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Verse 1

Ye are the children{H1121} of Jehovah{H3068} your God:{H430} ye shall not cut{H1413} yourselves, nor make{H7760} any baldness{H7144} between your eyes{H5869} for the dead.{H4191}

Verse 2

For thou art a holy{H6918} people{H5971} unto Jehovah{H3068} thy God,{H430} and Jehovah{H3068} hath chosen{H977} thee to be a people{H5971} for his own possession,{H5459} above all peoples{H5971} that are upon{H6440} the face of the earth.{H127}

Verse 3

Thou shalt not eat{H398} any abominable thing.{H8441}

Verse 4

These are the beasts{H929} which ye may eat:{H398} the ox,{H7794} the sheep,{H7716} and the goat,{H5795}

Verse 5

the hart,{H354} and the gazelle,{H6643} and the roebuck,{H6643} and the wild goat,{H689} and the pygarg,{H1788} and the antelope,{H8377} and the chamois.{H2169}

Verse 6

And every beast{H929} that parteth{H6536} the hoof,{H6541} and hath the hoof{H6541} cloven{H8157} in{H8156} two,{H8147} [and] cheweth{H5927} the cud,{H1625} among the beasts,{H929} that may ye eat.{H398}

Verse 7

Nevertheless these ye shall not eat{H398} of them that chew{H5927} the cud,{H1625} or of them that have the{H6536} hoof{H6541} cloven:{H8156} the camel,{H1581} and the hare,{H768} and the coney;{H8227} because they chew{H5927} the cud{H1625} but part{H6536} not the hoof,{H6541} they are unclean{H2931} unto you.

Verse 8

And the swine,{H2386} because he parteth{H6536} the hoof{H6541} but cheweth not the cud,{H1625} he is unclean{H2931} unto you: of their flesh{H1320} ye shall not eat,{H398} and their carcasses{H5038} ye shall not touch.{H5060}

Verse 9

These ye may eat{H398} of all that are in the waters:{H4325} whatsoever hath fins{H5579} and scales{H7193} may ye eat;{H398}

Verse 10

and whatsoever hath not fins{H5579} and scales{H7193} ye shall not eat;{H398} it is unclean{H2931} unto you.

Verse 11

Of all clean{H2889} birds{H6833} ye may eat.{H398}

Verse 12

But these are they of which ye shall not eat:{H398} the eagle,{H5404} and the gier-eagle,{H6538} and the ospray,{H5822}

Verse 13

and the glede,{H7201} and the falcon,{H344} and the kite{H344} after its kind,{H4327}

Verse 14

and every raven{H6158} after its kind,{H4327}

Verse 15

and the ostrich,{H1323} and the night-hawk,{H8464} and the sea-mew,{H7828} and the hawk{H8464} after its kind,{H4327}

Verse 16

the little owl,{H3563} and the great owl,{H3244} and the horned owl,{H8580}

Verse 17

and the pelican,{H6893} and the vulture,{H7360} and the cormorant,{H7994}

Verse 18

and the stork,{H2624} and the heron{H601} after its kind,{H4327} and the hoopoe,{H1744} and the bat.{H5847}

Verse 19

And all winged{H5775} creeping things{H8318} are unclean{H2931} unto you: they shall not be eaten.{H398}

Verse 20

Of all clean{H2889} birds{H5775} ye may eat.{H398}

Verse 21

Ye shall not eat{H398} of anything that dieth of itself:{H5038} thou mayest give{H5414} it unto the sojourner{H1616} that is within thy gates,{H8179} that he may eat{H398} it; or thou mayest sell{H4376} it unto a foreigner:{H5237} for thou art a holy{H6918} people{H5971} unto Jehovah{H3068} thy God.{H430} Thou shalt not boil{H1310} a kid{H1423} in its mother's{H517} milk.{H2461}

Verse 22

Thou shalt surely{H6237} tithe{H6237} all the increase{H8393} of thy seed,{H2233} that which cometh forth{H3318} from the field{H7704} year{H8141} by year.{H8141}

Verse 23

And thou shalt eat{H398} before{H6440} Jehovah{H3068} thy God,{H430} in the place{H4725} which he shall choose,{H977} to cause his name{H8034} to dwell{H7931} there, the tithe{H4643} of thy grain,{H1715} of thy new wine,{H8492} and of thine oil,{H3323} and the firstlings{H1062} of thy herd{H1241} and of thy flock;{H6629} that thou mayest learn{H3925} to fear{H3372} Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} always.{H3117}

Verse 24

And if the way{H1870} be too long{H7235} for thee, so that{H3588} thou art not able{H3201} to carry{H5375} it, because the place{H4725} is too far{H7368} from thee, which Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} shall choose,{H977} to set{H7760} his name{H8034} there, when Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} shall bless{H1288} thee;

Verse 25

then shalt thou turn{H5414} it into money,{H3701} and bind up{H6696} the money{H3701} in thy hand,{H3027} and shalt go{H1980} unto the place{H4725} which Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} shall choose:{H977}

Verse 26

and thou shalt bestow{H5414} the money{H3701} for whatsoever thy soul{H5315} desireth,{H183} for oxen,{H1241} or for sheep,{H6629} or for wine,{H3196} or for strong drink,{H7941} or for whatsoever thy soul{H5315} asketh{H7592} of thee; and thou shalt eat{H398} there before{H6440} Jehovah{H3068} thy God,{H430} and thou shalt rejoice,{H8055} thou and thy household.{H1004}

Verse 27

And the Levite{H3881} that is within thy gates,{H8179} thou shalt not forsake{H5800} him; for he hath no portion{H2506} nor inheritance{H5159} with thee.

Verse 28

At the end{H7097} of every three{H7969} years{H8141} thou shalt bring forth{H3318} all the tithe{H4643} of thine increase{H8393} in the same year,{H8141} and shalt lay it up{H3240} within thy gates:{H8179}

Verse 29

and the Levite,{H3881} because he hath no portion{H2506} nor inheritance{H5159} with thee, and the sojourner,{H1616} and the fatherless,{H3490} and the widow,{H490} that are within thy gates,{H8179} shall come,{H935} and shall eat{H398} and be satisfied;{H7646} that Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} may bless{H1288} thee in all the work{H4639} of thy hand{H3027} which thou doest.{H6213}

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