Christian Standard Bible

English Standard Version

1"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,

1“You are the sons of the LORD your God. You shall not cut yourselves or make any baldness on your foreheads for the dead.

2for you are a holy people belonging to the LORD your God. The LORD has chosen you to be his own possession out of all the peoples on the face of the earth.

2For you are a people holy to the LORD your God, and the LORD has chosen you to be a people for his treasured possession, out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth.

3"You must not eat any detestable thing.

3“You shall not eat any abomination.

4These are the animals you may eat: oxen, sheep, goats,

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

5deer, gazelles, roe deer, wild goats, ibexes, antelopes, and mountain sheep.

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

6You may eat any animal that has hooves divided in two and chews the cud.

6Every animal that parts the hoof and has the hoof cloven in two and chews the cud, among the animals, you may eat.

7But among the ones that chew the cud or have divided hooves, you are not to eat these: camels, hares, and hyraxes, though they chew the cud, they do not have hooves--they are unclean for you;

7Yet of those that chew the cud or have the hoof cloven you shall not eat these: the camel, the hare, and the rock badger, because they chew the cud but do not part the hoof, are unclean for you.

8and pigs, though they have hooves, they do not chew the cud--they are unclean for you. Do not eat their meat or touch their carcasses.

8And the pig, because it parts the hoof but does not chew the cud, is unclean for you. Their flesh you shall not eat, and their carcasses you shall not touch.

9"You may eat everything from the water that has fins and scales,

9“Of all that are in the waters you may eat these: whatever has fins and scales you may eat.

10but you may not eat anything that does not have fins and scales--it is unclean for you.

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

11"You may eat every clean bird,

11“You may eat all clean birds.

12but these are the ones you may not eat: eagles, bearded vultures, black vultures,

12But these are the ones that you shall not eat: the eagle, the bearded vulture, the black vulture,

13the kites, any kind of falcon,

13the kite, the falcon of any kind;

14every kind of raven,

14every raven of any kind;

15ostriches, short-eared owls, gulls, any kind of hawk,

15the ostrich, the nighthawk, the sea gull, the hawk of any kind;

16little owls, long-eared owls, barn owls,

16the little owl and the short-eared owl, the barn owl

17eagle owls, ospreys, cormorants,

17and the tawny owl, the carrion vulture and the cormorant,

18storks, any kind of heron, hoopoes, and bats.

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

19All winged insects are unclean for you; they may not be eaten.

19And all winged insects are unclean for you; they shall not be eaten.

20But you may eat every clean flying creature.

20All clean winged things you may eat.

21"You are not to eat any carcass; you may give it to a resident alien within your city 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. Do not boil a young goat in its mother's milk.

21“You shall not eat anything that has died naturally. You may give it to the sojourner who is within your towns, that he may eat it, or you may sell it to a foreigner. For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. “You shall not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk.

22"Each year you are to set aside a tenth of all the produce grown in your fields.

22“You shall tithe all the yield of your seed that comes from the field year by year.

23You are to eat a tenth of your grain, new wine, and fresh 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.

23And before the LORD your God, in the place that he will choose, to make his name dwell there, you shall eat the tithe of your grain, of your wine, and of your oil, and the firstborn of your herd and flock, that you may learn to fear the LORD your God always.

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,

24And if the way is too long for you, so that you are not able to carry the tithe, when the LORD your God blesses you, because the place is too far from you, which the LORD your God chooses, to set his name there,

25then exchange it for silver, take the silver in your hand, and go to the place the LORD your God chooses.

25then you shall turn it into money and bind up the money in your hand and go to the place that the LORD your God chooses

26You may spend the silver on anything you want: cattle, sheep, goats, wine, beer, or anything you desire. You are to feast there in the presence of the LORD your God and rejoice with your family.

26and spend the money for whatever you desire—oxen or sheep or wine or strong drink, whatever your appetite craves. And you shall eat there before the LORD your God and rejoice, you and your household.

27Do not neglect the Levite within your city gates, since he has no portion or inheritance among you.

27And you shall not neglect the Levite who is within your towns, for he has no portion or inheritance with you.

28"At the end of every three years, bring a tenth of all your produce for that year and store it within your city gates.

28“At the end of every three years you shall bring out all the tithe of your produce in the same year and lay it up within your towns.

29Then the Levite, who has no portion or inheritance among you, the resident alien, the fatherless, and the widow within your city 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.

29And the Levite, because he has no portion or inheritance with you, and the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow, who are within your towns, shall come and eat and be filled, that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hands that you do.

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