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1 You are the children of the LORD your God. So when someone dies, don't [mourn] by cutting yourselves or shaving bald spots on your head. “You are the sons of the LORD your God. You shall not cut yourselves or make any baldness on your foreheads for the dead. You are the children of the LORD your God. Do not cut yourselves or shave the front of your heads for the dead,
2 You are people who are holy to the LORD your God. Out of all the people who live on earth, the LORD has chosen you to be his own special possession. For 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. for you are a people holy to the LORD your God. Out of all the peoples on the face of the earth, the LORD has chosen you to be his treasured possession.
3 Never eat anything that is disgusting to the LORD. “You shall not eat any abomination. Do not eat any detestable thing.
4 Here are the [kinds of] animals you may eat: oxen, sheep, goats, These are the animals you may eat: the ox, the sheep, the goat, These are the animals you may eat: the ox, the sheep, the goat,
5 deer, gazelles, fallow deer, wild goats, mountain goats, antelope, and mountain sheep. the deer, the gazelle, the roebuck, the wild goat, the ibex, the antelope, and the mountain sheep. the deer, the gazelle, the roe deer, the wild goat, the ibex, the antelope and the mountain sheep.
6 You may eat all animals that have completely divided hoofs and that also chew their cud. Every animal that parts the hoof and has the hoof cloven in two and chews the cud, among the animals, you may eat. You may eat any animal that has a divided hoof and that chews the cud.
7 But some animals chew their cud, while others have completely divided hoofs. You may not eat these [kinds of] animals. They include camels, rabbits, and rock badgers. (Although they chew their cud, they don't have divided hoofs. They are unclean for you.) Yet 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. However, of those that chew the cud or that have a divided hoof you may not eat the camel, the rabbit or the hyrax. Although they chew the cud, they do not have a divided hoof; they are ceremonially unclean for you.
8 Also, you may not eat pigs. (Although their hoofs are divided, they don't chew their cud.) Never eat their meat or touch their dead bodies. And 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. The pig is also unclean; although it has a divided hoof, it does not chew the cud. You are not to eat their meat or touch their carcasses.
9 Here's what you may eat of every creature that lives in the water: You may eat any creature that has fins and scales. “Of all that are in the waters you may eat these: whatever has fins and scales you may eat. Of all the creatures living in the water, you may eat any that has fins and scales.
10 But never eat anything that doesn't have fins and scales. It is unclean for you. And whatever does not have fins and scales you shall not eat; it is unclean for you. But anything that does not have fins and scales you may not eat; for you it is unclean.
11 You may eat any clean bird. “You may eat all clean birds. You may eat any clean bird.
12 But here are the birds that you should never eat: eagles, bearded vultures, black vultures, But these are the ones that you shall not eat: the eagle, the bearded vulture, the black vulture, But these you may not eat: the eagle, the vulture, the black vulture,
13 buzzards, all types of kites, the kite, the falcon of any kind; the red kite, the black kite, any kind of falcon,
14 all types of crows, every raven of any kind; any kind of raven,
15 ostriches, nighthawks, seagulls, all types of falcons, the ostrich, the nighthawk, the sea gull, the hawk of any kind; the horned owl, the screech owl, the gull, any kind of hawk,
16 little owls, great owls, barn owls, the little owl and the short-eared owl, the barn owl the little owl, the great owl, the white owl,
17 pelicans, ospreys, cormorants, and the tawny owl, the carrion vulture and the cormorant, the desert owl, the osprey, the cormorant,
18 storks, all types of herons, hoopoes, and bats. the stork, the heron of any kind; the hoopoe and the bat. the stork, any kind of heron, the hoopoe and the bat.
19 Every swarming, winged insect is also unclean for you. They must never be eaten. And all winged insects are unclean for you; they shall not be eaten. All flying insects are unclean to you; do not eat them.
20 However, you may eat any [other kind of] flying creature that is clean. All clean winged things you may eat. But any winged creature that is clean you may eat.
21 Never eat any creature that dies naturally. You may give it to the foreigners who live in your cities, and they may eat it. You may also sell it to foreigners who are visiting. But you are people who are holy to the LORD your God. Never cook a young goat in its mother's milk. “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. Do not eat anything you find already dead. You may give it to the foreigner residing in any of your towns, and they may eat it, or you may sell it to any other foreigner. But you are a people holy to the LORD your God. Do not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.
22 Every year be sure to save a tenth of the crops harvested from whatever you plant in your fields. “You shall tithe all the yield of your seed that comes from the field year by year. Be sure to set aside a tenth of all that your fields produce each year.
23 Eat the tenth of your grain, new wine, and olive oil, and eat the firstborn of your cattle, sheep, and goats in the presence of the LORD your God in the place he will choose to put his name. Then you will learn to fear the LORD your God as long as you live. And 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. Eat the tithe of your grain, new wine and olive 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 revere the LORD your God always.
24 But the place the LORD your God will choose to put his name may be too far away. He may bless you with so much that you can't carry a tenth of your income that far. And 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, But if that place is too distant and you have been blessed by the LORD your God and cannot carry your tithe (because the place where the LORD will choose to put his Name is so far away),
25 If so, exchange the tenth part of your income for silver. Take the silver with you, and go to the place the LORD your God will choose. then 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 then exchange your tithe for silver, and take the silver with you and go to the place the LORD your God will choose.
26 Use the silver to buy whatever you want: cattle, sheep, goats, wine, liquor-whatever you choose. Then you and your family will eat and enjoy yourselves there in the presence of the LORD your God. and 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. Use the silver to buy whatever you like: cattle, sheep, wine or other fermented drink, or anything you wish. Then you and your household shall eat there in the presence of the LORD your God and rejoice.
27 Never forget to take care of the Levites who live in your cities. They have no land of their own as you have. And you shall not neglect the Levite who is within your towns, for he has no portion or inheritance with you. And do not neglect the Levites living in your towns, for they have no allotment or inheritance of their own.
28 At the end of every third year bring a tenth of that year's crop, and store it in your cities. “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. At the end of every three years, bring all the tithes of that year’s produce and store it in your towns,
29 Foreigners, orphans, and widows who live in your cities may come to eat all they want. The Levites may also come because they have no land of their own as you have. Then the LORD your God will bless you in whatever work you do. And 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. so that the Levites (who have no allotment or inheritance of their own) and the foreigners, the fatherless and the widows who live in your towns may come and eat and be satisfied, and so that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.
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