1 ¶ Ye are the sons of the LORD your God: ye shall not cut yourselves nor make any baldness over your eyes for the dead.

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

2 F or thou art a holy people unto the LORD thy God, and the LORD has chosen thee to be a unique people unto himself from among all the peoples that are upon the face of the earth.

For 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.

3 T hou shalt not eat any abominable thing.

You shall not eat anything that is abominable.

4 T hese are the animals which ye shall eat: the ox, the sheep, and the goat,

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

5 t he hart and the roebuck and the buffalo and the wild goat and the unicorn (rhinoceros) and the wild ox and the mountain goat,

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

6 a nd every animal that parts the hoof and cleaves the cleft into two claws and chews the cud among the beasts that ye shall eat.

And 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.

7 N evertheless these ye shall not eat of those that chew the cud or of those that divide the cloven hoof: the camel and the hare and the coney, for they chew the cud, but do not divide the hoof; therefore they are unclean unto you;

Yet 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.

8 a nd the swine, because it divides the hoof, yet does not chew the cud, it is unclean unto you. Ye shall not eat of their flesh nor touch their dead carcase.

And 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.

9 T hese ye shall eat of all that are in the waters: all that have fins and scales shall ye eat,

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

10 b ut whatever does not have fins and scales ye may not eat; it is unclean unto you.

And whatever has not fins and scales you may not eat; it is unclean for you.

11 O f all clean birds ye shall eat.

Of all clean birds you may eat.

12 B ut these are they of which ye shall not eat: the eagle and the ossifrage and the ospray

But these are the ones which you shall not eat: the eagle, the vulture, the ospray,

13 a nd the glede and the kite and the vulture after his kind

The buzzard, the kite in its several species,

14 a nd every raven after his kind

The raven in all its species,

15 a nd the owl and the night hawk and the cuckow and the hawk after his kind

The ostrich, the nighthawk, the sea gull, the hawk of any variety,

16 t he little owl and the great owl and the swan

The little owl, the great owl, the horned owl,

17 a nd the pelican and the gier eagle and the cormorant

The pelican, the carrion vulture, the cormorant,

18 a nd the stork and the heron after her kind and the lapwing and the bat.

The stork, the heron of any variety, the hoopoe, and the bat.

19 A nd every serpent that flies shall be unclean unto you; they shall not be eaten.

And all flying insects are unclean for you; they shall not be eaten.

20 B ut of all clean fowls ye may eat.

But of all clean winged things you may eat.

21 Y e shall not eat of any thing that died of itself; thou shalt give it unto the stranger that is in thy gates that he may eat it, or thou may sell it unto an alien; for thou art a holy people unto the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not cook a kid in his mother’s milk.

You 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.

22 ¶ Thou shalt without fail tithe all the increase of thy seed that thy field brings forth each year.

You shall surely tithe all the yield of your seed produced by your field each year.

23 A nd thou shalt eat before the LORD thy God in the place which he shall choose for his name to dwell, the tithe of thy grain, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the firstborn of thy cows and of thy sheep, that thou may learn to fear the LORD thy God always.

And 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.

24 A nd if the way is too long for thee, so that thou art not able to carry it, or if the place is too far from thee, which the LORD thy God shall choose to set his name there, when the LORD thy God has blessed thee,

And 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,

25 t hen shalt thou sell it for money and bind up the money in thy hand and shalt go unto the place which the LORD thy God shall choose;

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 has chosen.

26 a nd thou shalt give that money for whatever thy soul desires, for cows or for sheep or for wine or for strong drink or for whatever thy soul desires; and thou shalt eat there before the LORD thy God, and thou shalt rejoice, thou and thine household.

And 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.

27 A nd thou shalt not forsake the Levite that dwells within thy gates, for he has no part nor inheritance with thee.

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

28 A t the end of three years thou shalt bring forth all the tithe of thine increase the same year and shalt lay it up within thy gates.

At 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.

29 A nd the Levite, who has no part nor inheritance with thee, and the stranger and the fatherless and the widow who are within thy gates, shall come and shall eat and be satisfied, that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thy hands which thou doest.

And 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.