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Verse 1

Ye are the children{H1121} of the LORD{H3068} your God{H430}: ye shall not cut{H1413}{(H8704)} yourselves, nor make{H7760}{(H8799)} any baldness{H7144} between your eyes{H5869} for the dead{H4191}{(H8801)}.

Verse 2

For thou art an holy{H6918} people{H5971} unto the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430}, and the LORD{H3068} hath chosen{H977}{(H8804)} thee to be a peculiar{H5459} people{H5971} unto himself, above all the nations{H5971} that are upon{H6440} the earth{H127}.

Verse 3

Thou shalt not eat{H398}{(H8799)} any abominable thing{H8441}.

Verse 4

These are the beasts{H929} which ye shall eat{H398}{(H8799)}: the ox{H7794}, the sheep{H7716}{H3775}, and the goat{H5795},

Verse 5

The hart{H354}, and the roebuck{H6643}, and the fallow deer{H3180}, and the wild goat{H689}, and the pygarg{H1788}, and the wild ox{H8377}, and the chamois{H2169}.

Verse 6

And every beast{H929} that parteth{H6536}{(H8688)} the hoof{H6541}, and cleaveth{H8157} the cleft{H8156}{(H8802)} into two{H8147} claws{H6541}, and cheweth{H5927}{(H8688)} the cud{H1625} among the beasts{H929}, that ye shall eat{H398}{(H8799)}.

Verse 7

Nevertheless these ye shall not eat{H398}{(H8799)} of them that chew{H5927}{(H8688)} the cud{H1625}, or of them that divide{H6536}{(H8688)} the cloven{H8156}{(H8803)} hoof{H6541}; as the camel{H1581}, and the hare{H768}, and the coney{H8227}: for they chew{H5927}{(H8688)} the cud{H1625}, but divide{H6536}{(H8689)} not the hoof{H6541}; therefore they are unclean{H2931} unto you.

Verse 8

And the swine{H2386}, because it divideth{H6536}{(H8688)} the hoof{H6541}, yet cheweth not the cud{H1625}, it is unclean{H2931} unto you: ye shall not eat{H398}{(H8799)} of their flesh{H1320}, nor touch{H5060}{(H8799)} their dead carcase{H5038}.

Verse 9

These ye shall eat{H398}{(H8799)} of all that are in the waters{H4325}: all that have fins{H5579} and scales{H7193} shall ye eat{H398}{(H8799)}:

Verse 10

And whatsoever hath not fins{H5579} and scales{H7193} ye may not eat{H398}{(H8799)}; it is unclean{H2931} unto you.

Verse 11

Of all clean{H2889} birds{H6833} ye shall eat{H398}{(H8799)}.

Verse 12

But these are they of which ye shall not eat{H398}{(H8799)}: the eagle{H5404}, and the ossifrage{H6538}, and the ospray{H5822},

Verse 13

And the glede{H7201}, and the kite{H344}, and the vulture{H1772} after his kind{H4327},

Verse 14

And every raven{H6158} after his kind{H4327},

Verse 15

And the owl{H1323}{H3284}, and the night hawk{H8464}, and the cuckow{H7828}, and the hawk{H5322} after his kind{H4327},

Verse 16

The little owl{H3563}, and the great owl{H3244}, and the swan{H8580},

Verse 17

And the pelican{H6893}, and the gier eagle{H7360}, and the cormorant{H7994},

Verse 18

And the stork{H2624}, and the heron{H601} after her kind{H4327}, and the lapwing{H1744}, and the bat{H5847}.

Verse 19

And every creeping thing{H8318} that flieth{H5775} is unclean{H2931} unto you: they shall not be eaten{H398}{(H8735)}.

Verse 20

But of all clean{H2889} fowls{H5775} ye may eat{H398}{(H8799)}.

Verse 21

Ye shall not eat{H398}{(H8799)} of any thing that dieth of itself{H5038}: thou shalt give{H5414}{(H8799)} it unto the stranger{H1616} that is in thy gates{H8179}, that he may eat{H398}{(H8804)} it; or thou mayest sell{H4376}{(H8800)} it unto an alien{H5237}: for thou art an holy{H6918} people{H5971} unto the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430}. Thou shalt not seethe{H1310}{(H8762)} a kid{H1423} in his mother's{H517} milk{H2461}.

Verse 22

Thou shalt truly{H6237}{(H8763)} tithe{H6237}{(H8762)} all the increase{H8393} of thy seed{H2233}, that the field{H7704} bringeth forth{H3318}{(H8802)} year{H8141} by year{H8141}.

Verse 23

And thou shalt eat{H398}{(H8804)} before{H6440} the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430}, in the place{H4725} which he shall choose{H977}{(H8799)} to place{H7931}{(H8763)} his name{H8034} there, the tithe{H4643} of thy corn{H1715}, of thy wine{H8492}, and of thine oil{H3323}, and the firstlings{H1062} of thy herds{H1241} and of thy flocks{H6629}; that thou mayest learn{H3925}{(H8799)} to fear{H3372}{(H8800)} the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430} always{H3117}.

Verse 24

And if the way{H1870} be too long{H7235}{(H8799)} for thee, so that{H3588} thou art not able{H3201}{(H8799)} to carry{H5375}{(H8800)} it; or if the place{H4725} be too far{H7368}{(H8799)} from thee, which the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430} shall choose{H977}{(H8799)} to set{H7760}{(H8800)} his name{H8034} there, when the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430} hath blessed{H1288}{(H8762)} thee:

Verse 25

Then shalt thou turn{H5414}{(H8804)} it into money{H3701}, and bind up{H6696}{(H8804)} the money{H3701} in thine hand{H3027}, and shalt go{H1980}{(H8804)} unto the place{H4725} which the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430} shall choose{H977}{(H8799)}:

Verse 26

And thou shalt bestow{H5414}{(H8804)} that money{H3701} for whatsoever thy soul{H5315} lusteth after{H183}{(H8762)}, for oxen{H1241}, or for sheep{H6629}, or for wine{H3196}, or for strong drink{H7941}, or for whatsoever thy soul{H5315} desireth{H7592}{(H8799)}: and thou shalt eat{H398}{(H8804)} there before{H6440} the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430}, and thou shalt rejoice{H8055}{(H8804)}, thou, and thine household{H1004},

Verse 27

And the Levite{H3881} that is within thy gates{H8179}; thou shalt not forsake{H5800}{(H8799)} him; for he hath no part{H2506} nor inheritance{H5159} with thee.

Verse 28

At the end{H7097} of three{H7969} years{H8141} thou shalt bring forth{H3318}{(H8686)} all the tithe{H4643} of thine increase{H8393} the same year{H8141}, and shalt lay it up{H3240}{(H8689)} within thy gates{H8179}:

Verse 29

And the Levite{H3881},(because he hath no part{H2506} nor inheritance{H5159} with thee,) and the stranger{H1616}, and the fatherless{H3490}, and the widow{H490}, which are within thy gates{H8179}, shall come{H935}{(H8804)}, and shall eat{H398}{(H8804)} and be satisfied{H7646}{(H8804)}; that the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430} may bless{H1288}{(H8762)} thee in all the work{H4639} of thine hand{H3027} which thou doest{H6213}{(H8799)}.

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