1 “ You are the sons of the Lord your God. Do not cut yourselves or cut the hair from your foreheads because 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 nation to the Lord your God. The Lord has chosen you to be His own nation out of all the nations on 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 “ Do not eat any hated thing.

“You shall not eat any detestable thing.

4 T hese are the animals you may eat: the bull, 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 nd you may eat any animal that has a parted foot divided in two and that chews its food again.

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 B ut you must not eat of those that chew their food again or have a divided foot: the camel, the rabbit and the rock badger. For though they eat their food again, they do not have a divided foot. They are unclean to 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 A nd do not eat the pig, because it has a divided foot but does not chew its food again. It is unclean for you. Do not eat any of their flesh or touch their dead bodies.

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 “ Of all that are in the water, you may eat anything that has fins and scales.

“These you may eat of all that are in the waters: you may eat all that have fins and scales.

10 B ut do not eat anything that does not have fins and scales. 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 you may not eat: the eagle, the vulture, the buzzard,

But these you shall not eat: the eagle, the vulture, the buzzard,

13 t he red kite, the falcon, every kind of kite,

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

14 e very kind of raven,

every raven after its kind;

15 t he ostrich, the owl, the sea gull, every kind of hawk,

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 vulture that eats dead flesh, the cormorant,

the jackdaw, the carrion vulture, the fisher owl,

18 t he stork, every kind of heron, the hoopoe and the bat.

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

19 A nd all flying bugs are unclean for you. Do not eat them.

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

20 B ut you may eat any clean bird.

“You may eat all clean birds.

21 “ Do not eat anything that dies of itself. You may give it to the stranger in your town, so he may eat it. Or you may sell it to a person from another land. For you are a holy nation to the Lord your God. “Do not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk. The Law of the Tenth Part

“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 “ Be sure to give a tenth part to the Lord of all you plant that comes from your field every year.

“You shall truly tithe all the increase of your grain that the field produces year by year.

23 B efore the Lord your God, at the place He chooses to put His name, you may eat the tenth part of your grain, your new wine, your oil, and the first-born of your cattle and your flock. Then 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 place where the Lord your God chooses to put His name is too far away for you to bring the tenth part of all the good things you have received,

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 y ou should trade it for money. Then tie 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 may desire, for bulls, sheep, wine, strong drink, or whatever you desire. And there you and those of your house may eat before the Lord and be full of joy.

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 D o not stop caring for the Levite who is in your town for he has no share of what is given to 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 should bring the tenth part of that year’s grain into your towns.

“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 A nd the Levite who has no share of what is given to you, and the stranger, and the child without parents, and the woman whose husband has died, who are in your towns, may come and eat and be filled. Then the Lord your God will bring good to you in all the work done by your hands.

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.