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 children of the Lord your God; you shall not cut yourselves nor shave the front of your head 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 people for Himself, a special treasure above all the peoples who are on the face of the earth. Clean and Unclean Meat

3 “ You shall not eat any detestable thing.

“You shall not eat any detestable thing.

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

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

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

the deer, the gazelle, the roe deer, the wild goat, the mountain goat, 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 you may eat every animal with cloven hooves, having the hoof split into two parts, and that chews the cud, among the animals.

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, of those that chew the cud or have cloven hooves, you shall not eat, such as these: the camel, the hare, and the rock hyrax; for they chew the cud but do not have cloven hooves; 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.

Also the swine is unclean for you, because it has cloven hooves, yet does not chew the cud; you shall not eat their flesh or touch their dead carcasses.

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: you may eat all that have fins and scales.

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

And whatever does not have fins and scales you shall not eat; it is unclean for you.

11 “ You may eat any clean bird.

“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 you shall not eat: the eagle, the vulture, the buzzard,

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

the red kite, the falcon, and the kite after their kinds;

14 a nd every raven in its kind,

every raven after its kind;

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

the ostrich, the short-eared owl, the sea gull, and the hawk after their kinds;

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

the little owl, the screech owl, the white owl,

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

the jackdaw, the carrion vulture, the fisher owl,

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

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

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

“Also every creeping thing that flies is unclean for you; they shall not be eaten.

20 Y ou may eat any clean bird.

“You may eat all clean birds.

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 anything that dies of itself; you may give it to the alien who is within your gates, 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. Tithing Principles

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

“You shall truly tithe all the increase of your grain that the field produces year by 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 where He chooses to make His name abide, the tithe of your grain and your new wine and your oil, of the firstborn of your herds and your flocks, 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,

But if the journey is too long for you, so that you are not able to carry the tithe, or if the place where the Lord your God chooses to put His name is too far from 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 exchange it for money, take the money in your hand, and go to the place which the Lord your God chooses.

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 shall spend that money for whatever your heart desires: for oxen or sheep, for wine or similar drink, for whatever your heart desires; 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.

You shall not forsake the Levite who is within your gates, for he has no part nor 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 third year you shall bring out the tithe of your produce of that year and store it up within your 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, because he has no portion nor inheritance with you, and the stranger and the fatherless and the widow who are within your gates, may come and eat and be satisfied, that the Lord your God may bless you in all the work of your hand which you do.