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.

¶ 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 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 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 “ You shall not eat any detestable thing.

Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing.

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

These are the animals which ye shall 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 and the roebuck and the buffalo and the wild goat and the unicorn (rhinoceros) and the wild ox and the mountain goat,

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 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, 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.

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

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

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

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

11 “ You may eat any clean bird.

Of all clean birds ye shall eat.

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

But these are they of which ye shall not eat: the eagle and the ossifrage and the ospray

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

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

14 a nd every raven in its kind,

and every raven after his kind

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

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

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

the little owl and the great owl and the swan

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

and the pelican and the gier eagle and the cormorant

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

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

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

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

20 Y ou may eat any clean bird.

But of all clean fowls ye 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.

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 “ You shall surely tithe all the produce from what you sow, which comes out of the field every year.

¶ Thou shalt without fail tithe all the increase of thy seed that thy field brings forth 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 lso you shall not neglect the Levite who is in your town, for he has no portion or inheritance among you.

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

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

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, 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.