Deuteronomy 14 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 Ye are the children of the Lord your God: ye shall not make any baldness between you eyes for the dead. “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 For thou art a holy people to the Lord thy God, and the Lord thy God has chosen thee to be a peculiar people to himself of all the nations on the face of the earth. 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 Ye shall not eat any abominable thing. “You shall not eat any abomination. Do not eat any detestable thing.
4 These are the beasts which ye shall eat; the calf of the herd, and lamb of the sheep, and kid of the 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 the stag, and doe, and pygarg, and wild goat, and camelopard. 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 Every beast that divides the hoofs, and makes claws of two divisions, and that chews the cud among beasts, these ye shall eat. 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 And these ye shall not eat of them that chew the cud, and of those that divide the hoofs, and make distinct claws; the camel, and the hare, and the rabbit; because they chew the cud, and do not divide the hoof, these are unclean to 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 And as for the swine, because he divides the hoof, and makes claws of the hoof, yet he chews not the cud, he is unclean to you; ye shall not eat of their flesh, ye shall not 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 And these ye shall eat of all that are in the water, ye shall eat all that have 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 And all that have not fins and scales ye shall not eat; they are unclean to 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 Ye shall eat every clean bird. “You may eat all clean birds. You may eat any clean bird.
12 And these of them ye shall not eat; the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the sea-eagle, 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 and the vulture, and the kite and the like to it, the kite, the falcon of any kind; the red kite, the black kite, any kind of falcon,
14 every raven of any kind; any kind of raven,
15 and the sparrow, and the owl, and the seamew, 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 and the heron, and the swan, and the stork, the little owl and the short-eared owl, the barn owl the little owl, the great owl, the white owl,
17 and the cormorant, and the hawk, and its like, and the hoopoe, and the raven, and the tawny owl, the carrion vulture and the cormorant, the desert owl, the osprey, the cormorant,
18 and the pelican, and the diver and the like to it, and the red-bill and the bat. the stork, the heron of any kind; the hoopoe and the bat. the stork, any kind of heron, the hoopoe and the bat.
19 All winged animals that creep are unclean to you; ye shall not eat of them. 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 Ye shall eat every clean bird. All clean winged things you may eat. But any winged creature that is clean you may eat.
21 Ye shall eat nothing that dies of itself; it shall be given to the sojourner in thy cities and he shall eat it, or thou shalt sell it to a stranger, because thou art a holy people to the Lord thy God. Thou shalt not boil a lamb in his 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 Thou shalt tithe a tenth of all the produce of thy seed, the fruit of thy field year by year. “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 And thou shalt eat it in the place which the Lord thy God shall choose to have his name called there; ye shall bring the tithe of thy corn and of thy wine, and of thine oil, the first-born of thy herd and of thy flock, that thou mayest learn to fear the Lord thy God always. 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 And if the journey be too far for thee, and thou art not able to bring them, because the place is far from thee which the Lord thy God shall choose to have his name called there, because the Lord thy God will bless thee; 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 then thou shalt sell them for money, and thou shalt take the money in thy hands, and thou shalt go to the place which the Lord thy God shall 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 And thou shalt give the money for whatsoever thy soul shall desire, for oxen or for sheep, or for wine, or thou shalt lay it out on strong drink, or on whatsoever thy soul may desire, and thou shalt eat there before the Lord thy God, and thou shalt rejoice and thy house, 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 and the Levite that is in thy cities, because he has not a portion or inheritance with thee. 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 After three years thou shalt bring out all the tithes of thy fruits, in that year thou shalt lay it up in thy 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 And the Levite shall come, because he has no part or lot with thee, and the stranger, and the orphan, and the widow which is in thy cities; and they shall eat and be filled, that the Lord thy God may bless thee in all the works which thou shalt 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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