Deu 14 | NASB2020 | STEP | “You are sons of the Lord your God ; you shall not cut yourselves nor shave a bald spot above your forehead for the dead .

Deuteronomy 14

Clean and Unclean Animals

1 “You are ^asons of the Lord your God; ^byou shall not cut yourselves nor ^{▼▼Lit make}shave a bald spot ^{▼▼Lit between your eyes}above your forehead for the dead. 2 For you are ^ea holy people to the Lord your God, and the Lord has chosen you to be a ^fpeople for His personal possession out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth.

3 “ ^gYou shall not eat any detestable thing. 4 ^hThese are the animals that you may eat: the ox, the sheep, the goat, 5 ^{▼▼Exact identification of these animals is uncertain}the deer, the gazelle, the roebuck, the wild goat, the ibex, the antelope, and the mountain sheep. 6 And any animal that has a divided hoof and has its hoofs split in two, and ^{▼▼Lit brings up}chews the cud, among the animals, ^{▼▼Lit it}that animal you may eat. 7 However, you are not to eat these among the ones that ^{▼▼Lit bring up}chew the cud, or among those that have the hoof divided in ^{▼▼Lit a cleaving}two: the camel, the ^{▼▼Or hare}rabbit, and the rock hyrax, for though they ^{▼▼Lit bring up}chew the cud, they do not have a divided hoof; they are unclean to you. 8 And the pig, because it has a divided hoof but does not chew the cud, it is unclean for you. You shall not eat any of their flesh, nor touch their carcasses.

9 “These you may eat of everything that is in the water: anything that has fins and scales you may eat, 10 but anything that does not have fins and scales, you shall not eat; it is unclean for you.

11 “You may eat any clean bird. 12 But ^pthese are the ones that you shall not eat: the ^{▼▼Or vulture}eagle and the vulture and the ^{▼▼Or black vulture}buzzard, 13 and the red kite, the falcon, and the kite in their kinds, 14 and every raven in its kind, 15 and the ostrich, the owl, the seagull, and the hawk in their kinds, 16 the little owl, the ^{▼▼Or great horned owl}great owl, the white owl, 17 the pelican, the carrion vulture, the cormorant, 18 the stork, and the heron in their kinds, and the hoopoe and the bat. 19 And all the swarming insects with wings are unclean to you; they shall not be eaten. 20 You may eat any clean bird.

21 “ ^tYou shall not eat anything which dies of itself. You may give it to the stranger who is in your ^{▼▼Lit gates}town, so that he may eat it, or you may sell it to a stranger; for you are ^va holy people to the Lord your God. ^wYou shall not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk.

22 “You ^xshall certainly tithe all the produce from ^{▼▼Lit your seed}what you sow, which comes from the field every year. 23 You shall eat in the presence of the Lord your God, ^zat 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 ^aalearn to fear the Lord your God always. 24 But if the ^{▼▼Lit way}distance is so great for you that you are not able to ^{▼▼Lit carry it}bring the tithe, since the place where the Lord your God chooses ^adto set His name is too far away from you when the Lord your God blesses you, 25 then you shall ^{▼▼Lit give in money}exchange it for money, and bind the money in your hand and go to the place which the Lord your God chooses. 26 And you may spend the money on whatever your ^{▼▼Lit soul}heart desires: on oxen, sheep, wine, other strong drink, or whatever your ^{▼▼Lit soul}heart ^{▼▼Lit asks of you}desires; and ^aithere you shall eat in the presence of the Lord your God and rejoice, you and your household. 27 Also you shall not neglect ^ajthe Levite who is in your ^{▼▼Lit gates}town, ^alfor he has no portion or inheritance among you.

28 “ ^amAt the end of every third year you shall bring out all the tithe of your produce in that year, and you shall deposit it in your ^{▼▼Lit gates}town. 29 And the Levite, ^aobecause he has no portion or inheritance among you, and ^apthe stranger, the ^{▼▼Or fatherless}orphan, and the widow who are in your ^{▼▼Lit gates}town, shall come and ^aseat and be satisfied, in order that ^atthe Lord your God may bless you in all the work of your hand which you do.