| [an error occurred while processing this directive] | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1You are sons of the LORD your God; do not cut yourselves or make a bald spot on your head on behalf of the dead, |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 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." |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3You must not eat any detestable thing. |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4These are the animals you may eat: the ox, the sheep, the goat, |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5the deer, the gazelle, the roe deer, the wild goat, the ibex, the antelope, and the mountain sheep. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6You may eat any animal that has hooves divided in two and chews the cud. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7But among the ones that chew the cud or have divided hooves, you are not to eat these: the camel, the hare, and the hyrax, though they chew the cud, they do not have hooves-- they are unclean for you; |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8and the pig, though it has hooves, it does not chew the cud-- it is unclean for you. You must not eat their meat or touch their carcasses." |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9You may eat everything from the water that has fins and scales, |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10but you may not eat anything that does not have fins and scales--it is unclean for you." |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11You may eat every clean bird, |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12but these are the ones you may not eat: the eagle, the bearded vulture, the black vulture, |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13the kite, any kind of falcon, |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14every kind of raven, |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15the ostrich, the short-eared owl, the gull, any kind of hawk, |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16the little owl, the long-eared owl, the white owl, |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17the desert owl, the osprey, the cormorant, |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18the stork, any kind of heron, the hoopoe, and the bat. |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19All winged insects are unclean for you; they may not be eaten. |
| 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20But you may eat every clean flying creature." |
| 21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21You are not to eat any carcass; you may give it to a temporary resident living within your 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. You must not boil a young goat in its mother's milk." |
| 22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22Each year you are to set aside a tenth of all the produce grown in your fields. |
| 23[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 23You are to eat a tenth of your grain, new wine, and oil, and the firstborn of your herd and flock, in the presence of Yahweh 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. |
| 24[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 24But if the distance is too great for you to carry it, since the place where Yahweh your God chooses to put His name is too far away from you and since the LORD your God has blessed you, |
| 25[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 25then exchange it for money, take the money in your hand, and go to the place the LORD your God chooses. |
| 26[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 26You may spend the money on anything you want: cattle, sheep, wine, beer, or anything you desire. You are to feast there in the presence of the LORD your God and rejoice with your family. |
| 27[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 27Do not neglect the Levite within your gates, since he has no portion or inheritance among you." |
| 28[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 28At the end of every three years, bring a tenth of all your produce for that year and store it within your gates. |
| 29[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 29Then the Levite, who has no portion or inheritance among you, the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow within your 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." |
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