| New King James Version | Berean Study Bible |
| 1“You are the children of the LORD your God; you shall not cut yourselves nor shave the front of your head for the dead. | 1You are sons of the LORD your God; do not cut yourselves or shave your foreheads on behalf of the dead, |
| 2For you are a holy people to the LORD your God, and the LORD has chosen you to be a people for Himself, a special treasure above all the peoples who are on the face of the earth. | 2for you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all the peoples on the face of the earth. |
| 3“You shall not eat any detestable thing. | 3You must not eat any detestable thing. |
| 4These are the animals which you may eat: the ox, the sheep, the goat, | 4These are the animals that you may eat: The ox, the sheep, the goat, |
| 5the deer, the gazelle, the roe deer, the wild goat, the mountain goat, the antelope, and the mountain sheep. | 5the deer, the gazelle, the roe deer, the wild goat, the ibex, the antelope, and the mountain sheep. |
| 6And you may eat every animal with cloven hooves, having the hoof split into two parts, and that chews the cud, among the animals. | 6You may eat any animal that has a split hoof divided in two and that chews the cud. |
| 7Nevertheless, of those that chew the cud or have cloven hooves, you shall not eat, such as these: the camel, the hare, and the rock hyrax; for they chew the cud but do not have cloven hooves; they are unclean for you. | 7But of those that chew the cud or have a completely divided hoof, you are not to eat the following: the camel, the rabbit, or the rock badger. Although they chew the cud, they do not have a divided hoof. They are unclean for you, |
| 8Also the swine is unclean for you, because it has cloven hooves, yet does not chew the cud; you shall not eat their flesh or touch their dead carcasses. | 8as well as the pig; though it has a divided hoof, it does not chew the cud. It is unclean for you. You must not eat its meat or touch its carcass. |
| 9“These you may eat of all that are in the waters: you may eat all that have fins and scales. | 9Of all the creatures that live in the water, you may eat anything with fins and scales, |
| 10And whatever does not have fins and scales you shall not eat; it is unclean for you. | 10but you may not eat anything that does not have fins and scales; it is unclean for you. |
| 11“All clean birds you may eat. | 11You may eat any clean bird, |
| 12But these you shall not eat: the eagle, the vulture, the buzzard, | 12but these you may not eat: the eagle, the bearded vulture, the black vulture, |
| 13the red kite, the falcon, and the kite after their kinds; | 13the red kite, the falcon, any kind of kite, |
| 14every raven after its kind; | 14any kind of raven, |
| 15the ostrich, the short-eared owl, the sea gull, and the hawk after their kinds; | 15the ostrich, the screech owl, the gull, any kind of hawk, |
| 16the little owl, the screech owl, the white owl, | 16the little owl, the great owl, the white owl, |
| 17the jackdaw, the carrion vulture, the fisher owl, | 17the desert owl, the osprey, the cormorant, |
| 18the stork, the heron after its kind, and the hoopoe and the bat. | 18the stork, any kind of heron, the hoopoe, or the bat. |
| 19“Also every creeping thing that flies is unclean for you; they shall not be eaten. | 19All flying insects are unclean for you; they may not be eaten. |
| 20“You may eat all clean birds. | 20But you may eat any clean bird. |
| 21“You shall not eat anything that dies of itself; you may give it to the alien who is within your gates, that he may eat it, or you may sell it to a foreigner; for you are a holy people to the LORD your God. “You shall not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk. | 21You are not to eat any carcass; you may give it to the foreigner residing 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 cook a young goat in its mother’s milk. |
| 22“You shall truly tithe all the increase of your grain that the field produces year by year. | 22You must be sure to set aside a tenth of all the produce brought forth each year from your fields. |
| 23And you shall eat before the LORD your God, in the place where He chooses to make His name abide, the tithe of your grain and your new wine and your oil, of the firstborn of your herds and your flocks, that you may learn to fear the LORD your God always. | 23And you are to eat a tenth of your grain, new wine, and oil, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks, in the presence of the LORD your God at the place He will choose as a dwelling for His Name, so that you may learn to fear the LORD your God always. |
| 24But if the journey is too long for you, so that you are not able to carry the tithe, or if the place where the LORD your God chooses to put His name is too far from you, when the LORD your God has blessed you, | 24But if the distance is too great for you to carry that with which the LORD your God has blessed you, because the place where the LORD your God will choose to put His Name is too far away, |
| 25then you shall exchange it for money, take the money in your hand, and go to the place which the LORD your God chooses. | 25then exchange it for money, take the money in your hand, and go to the place the LORD your God will choose. |
| 26And you shall spend that money for whatever your heart desires: for oxen or sheep, for wine or similar drink, for whatever your heart desires; you shall eat there before the LORD your God, and you shall rejoice, you and your household. | 26Then you may spend the money on anything you desire: cattle, sheep, wine, strong drink, or anything you wish. You are to feast there in the presence of the LORD your God and rejoice with your household. |
| 27You shall not forsake the Levite who is within your gates, for he has no part nor inheritance with you. | 27And do not neglect the Levite within your gates, since he has no portion or inheritance among you. |
| 28“At the end of every third year you shall bring out the tithe of your produce of that year and store it up within your gates. | 28At the end of every three years, bring a tenth of all your produce for that year and lay it up within your gates. |
| 29And the Levite, because he has no portion nor inheritance with you, and the stranger and the fatherless and the widow who are within your gates, may come and eat and be satisfied, that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hand which you do. | 29Then the Levite (because he has no portion or inheritance among you), the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow within your gates may come and eat and be satisfied. And the LORD your God will bless you in all the work of your hands. |
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