Deuteronomy 14:12-22

12 But these are the ones which you shall not eat: the eagle, the vulture, the osprey,

13 the buzzard, the kite, after their kinds;

14 every raven after its kind;

15 the ostrich, the nighthawk, the sea gull, the hawk, after their kinds;

16 the little owl and the great owl, the water hen

17 and the pelican, the carrion vulture and the cormorant,

18 the stork, the heron, after their kinds; the hoopoe and the bat.

19 And all winged insects are unclean for you; they shall not be eaten.

20 All clean winged things you may eat.

21 "You shall not eat anything that dies of itself; you may give it to the alien who is within your towns, that he may eat it, or you may sell it to a foreigner; for you are a people holy to the LORD your God. "You shall not boil a kid in its mother's milk.

22 "You shall tithe all the yield of your seed, which comes forth from the field year by year.

Deuteronomy 14:12-22 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.