Deuteronomy 14:1 - Prayer Tents

Refrain from Cutting Yourselves

14"You are children of the Lord your God. You must not lacerate yourselves or shave your foreheads on account of the dead,H1121H3068H430H1413H7760H7144H5869H4191 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.H6918H5971H3068H430H3068H977H5459H5971H5971H6440H127

Refrain from Unclean Food

3"You must not eat any detestable food.H398H8441 4These are the animals that you may eat: ox, sheep, goat,H929H398H7794H7716H3775H5795 5deer, gazelle, roebuck, wild goat, ibex, antelope, and mountain sheep.H354H6643H3180H689H1788H8377H2169 6You may eat every animal with a divided hoof - those with split cloven hooves - that chews the cud.H929H6536H6541H8157H8156H8147H6541H5927H1625H929H398 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.H398H5927H1625H6536H8156H6541H1581H768H8227H5927H1625H6536H6541H2931 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.H2386H6536H6541H1625H2931H398H1320H5060H5038 9"You may choose to eat from these creatures in the water: you may eat anything with fin and scale,H398H4325H5579H7193H398 10but you may not eat anything without fin and scale, since it is unclean to you.H5579H7193H398H2931 11"You may eat all clean birds.H2889H6833H398 12But you must not eat from any of these: the eagle, vulture, osprey,H398H5404H6538H5822 13buzzard, any kind of kite,H7201H344H1772H4327 14any kind of raven,H6158H4327 15the ostrich, night hawk, seagull, any kind of falcon,H1323H3284H8464H7828H5322H4327 16the little owl, the great owl, the horned owl,H3563H3244H8580 17the pelican, the carrion vulture, the cormorant,H6893H7360H7994 18the stork, any kind of heron, the hoopoe, and the bat.H2624H601H4327H1744H5847 19Any winged, swarming insect is unclean to you. They must not be eaten.H8318H5775H2931H398 20You may eat every bird that is clean.H2889H5775H398 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."H398H5038H5414H1616H8179H398H4376H5237H6918H5971H3068H430H1310H1423H517H2461

Remember to Tithe

22"Be sure to tithe annually from everything you plant that yields a harvest in the field.H6237H6237H8393H2233H7704H3318H8141H8141 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 first born of your livestock and flock, so that you'll learn to revere the Lord your God all your life.H398H6440H3068H430H4725H977H7931H8034H4643H1715H8492H3323H1062H1241H6629H3925H3372H3068H430H3117 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.H1870H7235H3588H3201H5375H4725H7368H3068H430H977H7760H8034H3068H430H1288 25In that case, convert it into cash, secure the money, and then bring it to the place where the Lord will choose.H5414H3701H6696H3701H3027H1980H4725H3068H430H977 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."H5414H3701H5315H183H1241H6629H3196H7941H5315H7592H398H6440H3068H430H8055H1004

The Levitical Tithe

27"But you must not forget the Levite in your town because there is no tribal allotment for him as there is for you.H3881H8179H5800H2506H5159 28Every third year, bring all the tithes of your produce of that year and store it in your citiesH7097H7969H8141H3318H4643H8393H8141H3240H8179 29so the Levites - 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."H3881H2506H5159H1616H3490H490H8179H935H398H7646H3068H430H1288H4639H3027H6213