1 Y e are the children of the Lord your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.

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

2 F or thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God, and the Lord hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that are upon the earth.

For 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.

3 T hou shalt not eat any abominable thing.

Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing.

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

These are the animals which ye shall eat: the ox, the sheep, and the goat,

5 T he hart, and the roebuck, and the fallow deer, and the wild goat, and the pygarg, and the wild ox, and the chamois.

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

6 A nd every beast that parteth the hoof, and cleaveth the cleft into two claws, and cheweth the cud among the beasts, that ye shall eat.

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

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

Nevertheless 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;

8 A nd the swine, because it divideth the hoof, yet cheweth not the cud, it is unclean unto you: ye shall not eat of their flesh, nor touch their dead carcase.

and 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.

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

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

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

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

11 O f all clean birds ye shall eat.

Of all clean birds ye shall 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 ospray

13 A nd the glede, and the kite, and the vulture after his kind,

and the glede and the kite and the vulture after his kind

14 A nd every raven after his kind,

and every raven after his kind

15 A nd the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind,

and the owl and the night hawk and the cuckow and the hawk after his kind

16 T he little owl, and the great owl, and the swan,

the little owl and the great owl and the swan

17 A nd the pelican, and the gier eagle, and the cormorant,

and the pelican and the gier eagle and the cormorant

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

and the stork and the heron after her kind and the lapwing and the bat.

19 A nd every creeping thing that flieth is unclean unto you: they shall not be eaten.

And every serpent that flies shall be unclean unto you; they shall not be eaten.

20 B ut of all clean fowls ye may eat.

But of all clean fowls ye may eat.

21 Y e shall not eat of anything that dieth of itself: thou shalt give it unto the stranger that is in thy gates, that he may eat it; or thou mayest sell it unto an alien: for thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk.

Ye 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.

22 T hou shalt truly tithe all the increase of thy seed, that the field bringeth forth year by year.

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

23 A nd thou shalt eat before the Lord thy God, in the place which he shall choose to place his name there, the tithe of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herds and of thy flocks; that thou mayest learn to fear the Lord thy God always.

And 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.

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

And 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,

25 T hen shalt thou turn it into money, and bind up the money in thine hand, and shalt go unto the place which the Lord thy God shall choose:

then 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;

26 A nd thou shalt bestow that money for whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatsoever thy soul desireth: and thou shalt eat there before the Lord thy God, and thou shalt rejoice, thou, and thine household,

and 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.

27 A nd the Levite that is within thy gates; thou shalt not forsake him; for he hath no part nor inheritance with thee.

And thou shalt not forsake the Levite that dwells within thy gates, for he has no part 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, (because he hath no part nor inheritance with thee,) and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, which 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 thine hand which thou doest.

And 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.