Deuteronomy 14 NKJV ISV Parallel

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1“You are the children of the LORD your God; you shall not cut yourselves nor shave the front of your head for the dead.

1"You are children of the LORD your God. You must not lacerate yourselves or shave your foreheads on account of the dead,

2For 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.

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."

3“You shall not eat any detestable thing.

3"You must not eat any detestable food.

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

4These are the animals that you may eat: ox, sheep, goat,

5the deer, the gazelle, the roe deer, the wild goat, the mountain goat, the antelope, and the mountain sheep.

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

6And you may eat every animal with cloven hooves, having the hoof split into two parts, and that chews the cud, among the animals.

6You may eat every animal with a divided hoof—those with split cloven hooves—that chews the cud.

7Nevertheless, 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.

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.

8Also 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.

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.

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

9"You may choose to eat from these creatures in the water: you may eat anything with fin and scale,

10And whatever does not have fins and scales you shall not eat; it is unclean for you.

10but you may not eat anything without fin and scale, since it is unclean to you.

11“All clean birds you may eat.

11"You may eat all clean birds.

12But these you shall not eat: the eagle, the vulture, the buzzard,

12But you must not eat from any of these: the eagle, vulture, osprey,

13the red kite, the falcon, and the kite after their kinds;

13buzzard, any kind of kite,

14every raven after its kind;

14any kind of raven,

15the ostrich, the short-eared owl, the sea gull, and the hawk after their kinds;

15the ostrich, night hawk, seagull, any kind of falcon,

16the little owl, the screech owl, the white owl,

16the little owl, the great owl, the horned owl,

17the jackdaw, the carrion vulture, the fisher owl,

17the pelican, the carrion vulture, the cormorant,

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

18the stork, any kind of heron, the hoopoe, and the bat.

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

19Any winged, swarming insect is unclean to you. They must not be eaten.

20“You may eat all clean birds.

20You may eat every bird that is clean.

21“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.

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."

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

22"Be sure to tithe annually from everything you plant that yields a harvest in the field.

23And 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.

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.

24But 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,

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.

25then you shall exchange it for money, take the money in your hand, and go to the place which the LORD your God chooses.

25In that case, convert it into cash, secure the money, and then bring it to the place where the LORD will choose.

26And 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.

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."

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

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.

28“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.

28Every third year, bring all the tithes of your produce of that year and store it in your cities

29And 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.

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."

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