| International Standard Version | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 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 make a bald spot on your head 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 holy people belonging to the LORD your God. The LORD has chosen you to be His own 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 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 hooves divided in two and 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 among the ones that chew the cud or have divided hooves, you are not to eat these: the camel, the hare, and the hyrax, though they chew the cud, they do not have hooves-- 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. | 8and the pig, though it has hooves, it does not chew the cud-- it is unclean for you. You must not eat their meat or touch their carcasses." |
| 9"You may choose to eat from these creatures in the water: you may eat anything with fin and scale, | 9You may eat everything from the water that has 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 every clean bird, |
| 12But you must not eat from any of these: the eagle, vulture, osprey, | 12but these are the ones you may not eat: the eagle, the bearded vulture, the black vulture, |
| 13buzzard, any kind of kite, | 13the kite, any kind of falcon, |
| 14any kind of raven, | 14every kind of raven, |
| 15the ostrich, night hawk, seagull, any kind of falcon, | 15the ostrich, the short-eared owl, the gull, any kind of hawk, |
| 16the little owl, the great owl, the horned owl, | 16the little owl, the long-eared 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, and the bat. |
| 19Any winged, swarming insect is unclean to you. They must not be eaten. | 19All winged insects are unclean for you; they may not be eaten. |
| 20You may eat every bird that is clean. | 20But you may eat every clean flying creature." |
| 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 a temporary resident living 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 boil 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. | 22Each year you are to set aside a tenth of all the produce grown in 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. | 23You are to eat a tenth of your grain, new wine, and oil, and the firstborn of your herd and flock, in the presence of Yahweh your God at the place where He chooses to have His name dwell, so that you will always learn to fear the LORD your God. |
| 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 it, since the place where Yahweh your God chooses to put His name is too far away from you and since the LORD your God has blessed you, |
| 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 chooses. |
| 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." | 26You may spend the money on anything you want: cattle, sheep, wine, beer, or anything you desire. You are to feast there in the presence of the LORD your God and rejoice with your family. |
| 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. | 27Do 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 store it 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, who has no portion or inheritance among you, the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow within your gates may come, eat, and be satisfied. And the LORD your God will bless you in all the work of your hands that you do." |
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