The Complete Jewish Bible CJB
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1 "You are the people of ADONAI your God. You are not to gash yourselves or shave the hair above your foreheads in mourning for the dead,
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Ye are the children of the LORD your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.
2 because you are a people set apart as holy for ADONAI your God. ADONAI your God has chosen you to be his own unique treasure out of all the peoples on the face of the earth.
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For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God, and the LORD hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that are upon the earth.
3 "You are not to eat anything disgusting.
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Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing.
4 The animals which you may eat are: ox, sheep, goat,
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These are the beasts which ye shall eat: the ox, the sheep, and the goat,
5 deer, gazelle, roebuck, ibex, antelope, oryx and mountain sheep.
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The hart, and the roebuck, and the fallow deer, and the wild goat, and the pygarg, and the wild ox, and the chamois.
6 Any animal that has a separate hoof that is completely divided and also chews the cud, these animals you may eat.
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And every beast that parteth the hoof, and cleaveth the cleft into two claws, and cheweth the cud among the beasts, that ye shall eat.
7 But you are not to eat those that only chew the cud or only have a divided hoof. For example, the camel, the hare and the coney are unclean for you because they chew the cud but don't have a separate hoof;
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Nevertheless these ye shall not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the cloven hoof; as the camel, and the hare, and the coney: for they chew the cud, but divide not the hoof; therefore they are unclean unto you.
8 while the pig is unclean for you because, although it has a separate hoof, it doesn't chew the cud. You are not to eat meat from these or touch their carcasses.
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And the swine, because it divideth the hoof, yet cheweth not the cud, it is unclean unto you: ye shall not eat of their flesh, nor touch their dead carcase.
9 "Of all that lives in the water, you may eat these: anything in the water that has fins and scales, these you may eat.
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These ye shall eat of all that are in the waters: all that have fins and scales shall ye eat:
10 But whatever lacks fins and scales you are not to eat; it is unclean for you.
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And whatsoever hath not fins and scales ye may not eat; it is unclean unto you.
11 "You may eat any clean bird;
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Of all clean birds ye shall eat.
12 but these you are not to eat: eagles, vultures, ospreys,
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But these are they of which ye shall not eat: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray,
13 kites, any kind of buzzard,
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And the glede, and the kite, and the vulture after his kind,
14 any kind of raven,
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And every raven after his kind,
15 ostriches, screech-owls, seagulls, any kind of hawk,
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And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind,
16 little owls, great owls, horned owls,
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The little owl, and the great owl, and the swan,
17 pelicans, barn owls, cormorants,
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And the pelican, and the gier eagle, and the cormorant,
18 storks, any kind of heron, hoopoes and bats.
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And the stork, and the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat.
19 "All winged swarming creatures are unclean for you; they are not to be eaten;
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And every creeping thing that flieth is unclean unto you: they shall not be eaten.
20 but all clean flying creatures you may eat.
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But of all clean fowls ye may eat.
21 "You are not to eat any animal that dies naturally; although you may let a stranger staying with you eat it, or sell it to a foreigner; because you are a holy people for ADONAI your God. "You are not to boil a young animal in its mother's milk.
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Ye shall not eat of any thing that dieth of itself: thou shalt give it unto the stranger that is in thy gates, that he may eat it; or thou mayest sell it unto an alien: for thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk.
22 "Every year you must take one tenth of everything your seed produces in the field,
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Thou shalt truly tithe all the increase of thy seed, that the field bringeth forth year by year.
23 and eat it in the presence of ADONAI your God. In the place where he chooses to have his name live you will eat the tenth of your grain, new wine and olive oil, and the firstborn of your cattle and sheep, so that you will learn to fear ADONAI your God always.
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And thou shalt eat before the LORD thy God, in the place which he shall choose to place his name there, the tithe of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herds and of thy flocks; that thou mayest learn to fear the LORD thy God always.
24 But if the distance is too great for you, so that you are unable to transport it, because the place where ADONAI chooses to put his name is too far away from you; then, when ADONAI your God prospers you,
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And if the way be too long for thee, so that thou art not able to carry it; or if the place be too far from thee, which the LORD thy God shall choose to set his name there, when the LORD thy God hath blessed thee:
25 you are to convert it into money, take the money with you, go to the place which ADONAI your God will choose,
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Then shalt thou turn it into money, and bind up the money in thine hand, and shalt go unto the place which the LORD thy God shall choose:
26 and exchange the money for anything you want - cattle, sheep, wine, other intoxicating liquor, or anything you please - and you are to eat there in the presence of ADONAI your God, and enjoy yourselves, you and your household.
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And thou shalt bestow that money for whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatsoever thy soul desireth: and thou shalt eat there before the LORD thy God, and thou shalt rejoice, thou, and thine household,
27 "But don't neglect the Levi staying with you, because he has no share or inheritance like yours.
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And the Levite that is within thy gates; thou shalt not forsake him; for he hath no part nor inheritance with thee.
28 At the end of every three years you are to take all the tenths of your produce from that year and store it in your towns.
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At the end of three years thou shalt bring forth all the tithe of thine increase the same year, and shalt lay it up within thy gates:
29 Then the Levi, because he has no share or inheritance like yours, along with the foreigner, the orphan and the widow living in your towns, will come, eat and be satisfied - so that ADONAI your God will bless you in everything your hands produce.
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And the Levite, (because he hath no part nor inheritance with thee,) and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, which are within thy gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hand which thou doest.
Complete Jewish Bible Copyright 1998 by David H. Stern. Published by Jewish New Testament Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
The King James Version is in the public domain.