1 “ You are the sons of the Lord your God; you shall not cut yourselves nor shave your forehead for the sake of 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 you are a holy people to the Lord your God, and the Lord has chosen you to be a people for His own possession out of all the peoples who are on 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 “ You shall not eat any detestable thing.

You shall not eat anything that is abominable.

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

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

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

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

6 A ny animal that divides the hoof and has the hoof split in two and chews the cud, among the animals, that you may 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, you are not to eat of these among those which chew the cud, or among those that divide the hoof in two: the camel and the rabbit and the shaphan, for though they chew the cud, they do not divide the hoof; they are unclean for 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 T he pig, because it divides the hoof but does not chew the cud, it is unclean for you. You shall not eat any of their flesh nor touch their carcasses.

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 “ These you may eat of all that are in water: anything that has fins and scales you may eat,

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

10 b ut anything that does not have fins and scales you shall not eat; it is unclean for you.

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

11 “ You may eat any clean bird.

Of all clean birds you may eat.

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

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

13 a nd the red kite, the falcon, and the kite in their kinds,

The buzzard, the kite in its several species,

14 a nd every raven in its kind,

The raven in all its species,

15 a nd the ostrich, the owl, the sea gull, and the hawk in their kinds,

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

16 t he little owl, the great owl, the white owl,

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

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

The pelican, the carrion vulture, the cormorant,

18 t he stork, and the heron in their kinds, and the hoopoe and the bat.

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

19 A nd all the teeming life with wings are unclean to you; they shall not be eaten.

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

20 Y ou may eat any clean bird.

But of all clean winged things you may eat.

21 “ You shall not eat anything which dies of itself. You may give it to the alien who is in your town, so that he may eat it, or you may sell it to a foreigner, for you are a holy people to the Lord your God. You shall not boil a young goat in its 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 “ You shall surely tithe all the produce from what you sow, which comes out of the field every year.

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

23 Y ou shall eat in the presence of the Lord your God, at the place where He chooses to establish His name, the tithe of your grain, your new wine, your oil, and the firstborn of your herd and your flock, so that you may learn to fear the Lord your 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 I f the distance is so great for you that you are not able to bring the tithe, since the place where the Lord your God chooses to set His name is too far away from you when the Lord your God blesses you,

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 you shall exchange it for money, and bind the money in your hand and go to the place which the Lord your God chooses.

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 Y ou may spend the money for whatever your heart desires: for oxen, or sheep, or wine, or strong drink, or whatever your heart desires; and there you shall eat in the presence of the Lord your God and rejoice, you and your 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 lso you shall not neglect the Levite who is in your town, for he has no portion or inheritance among you.

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

28 “ At the end of every third year you shall bring out all the tithe of your produce in that year, and shall deposit it in your town.

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 T he Levite, because he has no portion or inheritance among you, and the alien, the orphan and the widow who are in your town, shall come and eat and be satisfied, in order that the Lord your God may bless you in all the work of your hand which you do.

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.