Deuteronomy 14:1 - Prayer Tents

14You are children of GOD, your God, so don't mutilate your bodies or shave your heads in funeral rites for the dead.H1121H3068H430H1413H7760H7144H5869H4191 2You only are a people holy to GOD, your God; GOD chose you out of all the people on Earth as his cherished personal treasure.H6918H5971H3068H430H3068H977H5459H5971H5971H6440H127 3Don't eat anything abominable.H398H8441 4These are the animals you may eat: ox, sheep, goat,H929H398H7794H7716H3775H5795 5deer, gazelle, roebuck, wild goat, ibex, antelope, mountain sheep—H354H6643H3180H689H1788H8377H2169 6any animal that has a cloven hoof and chews the cud.H929H6536H6541H8157H8156H8147H6541H5927H1625H929H398 7But you may not eat camels, rabbits, and rock badgers because they chew the cud but they don't have a cloven hoof—that makes them ritually unclean.H398H5927H1625H6536H8156H6541H1581H768H8227H5927H1625H6536H6541H2931 8And pigs: Don't eat pigs—they have a cloven hoof but don't chew the cud, which makes them ritually unclean. Don't even touch a pig's carcass.H2386H6536H6541H1625H2931H398H1320H5060H5038 9This is what you may eat from the water: anything that has fins and scales.H398H4325H5579H7193H398 10But if it doesn't have fins or scales, you may not eat it. It's ritually unclean.H5579H7193H398H2931 11You may eat any ritually clean bird.H2889H6833H398 12These are the exceptions, so don't eat these: eagle, vulture, black vulture,H398H5404H6538H5822 13kite, falcon, the buzzard family,H7201H344H1772H4327 14the raven family,H6158H4327 15ostrich, nighthawk, the hawk family,H1323H3284H8464H7828H5322H4327 16little owl, great owl, white owl,H3563H3244H8580 17pelican, osprey, cormorant,H6893H7360H7994 18stork, the heron family, hoopoe, bat.H2624H601H4327H1744H5847 19Winged insects are ritually unclean; don't eat them.H8318H5775H2931H398 20But ritually clean winged creatures are permitted.H2889H5775H398 21Because you are a people holy to GOD, your God, don't eat anything that you find dead. You can, though, give it to a foreigner in your neighborhood for a meal or sell it to a foreigner. Don't boil a kid in its mother's milk.H398H5038H5414H1616H8179H398H4376H5237H6918H5971H3068H430H1310H1423H517H2461 22Make an offering of ten percent, a tithe, of all the produce which grows in your fields year after year.H6237H6237H8393H2233H7704H3318H8141H8141 23Bring this into the Presence of GOD, your God, at the place he designates for worship and there eat the tithe from your grain, wine, and oil and the firstborn from your herds and flocks. In this way you will learn to live in deep reverence before GOD, your God, as long as you live.H398H6440H3068H430H4725H977H7931H8034H4643H1715H8492H3323H1062H1241H6629H3925H3372H3068H430H3117 24But if the place GOD, your God, designates for worship is too far away and you can't carry your tithe that far, GOD, your God, will still bless you:H1870H7235H3588H3201H5375H4725H7368H3068H430H977H7760H8034H3068H430H1288 25exchange your tithe for money and take the money to the place GOD, your God, has chosen to be worshiped.H5414H3701H6696H3701H3027H1980H4725H3068H430H977 26Use the money to buy anything you want: cattle, sheep, wine, or beer—anything that looks good to you. You and your family can then feast in the Presence of GOD, your God, and have a good time.H5414H3701H5315H183H1241H6629H3196H7941H5315H7592H398H6440H3068H430H8055H1004 27Meanwhile, don't forget to take good care of the Levites who live in your towns; they won't get any property or inheritance of their own as you will.H3881H8179H5800H2506H5159 28At the end of every third year, gather the tithe from all your produce of that year and put it aside in storage.H7097H7969H8141H3318H4643H8393H8141H3240H8179 29Keep it in reserve for the Levite who won't get any property or inheritance as you will, and for the foreigner, the orphan, and the widow who live in your neighborhood. That way they'll have plenty to eat and GOD, your God, will bless you in all your work.H3881H2506H5159H1616H3490H490H8179H935H398H7646H3068H430H1288H4639H3027H6213