Deuteronomy 14 | Strong's Bible

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CHAPTER 14

You

are sons

of the LORD

your God;

do not

cut

yourselves

or shave

your forehead

on behalf of the dead,

for

you

are a holy

people

belonging to the LORD

your God.

The LORD

has chosen

you to be

His prized possession

out of all

the peoples

on

the face

of the earth.

You must not

eat

any

detestable thing.

These

are the animals

that

you may eat:

The ox,

the sheep,

the goat,

the deer,

the gazelle,

the roe deer,

the wild goat,

the ibex,

the antelope,

and the mountain sheep.

You may eat

any

animal

that has hooves

divided

in two

and that chews

the cud.

But

of those that chew

the cud

or have divided

hooves,

you are not

to eat

the camel,

the rabbit,

or

the rock badger.

Although

they

chew

the cud,

they do not

have hooves.

They

are unclean for you,

as well as

the pig;

though its

hooves

are divided,

it does not

chew the cud.

It

is unclean for you.

You must not

eat

its meat

or touch

its carcass.

Of all

the creatures

in the water,

you may eat

anything

with fins

and scales,

but you may not

eat

anything

that

does not

have fins

and scales;

it

is unclean

for you.

You may eat

any

clean

bird,

but these

you may not

eat:

the eagle,

the vulture,

the black vulture,

the red kite,

the black kite,

any kind

of falcon,

any

kind

of raven,

the ostrich,

the owl,

the seagull,

any kind

of hawk,

the little owl,

the great owl,

the white owl,

the desert owl,

the osprey,

the cormorant,

the stork,

any kind

of heron,

the hoopoe,

or the bat.

All

winged insects

that swarm

are unclean for you;

they may not

be eaten.

But you may eat

any

clean

bird.

You are not

to eat

any

carcass;

you may give

it to a temporary resident

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.

You must be sure to set aside a tenth

of all

the produce

brought forth

each year

from your fields.

And 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

where

He will choose

as a dwelling

for His Name,

so that

you may learn

to fear

the LORD

your God

always.

But 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,

then exchange

it for money,

take

the money

in your hand,

and go

to

the place

where

the LORD

your God

will choose.

Then 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.

And do not

neglect

the Levite

within your gates,

since

he has no

portion

or inheritance

among you.

At the end

of every three

years,

bring

a tenth

of all

your produce

for that

year

and lay it up

within your gates.

Then 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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