Chapter 14

Ye [are] the children of the LORD your God: ye shall not cut¹⁰⁸ yourselves, nor make⁴ any baldness between your eyes for the dead.⁵

For thou [art] an holy people unto the LORD thy God, and the LORD hath chosen¹ thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that [are] upon the earth.

Thou shalt not eat⁴ any abominable thing.

These [are] the beasts which ye shall eat:⁴ the ox, the sheep, ³⁷⁷⁵ and the goat, ⁵⁷⁹⁵

The hart, and the roebuck, and the fallow deer, and the wild goat, and the pygarg, and the wild ox, and the chamois.

And every beast that parteth⁵⁶ the hoof, and cleaveth⁶ the cleft into two claws, [and] cheweth⁵⁶ the cud among the beasts, that ye shall eat.⁴

Nevertheless these ye shall not eat⁴ of them that chew⁵⁶ the cud, or of them that divide⁵⁶ the cloven⁷ hoof; [as] the camel, and the hare, and the coney: for they chew⁵⁶ the cud, but divide⁵² not the hoof; [therefore] they [are] unclean unto you.

And the swine, because it divideth⁵⁶ the hoof, yet cheweth not the cud, it [is] unclean unto you: ye shall not eat⁴ of their flesh, nor touch⁴ their dead carcase.

These ye shall eat⁴ of all that [are] in the waters: all that have fins and scales shall ye eat:⁴

And whatsoever hath not fins and scales ye may not eat;⁴ it [is] unclean unto you.

[Of] all clean birds ye shall eat.⁴

But these [are they] of which ye shall not eat:⁴ the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray,

And the glede, and the kite, and the vulture after his kind,

And every raven after his kind,

And the owl, ³²⁸⁴ and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind,

The little owl, and the great owl, and the swan,

And the pelican, and the gier eagle, and the cormorant,

And the stork, and the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat.

And every creeping thing that flieth [is] unclean unto you: they shall not be eaten.¹¹

[But of] all clean fowls ye may eat.⁴

Ye shall not eat⁴ [of] any thing that dieth of itself: thou shalt give⁴ it unto the stranger that [is] in thy gates, that he may eat¹ it; or thou mayest sell² it unto an alien: for thou [art] an holy people unto the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe¹⁷ a kid in his mother's milk.

Thou shalt truly¹⁵ tithe¹⁷ all the increase of thy seed, that the field bringeth forth⁶ year by year.

And thou shalt eat¹ before the LORD thy God, in the place which he shall choose⁴ to place¹⁵ his name there, the tithe of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herds and of thy flocks; that thou mayest learn⁴ to fear² the LORD thy God always. ³¹¹⁷

And if the way be too long⁴ for thee, so that thou art not able⁴ to carry² it; [or] if the place be too far⁴ from thee, which the LORD thy God shall choose⁴ to set² his name there, when the LORD thy God hath blessed¹⁷ thee:

Then shalt thou turn¹ [it] into money, and bind up¹ the money in thine hand, and shalt go¹ unto the place which the LORD thy God shall choose:⁴

And thou shalt bestow¹ that money for whatsoever thy soul lusteth after,¹⁷ for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatsoever thy soul desireth:⁴ and thou shalt eat¹ there before the LORD thy God, and thou shalt rejoice,¹ thou, and thine household,

And the Levite that [is] within thy gates; thou shalt not forsake⁴ him; for he hath no part nor inheritance with thee.

At the end of three years thou shalt bring forth⁵⁵ all the tithe of thine increase the same year, and shalt lay [it] up⁵² within thy gates:

And the Levite, (because he hath no part nor inheritance with thee,) and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, which [are] within thy gates, shall come,¹ and shall eat¹ and be satisfied;¹ that the LORD thy God may bless¹⁷ thee in all the work of thine hand which thou doest.⁴