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The LORD has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all the peoples on the face of the earth. <A name="4"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/14-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>You must not eat any detestable thing. <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/14-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>These are the animals that you may eat:<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> <p class="list1"> The ox, the sheep, the goat, <A name="6"></a><p class="list1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/14-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>the deer, the gazelle, the roe deer, <p class="list1"> the wild goat, the ibex, the antelope, <p class="list1"> and the mountain sheep. <A name="7"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/14-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>You may eat any animal that has a split hoof divided in two and that chews the cud. <A name="8"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/14-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>But of those that chew the cud or have a completely divided hoof, you are not to eat the following: <p class="list1stline"> the camel, <p class="list1"> the rabbit, <p class="list1"> or the rock badger.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">b</a></span> <p class="list1"> Although they chew the cud, they do not have a divided hoof. They are unclean for you, <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/14-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>as well as the pig; though it has a divided hoof, it does not chew the cud. It is unclean for you. You must not eat its meat or touch its carcass. <A name="10"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/14-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Of all the creatures that live in the water, you may eat anything with fins and scales, <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/14-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>but you may not eat anything that does not have fins and scales; it is unclean for you. <A name="12"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/14-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>You may eat any clean bird, <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/14-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>but these you may not eat: <p class="list1stline"> the eagle, the bearded vulture, the black vulture, <A name="14"></a><p class="list1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/14-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>the red kite, the falcon, any kind of kite, <A name="15"></a><p class="list1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/14-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>any kind of raven, <A name="16"></a><p class="list1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/14-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>the ostrich,<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">c</a></span> the screech owl, the gull, any kind of hawk, <A name="17"></a><p class="list1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/14-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>the little owl, the great owl, the white owl, <A name="18"></a><p class="list1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/14-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>the desert owl, the osprey, the cormorant, <A name="19"></a><p class="list1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/14-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>the stork, any kind of heron, <p class="list1"> the hoopoe, or the bat. <A name="20"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/14-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>All flying insects are unclean for you; they may not be eaten. <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/14-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>But you may eat any clean bird. <A name="22"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/14-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>You are not to eat any carcass; you may give it to the foreigner residing 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. <p class="reg"> You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk. <A name="23"></a><p class="hdg">Giving Tithes<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../leviticus/27.htm#30">Leviticus 27:30–34</a>; <a href ="../deuteronomy/26.htm">Deuteronomy 26:1–15</a>; <a href ="../nehemiah/13.htm#10">Nehemiah 13:10–14</a>)</span><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/14-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>You must be sure to set aside a tenth of all the produce brought forth each year from your fields. <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/14-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>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 He will choose as a dwelling for His Name, so that you may learn to fear the LORD your God always. <A name="25"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/14-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>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, <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/14-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>then exchange it for money, take the money in your hand, and go to the place the LORD your God will choose. <A name="27"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/14-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>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. <A name="28"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/14-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>And do not neglect the Levite within your gates, since he has no portion or inheritance among you. <A name="29"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/14-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>At the end of every three years, bring a tenth of all your produce for that year and lay it up within your gates. <span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/14-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>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.</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">4</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> The precise identification of some of the birds and animals in this chapter is uncertain.<br><span class="fnverse">7</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> Or <i>the coney</i><span class="thin"> </span> or <i>the hyrax</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">15</span> <span class="footnotesbot">c</span> Literally <i>the daughter of the ostrich</i><span class="thin"> </span> or <i>the daughter of the owl</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Berean Bible (<a href=http://berean.bible>www.Berean.Bible</a>) <a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Study Bible (BSB)</a> © 2016, 2020 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. 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