1 Y ou are the children of Yahweh your God. You shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.

“You are the sons of the Lord your God; you shall not cut yourselves nor shave your forehead for the sake of the dead.

2 F or you are a holy people to Yahweh your God, and Yahweh has chosen you to be a people for his own possession, above all 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 His own possession out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth.

3 Y ou shall not eat any abominable 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 chamois.

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

6 E very animal that parts the hoof, and has the hoof cloven in two and chews the cud, among the animals, that may you eat.

Any animal that divides the hoof and has the hoof split in two and chews the cud, among the animals, that you may eat.

7 N evertheless these you shall not eat of them that chew the cud, or of those who have the hoof cloven: the camel, the hare, and the rabbit. Because they chew the cud but don’t part the hoof, they are unclean to you.

Nevertheless, 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.

8 T he pig, because it has a split hoof but doesn’t chew the cud, is unclean to you. You shall not eat their flesh, and you shall not touch their carcasses.

The 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.

9 T hese you may eat of all that are in the waters: whatever has fins and scales may you eat.

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

10 Y ou shall not eat whatever doesn’t have fins and scales. It is unclean to you.

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

11 O f all clean birds you may eat.

“You may eat any clean bird.

12 B ut these are they of which you shall not eat: the eagle, the vulture, the osprey,

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

13 t he red kite, the falcon, the kite after its kind,

and the red kite, the falcon, and the kite in their kinds,

14 e very raven after its kind,

and every raven in its kind,

15 t he ostrich, the owl, the seagull, the hawk after its kind,

and the ostrich, the owl, the sea gull, and the hawk in their kinds,

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

the little owl, the great owl, the white owl,

17 t he pelican, the vulture, the cormorant,

the pelican, the carrion vulture, the cormorant,

18 t he stork, the heron after its kind, the hoopoe, and the bat.

the stork, and the heron in their kinds, and the hoopoe and the bat.

19 A ll winged creeping things are unclean to you. They shall not be eaten.

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

20 O f all clean birds you may eat.

You may eat any clean bird.

21 Y ou shall not eat of anything that dies of itself. You may give it to the foreigner living among you 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 Yahweh your God. You shall not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk.

“ 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.

22 Y ou shall surely tithe all the increase of your seed, that which comes out of the field year by year.

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

23 Y ou shall eat before Yahweh your God, in the place which he chooses, to cause his name to dwell there, the tithe of your grain, of your new wine, and of your oil, and the firstborn of your herd and of your flock; that you may learn to fear Yahweh your God always.

You 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.

24 I f the way is too long for you, so that you are not able to carry it, because the place is too far from you, which Yahweh your God shall choose, to set his name there, when Yahweh your God shall bless you;

If 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,

25 t hen you shall turn it into money, and bind up the money in your hand, and shall go to the place which Yahweh your God shall choose.

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

26 Y ou shall trade the money for whatever your soul desires, for cattle, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatever your soul asks of you; and you shall eat there before Yahweh your God, and you shall rejoice, you and your household.

You 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.

27 Y ou shall not forsake the Levite who is within your gates, for he has no portion nor inheritance with you.

Also you shall not neglect the Levite who is in your town, for he has no portion or inheritance among you.

28 A t the end of every three years you shall bring all the tithe of your increase in the same year, and shall store it within your gates.

“ 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.

29 T he Levite, because he has no portion nor inheritance with you, and the foreigner living among you, and the fatherless, and the widow, who are within your gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that Yahweh your God may bless you in all the work of your hand which you do.

The 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.