature.

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.

21Do not eat anything that dies on its own. You may give it to the foreigner living in your towns to eat, or you may sell it to a stranger. But you are a holy people to Jehovah your God. Do not cook a young goat 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.

22Be sure to set aside a tenth of all the crops your fields produce each 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.

23Eat this tithe of your grain, new wine, and olive oil, along with the firstlings of your herds and flocks, in the presence of Jehovah your God at the place he chooses as a dwelling for his Name. Do this so you may learn to always honor and fear Jehovah your God.

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;

24But if that place is too far away and you cannot carry your tithe because Jehovah your God has blessed you with so much, and the place he chose to set his Name is too distant,

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:

25then exchange your tithe for silver. Take the silver with you and go to the place Jehovah your God chooses.

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.

26Use the silver to buy whatever you want: cattle, sheep, wine, other fermented drink, or anything you desire. Then you and your family shall eat there in the presence of Jehovah your God and celebrate.

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

27And do not neglect the Levites living in your towns, for they have no share or inheritance of land of their own.

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:

28At the end of every three years, bring all the tithes of that year’s produce and store it in your towns.

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.

29Then the Levites—who have no share or inheritance of their own—and the foreigners, the orphans, and the widows living in your towns may come and eat and be satisfied. If you do this, Jehovah your God will bless you in all the work of your hands.