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1"You are children of the LORD your God. You must not lacerate yourselves or shave your foreheads on account of the dead, | 1You are sons of the LORD your God; do not cut yourselves or shave your foreheads on behalf of the dead, |
2because you are a holy people to the LORD your God, and the LORD chose to make you his precious possession from among all the peoples of the earth." | 2for you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all the peoples on the face of the earth. |
3"You must not eat any detestable food. | 3You must not eat any detestable thing. |
4These are the animals that you may eat: ox, sheep, goat, | 4These are the animals that you may eat: The ox, the sheep, the goat, |
5deer, gazelle, roebuck, wild goat, ibex, antelope, and mountain sheep. | 5the deer, the gazelle, the roe deer, the wild goat, the ibex, the antelope, and the mountain sheep. |
6You may eat every animal with a divided hoof—those with split cloven hooves—that chews the cud. | 6You may eat any animal that has a split hoof divided in two and that chews the cud. |
7However, you must not eat these animals that chew the cud or have a divided hoof: the camel, hare, and rock badger. Even though they chew the cud, their hooves are not divided. Therefore they are unclean for you. | 7But of those that chew the cud or have a completely divided hoof, you are not to eat the following: the camel, the rabbit, or the rock badger. Although they chew the cud, they do not have a divided hoof. They are unclean for you, |
8And also the pig, because even though its hoof is divided, it does not chew the cud. It is therefore unclean for you. You must not eat their meat or even touch their carcasses. | 8as well as the pig; though it has a divided hoof, it does not chew the cud. It is unclean for you. You must not eat its meat or touch its carcass. |
9"You may choose to eat from these creatures in the water: you may eat anything with fin and scale, | 9Of all the creatures that live in the water, you may eat anything with fins and scales, |
10but you may not eat anything without fin and scale, since it is unclean to you. | 10but you may not eat anything that does not have fins and scales; it is unclean for you. |
11"You may eat all clean birds. | 11You may eat any clean bird, |
12But you must not eat from any of these: the eagle, vulture, osprey, | 12but these you may not eat: the eagle, the bearded vulture, the black vulture, |
13buzzard, any kind of kite, | 13the red kite, the falcon, any kind of kite, |
14any kind of raven, | 14any kind of raven, |
15the ostrich, night hawk, seagull, any kind of falcon, | 15the ostrich, the screech owl, the gull, any kind of hawk, |
16the little owl, the great owl, the horned owl, | 16the little owl, the great owl, the white owl, |
17the pelican, the carrion vulture, the cormorant, | 17the desert owl, the osprey, the cormorant, |
18the stork, any kind of heron, the hoopoe, and the bat. | 18the stork, any kind of heron, the hoopoe, or the bat. |
19Any winged, swarming insect is unclean to you. They must not be eaten. | 19All flying insects are unclean for you; they may not be eaten. |
20You may eat every bird that is clean. | 20But you may eat any clean bird. |
21"You must not eat any carcass. But you may give it to the alien in your cities so he may eat it or sell it to a foreigner, for you are a holy people to the LORD your God. "You must not cook a young goat in its mother's milk." | 21You are not to eat any carcass; you may give it to the foreigner residing within your gates, and he may eat it, or you may sell it to a foreigner. For you are a holy people belonging to the LORD your God. You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk. |
22"Be sure to tithe annually from everything you plant that yields a harvest in the field. | 22You must be sure to set aside a tenth of all the produce brought forth each year from your fields. |
23Then in the presence of the LORD your God, in the place where he'll choose to establish his name, you may consume the tithe of your grain, your new wine, your oil, and the firstborn of your livestock and flock, so that you'll learn to revere the LORD your God all your life. | 23And you are to eat a tenth of your grain, new wine, and oil, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks, in the presence of the LORD your God at the place He will choose as a dwelling for His Name, so that you may learn to fear the LORD your God always. |
24Now the way may be distant from you, so that you are unable to transport your tithe because you have been blessed by the LORD your God and the place where the LORD your God chooses to establish his name may be distant from you. | 24But if the distance is too great for you to carry that with which the LORD your God has blessed you, because the place where the LORD your God will choose to put His Name is too far away, |
25In that case, convert it into cash, secure the money, and then bring it to the place where the LORD will choose. | 25then exchange it for money, take the money in your hand, and go to the place the LORD your God will choose. |
26You may spend the money to your heart's content to buy livestock, flocks, wine, strong drink, and whatever you desire. You and your household may eat there and rejoice in the presence of the LORD your God." | 26Then you may spend the money on anything you desire: cattle, sheep, wine, strong drink, or anything you wish. You are to feast there in the presence of the LORD your God and rejoice with your household. |
27"But you must not forget the descendant of Levi in your town because there is no tribal allotment for him as there is for you. | 27And do not neglect the Levite within your gates, since he has no portion or inheritance among you. |
28Every third year, bring all the tithes of your produce of that year and store it in your cities | 28At the end of every three years, bring a tenth of all your produce for that year and lay it up within your gates. |
29so the descendants of Levi—who have no tribal allotment as you do—foreigners, orphans, and widows who live in your cities may come, eat, and be satisfied. That way, the LORD your God shall bless you in everything you do." | 29Then the Levite (because he has no portion or inheritance among you), the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow within your gates may come and eat and be satisfied. And the LORD your God will bless you in all the work of your hands. |
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