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.

Ye are sons of Jehovah your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for a dead person.

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 thou art a holy people unto Jehovah thy God, and thee hath Jehovah chosen for a people of possession unto himself, out of all the peoples that are upon the face of the earth.

3 T hou shalt not eat any abominable thing.

Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing.

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

These are the beasts which ye shall 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, and the gazelle, and the stag, and the wild goat, and the dishon and the oryx, and the wild 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 hath cloven hoofs, and the feet quite split open into double hoofs, which cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that ye shall 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;

Only these ye shall not eat of those that chew the cud, or of those with hoofs cloven and split open: the camel, and the hare, and the rock-badger; for they chew the cud, but have not cloven hoofs—they shall be unclean unto 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, for it hath cloven hoofs, yet cheweth not the cud—it shall be unclean unto you. Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase shall ye not touch.

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

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

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

but whatsoever hath not fins and scales ye shall not eat: it shall be unclean unto you.

11 O f all clean birds ye shall eat.

All clean birds shall ye eat.

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

But these are they of which ye shall not eat: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the sea-eagle,

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

and the falcon, and the kite, and the black kite after its kind;

14 a nd every raven after his kind

and every raven after its kind;

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

and the female ostrich, and the male ostrich, and the sea-gull, and the hawk after its kind;

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

the owl, and the ibis and the swan,

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

and the pelican, and the carrion vulture, and the gannet,

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

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

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

And every winged crawling thing shall be unclean unto you; they shall not be eaten.

20 B ut of all clean fowls ye may eat.

All clean fowls shall ye 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.

Ye shall eat of no carcase; thou shalt give it unto the stranger that is within thy gates, that he may eat it, or sell it unto a foreigner; for thou art a holy people to Jehovah thy God. Thou shalt 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.

Thou shalt truly tithe all the increase of thy seed, the produce of the field, year by 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 thou shalt eat before Jehovah thy God, in the place which he will choose to cause his name to dwell there, the tithe of thy corn, of thy new wine, and of thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herds and of thy flocks; that thou mayest learn to fear Jehovah thy God continually.

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 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 will choose to set his name there, when Jehovah thy God blesseth thee;

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 shalt thou give it for money, and bind the money together in thy hand, and go to the place which Jehovah thy God will choose,

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 thou shalt give the money for whatever thy soul desireth, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatever thy soul asketh of thee; and thou shalt eat there before Jehovah thy God, and thou shalt rejoice, thou, and thy house.

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

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

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 three years thou shalt bring forth all the tithe of thine increase the same year, and shalt lay it up within thy gates;

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—for he hath no portion nor inheritance with thee—and the stranger, 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.