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little owls, great owls, white owls,
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desert owls, ospreys, cormorants,
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storks, any kind of heron, the hoopoes, or bats.
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All insects with wings are unclean for you; do not eat them.
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Other things with wings are clean, and you may eat them.
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Do not eat anything you find that is already dead. You may give it to a foreigner living in your town, and he may eat it, or you may sell it to a foreigner. But you are holy people, who belong to the Lord your God. Do not cook a baby goat in its mother's milk.
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Be sure to save one-tenth of all your crops each year.
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Take it to the place the Lord your God will choose where he is to be worshiped. There, where you will be together with the Lord, eat the tenth of your grain, new wine, and oil, and eat the animals born first to your herds and flocks. Do this so that you will learn to respect the Lord your God always.
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But if the place the Lord will choose to be worshiped is too far away and he has blessed you so much you cannot carry a tenth,
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exchange your one-tenth for silver. Then take the silver with you to the place the Lord your God shall choose.
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Use the silver to buy anything you wish -- cattle, sheep, wine, beer, or anything you wish. Then you and your family will eat and celebrate there before the Lord your God.