Deuteronomy 14 : 1 (ERVEN)
"You are the children of the Lord your God. When someone dies, you must not cut yourselves or shave your heads to show your sadness.
Deuteronomy 14 : 2 (ERVEN)
This is because you are different from other people. You are the Lord's special people. From all the people in the world, the Lord your God chose you to be his own special people.
Deuteronomy 14 : 3 (ERVEN)
"Don't eat anything that the Lord hates.
Deuteronomy 14 : 4 (ERVEN)
You may eat these animals: cattle, sheep, goats,
Deuteronomy 14 : 5 (ERVEN)
deer, gazelles, roe deer, wild sheep, wild goats, antelopes, and mountain sheep.
Deuteronomy 14 : 6 (ERVEN)
You may eat any animal that has hooves divided into two parts and that chews the cud.
Deuteronomy 14 : 7 (ERVEN)
But don't eat camels, rabbits, or rock badgers. These animals chew the cud, but they don't have split hooves. So these animals are not a clean food for you.
Deuteronomy 14 : 8 (ERVEN)
And you must not eat pigs. Their hooves are divided, but they don't chew the cud. So pigs are not a clean food for you. Don't eat any meat from pigs. Don't even touch a pig's dead body.
Deuteronomy 14 : 9 (ERVEN)
"You may eat any kind of fish that has fins and scales.
Deuteronomy 14 : 10 (ERVEN)
But don't eat anything living in the water that does not have fins and scales. It is not a clean food for you.
Deuteronomy 14 : 11 (ERVEN)
"You may eat any clean bird.
Deuteronomy 14 : 12 (ERVEN)
But don't eat any of these birds: eagles, vultures, buzzards,
Deuteronomy 14 : 13 (ERVEN)
red kites, falcons, any kind of kite,
Deuteronomy 14 : 14 (ERVEN)
any kind of raven,
Deuteronomy 14 : 15 (ERVEN)
horned owls, screech owls, sea gulls, any kind of hawk,
Deuteronomy 14 : 16 (ERVEN)
little owls, great owls, white owls,
Deuteronomy 14 : 17 (ERVEN)
desert owls, ospreys, cormorants,
Deuteronomy 14 : 18 (ERVEN)
storks, any kind of heron, hoopoes or bats.
Deuteronomy 14 : 19 (ERVEN)
"All insects with wings are unclean, so don't eat them.
Deuteronomy 14 : 20 (ERVEN)
But you may eat any clean bird.
Deuteronomy 14 : 21 (ERVEN)
"Don't eat any animal that has died by itself. You may give the dead animal to the foreigner in your town, and he can eat it. Or you may sell the dead animal to a foreigner. But you yourselves must not eat the dead animal, because you belong to the Lord your God. You are his special people. "Don't cook a baby goat in its mother's milk.
Deuteronomy 14 : 22 (ERVEN)
"Every year you must be sure to save one-tenth of all the crops that grow in your fields.
Deuteronomy 14 : 23 (ERVEN)
Then you must go to the place the Lord chooses to be the home for his name. You will go there to be with the Lord your God. At that place you will eat the tenth of your crops�one-tenth of your grain, your new wine, your oil, and the first animals born in your herds and flocks. In this way you will always remember to respect the Lord your God.
Deuteronomy 14 : 24 (ERVEN)
But that place might be too far for you to travel to. Maybe you will not be able to carry one-tenth of all the crops that the Lord has blessed you with. If that happens,
Deuteronomy 14 : 25 (ERVEN)
sell that part of your crops and take the money with you to the special place the Lord has chosen.
Deuteronomy 14 : 26 (ERVEN)
Use the money to buy anything you want�cattle, sheep, wine or beer or any other food. Then you and your family should eat and enjoy yourselves there in that place with the Lord your God.
Deuteronomy 14 : 27 (ERVEN)
But don't forget the Levites living in your town. Share your food with them because they don't have a share of the land like you have.
Deuteronomy 14 : 28 (ERVEN)
"At the end of every three years, you must gather one-tenth of your harvest for that year. Store this food in your towns.
Deuteronomy 14 : 29 (ERVEN)
This food is for the Levites, because they don't have any land of their own. This food is also for other people in your towns that need it�for foreigners, widows, and orphans. If you do this, the Lord your God will bless you in everything you do.
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