| NET Bible | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 1You are children of the LORD your God. Do not cut yourselves or shave your forehead bald for the sake of the dead. | 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, |
| 2For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. He has chosen you to be his people, prized above all others on the face of the earth. | 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." |
| 3You must not eat any forbidden thing. | 3You must not eat any detestable thing. |
| 4These are the animals you may eat: the ox, the sheep, the goat, | 4These are the animals you may eat: the ox, the sheep, the goat, |
| 5the ibex, the gazelle, the deer, the wild goat, the antelope, the wild oryx, and the mountain sheep. | 5the deer, the gazelle, the roe deer, the wild goat, the ibex, the antelope, and the mountain sheep. |
| 6You may eat any animal that has hooves divided into two parts and that chews the cud. | 6You may eat any animal that has hooves divided in two and chews the cud. |
| 7However, you may not eat the following animals among those that chew the cud or those that have divided hooves: the camel, the hare, and the rock badger. (Although they chew the cud, they do not have divided hooves and are therefore ritually impure to you). | 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; |
| 8Also the pig is ritually impure to you; though it has divided hooves, it does not chew the cud. You may not eat their meat or even touch their remains. | 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." |
| 9These you may eat from among water creatures: anything with fins and scales you may eat, | 9You may eat everything from the water that has fins and scales, |
| 10but whatever does not have fins and scales you may not eat; it is ritually impure to you. | 10but you may not eat anything that does not have fins and scales--it is unclean for you." |
| 11All ritually clean birds you may eat. | 11You may eat every clean bird, |
| 12These are the ones you may not eat: the eagle, the vulture, the black vulture, | 12but these are the ones you may not eat: the eagle, the bearded vulture, the black vulture, |
| 13the kite, the black kite, the dayyah after its species, | 13the kite, any kind of falcon, |
| 14every raven after its species, | 14every kind of raven, |
| 15the ostrich, the owl, the seagull, the falcon after its species, | 15the ostrich, the short-eared owl, the gull, any kind of hawk, |
| 16the little owl, the long-eared owl, the white owl, | 16the little owl, the long-eared owl, the white owl, |
| 17the jackdaw, the carrion vulture, the cormorant, | 17the desert owl, the osprey, the cormorant, |
| 18the stork, the heron after its species, the hoopoe, the bat, | 18the stork, any kind of heron, the hoopoe, and the bat. |
| 19and any winged thing on the ground are impure to you--they may not be eaten. | 19All winged insects are unclean for you; they may not be eaten. |
| 20You may eat any clean bird. | 20But you may eat every clean flying creature." |
| 21You may not eat any corpse, though you may give it to the resident foreigner who is living in your villages and he may eat it, or you may sell it to a foreigner. You are a people holy to the LORD your God. Do not boil a young goat in its mother's milk. | 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." |
| 22You must be certain to tithe all the produce of your seed that comes from the field year after year. | 22Each year you are to set aside a tenth of all the produce grown in your fields. |
| 23In the presence of the LORD your God you must eat from the tithe of your grain, your new wine, your olive oil, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks in the place he chooses to locate his name, so that you may learn to revere the LORD your God always. | 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. |
| 24When he blesses you, if the place where he chooses to locate his name is distant, | 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, |
| 25you may convert the tithe into money, secure the money, and travel to the place the LORD your God chooses for himself. | 25then exchange it for money, take the money in your hand, and go to the place the LORD your God chooses. |
| 26Then you may spend the money however you wish for cattle, sheep, wine, beer, or whatever you desire. You and your household may eat there in the presence of the LORD your God and enjoy it. | 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. |
| 27As for the Levites in your villages, you must not ignore them, for they have no allotment or inheritance along with you. | 27Do not neglect the Levite within your gates, since he has no portion or inheritance among you." |
| 28At the end of every three years you must bring all the tithe of your produce, in that very year, and you must store it up in your villages. | 28At the end of every three years, bring a tenth of all your produce for that year and store it within your gates. |
| 29Then the Levites (because they have no allotment or inheritance with you), the resident foreigners, the orphans, and the widows of your villages may come and eat their fill so that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work you do. | 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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