"You are athe sons of the LORD
your God
; byou shall not cut
yourselves nor
1shave
your forehead
for the sake of the dead
.
"For you are aa holy people
to the LORD
your God
, and the LORD
has chosen
you to be a bpeople
for His 1own possession
out of all
the peoples
who
are on the face
of the earth
.
" aYou shall not eat any
detestable
thing
.
" aThese are the animals
which
you may eat
: the ox
, the sheep
, the goat
,
1the deer, the gazelle
, the roebuck
, the wild
goat
, the ibex
, the antelope
and the mountain
sheep
.
"Any animal
that divides
the hoof
and has
the hoof
split
in 1two
and 2chews
the cud
, among the animals
, that you may eat
.
"Nevertheless, you are not to eat
of these
among
those which 1chew
the cud
, or among
those that divide
the hoof
in 2two
: the camel
and the 3rabbit
and the 4shaphan
, for though they 1chew
the cud
, they do not divide
the hoof
; they are unclean
for you.
"The pig, because
it divides
the hoof
but does not chew the cud
, it is unclean
for you. You shall not eat
any
of their flesh
nor
touch
their carcasses
.
"These you may eat
of all
that are in water
: anything
that has fins
and scales
you may eat
,
but anything that does not have
fins
and scales
you shall not eat
; it is unclean
for you.
"But athese are the ones which
you shall not eat
: the 1eagle
and the vulture
and the 2buzzard
,
and the red kite, the falcon
, and the kite
in their kinds
,
and the ostrich, the owl
, the sea
gull
, and the hawk
in their kinds
,
the little owl
, the 1great
owl
, the white
owl
,
the pelican, the carrion
vulture
, the cormorant
,
the stork, and the heron
in their kinds
, and the hoopoe
and the bat
.
"And all the 1teeming
life
with wings
are unclean
to you; they shall not be eaten
.
" aYou shall not eat anything
which
dies
of itself. You may give
it to the alien
who
is in your 1town
, so that he may eat
it, or
you may sell
it to a foreigner
, for you are ba holy
people
to the LORD
your God
. cYou shall not boil
a young
goat
in its mother's
milk
.
"You ashall surely tithe
all
the produce
from 1what
you sow
, which comes
out of the field
every
year
.
"You shall eat in the presence
of the LORD
your God
, aat the place
where
He chooses
to establish
His name
, the tithe
of your grain
, your new
wine
, your oil
, and the firstborn
of your herd
and your flock
, so
that you may blearn
to fear
the LORD
your God
always
.
"If the 1distance
is so great
for you that you are not able
to 2bring
the tithe, since
the place
where
the LORD
your God
chooses
ato set
His name
is too far
away from you when
the LORD
your God
blesses
you,
then you shall 1exchange it for money
, and bind
the money
in your hand
and go
to the place
which
the LORD
your God
chooses
.
"You may spend the money
for whatever
your 1heart
desires
: for oxen
, or sheep
, or wine
, or strong
drink
, or whatever
your 1heart
2desires
; and athere
you shall eat
in the presence
of the LORD
your God
and rejoice
, you and your household
.
"Also you shall not neglect athe Levite
who
is in your 1town
, bfor he has
no
portion
or inheritance
among
you.
" aAt the end of every third
year
you shall bring
out all
the tithe
of your produce
in that year
, and shall deposit
it in your 1town
.
"The Levite, abecause
he has
no
portion
or inheritance
among
you, and bthe alien
, the 1orphan
and the widow
who
are in your 2town
, shall come
and ceat
and be satisfied
, in order
that dthe LORD
your God
may bless
you in all
the work
of your hand
which
you do
.