1 Y ou are the sons of the Lord your God; you shall not cut yourselves or make any baldness on your foreheads for the dead,

“You are the sons of the Lord your God. Do not cut yourselves or cut the hair from your foreheads because of the dead.

2 F or you are a holy people to the Lord your God; and the Lord has chosen you to be a peculiar people to Himself, above all the nations on the earth.

For you are a holy nation to the Lord your God. The Lord has chosen you to be His own nation out of all the nations on the earth.

3 Y ou shall not eat anything that is abominable.

“Do not eat any hated thing.

4 T hese are the beasts which you may eat: the ox, the sheep, and the goat,

These are the animals you may eat: the bull, the sheep, the goat,

5 T he hart, the gazelle, the roebuck, the wild goat, the ibex, the antelope, and the mountain sheep.

the deer, the gazelle, the roebuck, the wild goat, the ibex, the antelope, and the mountain sheep.

6 A nd every beast that parts the hoof and has it divided into two and brings up and chews the cud among the beasts you may eat.

And you may eat any animal that has a parted foot divided in two and that chews its food again.

7 Y et these you shall not eat of those that chew the cud or have the hoof split in two: the camel, the hare, and the coney, because they chew the cud but divide not the hoof; they are unclean for you.

But you must not eat of those that chew their food again or have a divided foot: the camel, the rabbit and the rock badger. For though they eat their food again, they do not have a divided foot. They are unclean to you.

8 A nd the swine, because it parts the hoof but does not chew the cud; it is unclean to you. You shall not eat of their flesh or touch their dead bodies.

And do not eat the pig, because it has a divided foot but does not chew its food again. It is unclean for you. Do not eat any of their flesh or touch their dead bodies.

9 T hese you may eat of all that are in the waters: whatever has fins and scales you may eat,

“Of all that are in the water, you may eat anything that has fins and scales.

10 A nd whatever has not fins and scales you may not eat; it is unclean for you.

But do not eat anything that does not have fins and scales. It is unclean for you.

11 O f all clean birds you may eat.

“You may eat any clean bird.

12 B ut these are the ones which you shall not eat: the eagle, the vulture, the ospray,

But these are the ones you may not eat: the eagle, the vulture, the buzzard,

13 T he buzzard, the kite in its several species,

the red kite, the falcon, every kind of kite,

14 T he raven in all its species,

every kind of raven,

15 T he ostrich, the nighthawk, the sea gull, the hawk of any variety,

the ostrich, the owl, the sea gull, every kind of hawk,

16 T he little owl, the great owl, the horned owl,

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

17 T he pelican, the carrion vulture, the cormorant,

the pelican, the vulture that eats dead flesh, the cormorant,

18 T he stork, the heron of any variety, the hoopoe, and the bat.

the stork, every kind of heron, the hoopoe and the bat.

19 A nd all flying insects are unclean for you; they shall not be eaten.

And all flying bugs are unclean for you. Do not eat them.

20 B ut of all clean winged things you may eat.

But you may eat any clean bird.

21 Y ou shall not eat of anything that dies of itself. You may give it to the stranger or the foreigner who is within your towns, that he may eat it, or you may sell it to an alien. but you are a people holy to the Lord your God. You shall not boil a kid in its mother’s milk.

“Do not eat anything that dies of itself. You may give it to the stranger in your town, so he may eat it. Or you may sell it to a person from another land. For you are a holy nation to the Lord your God. “Do not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk. The Law of the Tenth Part

22 Y ou shall surely tithe all the yield of your seed produced by your field each year.

“Be sure to give a tenth part to the Lord of all you plant that comes from your field every year.

23 A nd you shall eat before the Lord your God in the place in which He will cause His Name to dwell the tithe (tenth) of your grain, your new wine, your oil, and the firstlings of your herd and your flock, that you may learn to fear the Lord your God always.

Before the Lord your God, at the place He chooses to put His name, you may eat the tenth part of your grain, your new wine, your oil, and the first-born of your cattle and your flock. Then you may learn to fear the Lord your God always.

24 A nd if the distance is too long for you to carry your tithe, or the place where the Lord your God chooses to set His Name is too far away for you, when the Lord your God has blessed you,

If the place where the Lord your God chooses to put His name is too far away for you to bring the tenth part of all the good things you have received,

25 T hen 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 has chosen.

you should trade it for money. Then tie the money in your hand and go to the place which the Lord your God chooses.

26 A nd you may spend that money for whatever your appetite craves, for oxen, or sheep, or new wine or strong drink, or whatever you desire; and you shall eat there before the Lord your God and you shall rejoice, you and your household.

You may spend the money for whatever your heart may desire, for bulls, sheep, wine, strong drink, or whatever you desire. And there you and those of your house may eat before the Lord and be full of joy.

27 A nd you shall not forsake or neglect the Levite in your towns, for he has been given no share or inheritance with you.

Do not stop caring for the Levite who is in your town for he has no share of what is given to you.

28 A t the end of every three years you shall bring forth all the tithe of your increase the same year and lay it up within your towns.

“At the end of every third year you should bring the tenth part of that year’s grain into your towns.

29 A nd the Levite and the stranger or temporary resident, and the fatherless and the widow who are in your towns shall come and eat and be satisfied, so that the Lord your God may bless you in all the work of your hands that you do.

And the Levite who has no share of what is given to you, and the stranger, and the child without parents, and the woman whose husband has died, who are in your towns, may come and eat and be filled. Then the Lord your God will bring good to you in all the work done by your hands.