“You are ^athe sons of the LORD your God; ^1byou shall not cut yourselves nor ²shave your forehead for the sake of the dead, 2 for you are ^aa holy people set apart to the LORD your God; and the LORD has chosen you out of all the peoples who are on the earth to be a ^bpeople for His own possession.

3 “^aYou shall not eat anything that is detestable to the LORD and forbidden by Him. 4 ^aThese are the animals that you may eat: the ox, the sheep, the goat, 5 the deer, the gazelle, the roebuck, the wild goat, the ibex, the antelope and the mountain sheep. 6 Among the animals, you may eat any animal that has the divided hoof that is, a hoof split into two parts especially at its distal extremity and that chews the cud. 7 However, you are not to eat any of these animals among those which chew the cud, or among those that divide the hoof in two: the camel, the hare and the ¹shaphan, for though they chew the cud, they do not split the hoof; they are unclean for you. 8 The swine, because it has a divided hoof but does not chew the cud; it is unclean for you. You shall not eat their meat nor touch their carcasses.

9 “Of all creatures that are in the waters, you may eat these: anything that has fins and scales you may eat, 10 but you may not eat anything that does not have fins and scales; it is unclean for you.

11 “You may eat any clean bird. 12 But ^athese are the ones which you shall not eat: the eagle, the vulture, and the black buzzard, 13 and the red kite, the falcon, and the birds of prey ¹of any variety, 14 and every raven of any variety, 15 and the ostrich, the owl, the seagull, the hawk of any variety, 16 the little owl, the great owl, the long-eared owl, 17 the pelican, the carrion vulture, the cormorant, 18 the stork, and the heron of any variety, and the hoopoe, and the bat. 19 And all flying insects are unclean for you; they shall not be eaten. 20 You may eat any clean bird.

21 “^aYou shall not eat anything that dies on its own. You may give it to the stranger (resident alien, foreigner) who is in your city gates, so that he may eat it, or you may sell it to a foreigner since they are not under God’s law, but you are ^ba people holy (set apart) to the LORD your God. ^cYou shall not ¹boil a young goat or a lamb in its mother’s milk.

22 “Every year you ^ashall certainly tithe a tenth of all the yield of your seed which is produced by your field. 23 ¹You shall eat the tithe (tenth) of your grain, your new wine, your oil, and the firstborn of your herd and your flock before the LORD your God ^ain the place where He chooses to establish His Name (Presence) , so that you may ^blearn to fear and worship the LORD your God with awe-filled reverence and profound respect always. 24 If the place where the LORD your God chooses ^ato set His Name (Presence) is a great distance from you and you are not able to carry your tithe, because the LORD your God has blessed you with such an abundance, 25 then you shall exchange your tithe for money, and take the money in your hand and go to the place of worship which the LORD your God chooses. 26 You may spend the money for ¹anything your heart desires: for oxen, or sheep, or wine, or other strong drink, or ²anything else you want. ^aYou shall eat there in the presence of the LORD your God and rejoice, you and your household. 27 Also you shall not neglect ^athe Levite who is within your city gates, ^bfor he does not have a share of land or an inheritance among you.

28 “^aAt the end of every third year you shall bring out all the tithe of your produce for that year, and shall store it up within your city gates. 29 The Levite, ^abecause he has no share of land or an inheritance among you, and ^bthe stranger, and the orphan and the widow who are within your city gates, shall come and ^ceat and be satisfied, so that ^dthe LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.