14"You are sons of the LORD your God; do not cut yourselves or make a bald spot on your head on behalf of the dead,H1121H3068H430H1413H7760H7144H5869H4191 2for you are a holy people belonging to the LORD your God. The LORD has chosen you to be His special people out of all the peoples on the face of the earth.H6918H5971H3068H430H3068H977H5459H5971H5971H6440H127 3"You must not eat any detestable thing.H398H8441 4These are the animals you may eat: the ox, the sheep, the goat,H929H398H7794H7716H3775H5795 5the deer, the gazelle, the roe deer, the wild goat, the ibex, the antelope, and the mountain sheep.H354H6643H3180H689H1788H8377H2169 6You may eat any animal that has hooves divided in two and chews the cud.H929H6536H6541H8157H8156H8147H6541H5927H1625H929H398 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;H398H5927H1625H6536H8156H6541H1581H768H8227H5927H1625H6536H6541H2931 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.H2386H6536H6541H1625H2931H398H1320H5060H5038 9"You may eat everything from the water that has fins and scales,H398H4325H5579H7193H398 10but you may not eat anything that does not have fins and scales— it is unclean for you.H5579H7193H398H2931 11"You may eat every clean bird,H2889H6833H398 12but these are the ones you may not eat: the eagle, the bearded vulture, the black vulture,H398H5404H6538H5822 13the kite, the various kinds of falcon,H7201H344H1772H4327 14every kind of raven,H6158H4327 15the ostrich, the short-eared owl, the gull, the various kinds of hawk,H1323H3284H8464H7828H5322H4327 16the little owl, the long-eared owl, the white owl,H3563H3244H8580 17the desert owl, the osprey, the cormorant,H6893H7360H7994 18the stork, the various kinds of heron, the hoopoe, and the bat.H2624H601H4327H1744H5847 19All winged insects are unclean for you; they may not be eaten.H8318H5775H2931H398 20But you may eat every clean flying creature.H2889H5775H398 21"You are not to eat any carcass; you may give it to a resident alien 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.H398H5038H5414H1616H8179H398H4376H5237H6918H5971H3068H430H1310H1423H517H2461 22"Each year you are to set aside a tenth of all the produce grown in your fields.H6237H6237H8393H2233H7704H3318H8141H8141 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 the LORD 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.H398H6440H3068H430H4725H977H7931H8034H4643H1715H8492H3323H1062H1241H6629H3925H3372H3068H430H3117 24But if the distance is too great for you to carry it, since the place where the LORD your God chooses to put His name is too far away from you and since the LORD your God has blessed you,H1870H7235H3588H3201H5375H4725H7368H3068H430H977H7760H8034H3068H430H1288 25then exchange it for money, take the money in your hand, and go to the place the LORD your God chooses.H5414H3701H6696H3701H3027H1980H4725H3068H430H977 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.H5414H3701H5315H183H1241H6629H3196H7941H5315H7592H398H6440H3068H430H8055H1004 27Do not forget the Levite within your gates, since he has no portion or inheritance among you.H3881H8179H5800H2506H5159 28"At the end of [every] three years, bring a tenth of all your produce for that year and store [it] within your gates.H7097H7969H8141H3318H4643H8393H8141H3240H8179 29Then the Levite, who has no portion or inheritance among you, the foreign resident, fatherless, and 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.H3881H2506H5159H1616H3490H490H8179H935H398H7646H3068H430H1288H4639H3027H6213
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