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Deuteronomy 14:16-26

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16 the little owl, the great owl, the white owl,
17 the pelican, the carrion vulture, the cormorant,
18 the stork, and the heron in their kinds, and the hoopoe and the bat.
19 "And all the teeming life with wings are unclean to you; they shall not be eaten.
20 "You may eat any clean bird.
21 "1You shall not eat anything which dies of itself. You may give it to the alien who is in your town, so that he may eat it, or you may sell it to a foreigner, for you are 2a holy people to the LORD your God. 3You shall not boil a young goat in its mother's milk.
22 "You 4shall surely tithe all the produce from what you sow, which comes out of the field every year.
23 "You shall eat in the presence of the LORD your God, 5at the place where * He chooses to establish His name, the tithe of your grain, your new wine, your oil, and the firstborn of your herd and your flock, so that you may 6learn to fear the LORD your God always *.
24 "If the distance is so great for you that you are not able to bring the tithe, since the place where * the LORD your God chooses 7to set His name is too far away from you when the LORD your God blesses you,
25 then you shall exchange it for money, and bind the money in your hand and go to the place which the LORD your God chooses.
26 "You may spend the money for whatever * your heart desires: for oxen, or sheep, or wine, or strong drink, or whatever * your heart desires; and 8there you shall eat in the presence of the LORD your God and rejoice, you and your household.
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Deuteronomy 14:16-26 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO DEUTERONOMY 14

In this chapter some cautions are given against the use of some rites and ceremonies in mourning for the dead, with the reason thereof, De 14:1,2 and instructions about what are lawful to be eaten, and what not, whether of beasts, fishes, or fowl, De 14:3-21, and concerning eating one sort of tithes both at the place God should choose, and within their own gates, De 14:22-29.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 8

  • 1. Leviticus 17:15; Leviticus 22:8; Ezekiel 4:14; Ezekiel 44:31
  • 2. Deuteronomy 14:2
  • 3. Exodus 23:19; Exodus 34:26
  • 4. Leviticus 27:30; Deuteronomy 12:6, 17; Nehemiah 10:37
  • 5. Deuteronomy 12:5
  • 6. Deuteronomy 4:10; Psalms 2:11; Psalms 111:10; Psalms 147:11; Isaiah 8:13; Jeremiah 32:38-40
  • 7. Deuteronomy 12:5, 21
  • 8. Deuteronomy 12:7

Footnotes 10

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