Christian Standard Bible | International 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 children of the LORD your God. You must not lacerate yourselves or shave your foreheads on account of 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. | 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." |
3"You must not eat any detestable thing. | 3"You must not eat any detestable food. |
4These are the animals you may eat: oxen, sheep, goats, | 4These are the animals that you may eat: ox, sheep, goat, |
5deer, gazelles, roe deer, wild goats, ibexes, antelopes, and mountain sheep. | 5deer, gazelle, roebuck, wild goat, ibex, antelope, and mountain sheep. |
6You may eat any animal that has hooves divided in two and chews the cud. | 6You may eat every animal with a divided hoof—those with split cloven hooves—that chews the cud. |
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; | 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. |
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 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. |
9"You may eat everything from the water that has fins and scales, | 9"You may choose to eat from these creatures in the water: you may eat anything with fin and scale, |
10but you may not eat anything that does not have fins and scales--it is unclean for you. | 10but you may not eat anything without fin and scale, since it is unclean to 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 you must not eat from any of these: the eagle, vulture, osprey, |
13the kites, any kind of falcon, | 13buzzard, any kind of kite, |
14every kind of raven, | 14any kind of raven, |
15ostriches, short-eared owls, gulls, any kind of hawk, | 15the ostrich, night hawk, seagull, any kind of falcon, |
16little owls, long-eared owls, barn owls, | 16the little owl, the great owl, the horned owl, |
17eagle owls, ospreys, cormorants, | 17the pelican, the carrion vulture, the cormorant, |
18storks, any kind of heron, hoopoes, and bats. | 18the stork, any kind of heron, the hoopoe, and the bat. |
19All winged insects are unclean for you; they may not be eaten. | 19Any winged, swarming insect is unclean to you. They must not be eaten. |
20But you may eat every clean flying creature. | 20You may eat every bird that is clean. |
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 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." |
22"Each year you are to set aside a tenth of all the produce grown in your fields. | 22"Be sure to tithe annually from everything you plant that yields a harvest in the field. |
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. | 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 firstborn of your livestock and flock, so that you'll learn to revere the LORD your God all your life. |
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, | 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. |
25then exchange it for silver, take the silver in your hand, and go to the place the LORD your God chooses. | 25In that case, convert it into cash, secure the money, and then bring it to the place where the LORD will choose. |
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. | 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." |
27Do not neglect the Levite within your city gates, since he has no portion or inheritance among you. | 27"But you must not forget the descendant of Levi in your town because there is no tribal allotment for him as there is for 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. | 28Every third year, bring all the tithes of your produce of that year and store it in your cities |
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. | 29so the descendants of Levi—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." |
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