King James Version KJV
New Revised Standard NRS
1 Ye are the children of the LORD your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.
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You are children of the Lord your God. You must not lacerate yourselves or shave your forelocks for the dead.
2 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.
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For you are a people holy to the Lord your God; it is you the Lord has chosen out of all the peoples on earth to be his people, his treasured possession.
3 Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing.
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You shall not eat any abhorrent thing.
4 These are the beasts which ye shall eat: the ox, the sheep, and the goat,
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These are the animals you may eat: the ox, the sheep, the goat,
5 The hart, and the roebuck, and the fallow deer, and the wild goat, and the pygarg, and the wild ox, and the chamois.
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the deer, the gazelle, the roebuck, the wild goat, the ibex, the antelope, and the mountain-sheep.
6 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.
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Any animal that divides the hoof and has the hoof cleft in two, and chews the cud, among the animals, you may eat.
7 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.
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Yet of those that chew the cud or have the hoof cleft you shall not eat these: the camel, the hare, and the rock badger, because they chew the cud but do not divide the hoof; they are unclean for you.
8 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.
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And the pig, because it divides the hoof but does not chew the cud, is unclean for you. You shall not eat their meat, and you shall not touch their carcasses.
9 These ye shall eat of all that are in the waters: all that have fins and scales shall ye eat:
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Of all that live in water you may eat these: whatever has fins and scales you may eat.
10 And whatsoever hath not fins and scales ye may not eat; it is unclean unto you.
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And whatever does not have fins and scales you shall not eat; it is unclean for you.
11 Of all clean birds ye shall eat.
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You may eat any clean birds.
12 But these are they of which ye shall not eat: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray,
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But these are the ones that you shall not eat: the eagle, the vulture, the osprey,
13 And the glede, and the kite, and the vulture after his kind,
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the buzzard, the kite of any kind;
14 And every raven after his kind,
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every raven of any kind;
15 And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind,
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the ostrich, the nighthawk, the sea gull, the hawk of any kind;
16 The little owl, and the great owl, and the swan,
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the little owl and the great owl, the water hen
17 And the pelican, and the gier eagle, and the cormorant,
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and the desert owl, the carrion vulture and the cormorant,
18 And the stork, and the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat.
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the stork, the heron of any kind; the hoopoe and the bat.
19 And every creeping thing that flieth is unclean unto you: they shall not be eaten.
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And all winged insects are unclean for you; they shall not be eaten.
20 But of all clean fowls ye may eat.
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You may eat any clean winged creature.
21 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.
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You shall not eat anything that dies of itself; you may give it to aliens residing in your towns for them to eat, 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 Thou shalt truly tithe all the increase of thy seed, that the field bringeth forth year by year.
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Set apart a tithe of all the yield of your seed that is brought in yearly from the field.
23 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.
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In the presence of the Lord your God, in the place that he will choose as a dwelling for his name, you shall eat the tithe of your grain, your wine, and your oil, as well as the firstlings of your herd and flock, so that you may learn to fear the Lord your God always.
24 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:
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But if, when the Lord your God has blessed you, the distance is so great that you are unable to transport it, because the place where the Lord your God will choose to set his name is too far away from you,
25 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:
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then you may turn it into money. With the money secure in hand, go to the place that the Lord your God will choose;
26 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,
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spend the money for whatever you wish—oxen, sheep, wine, strong drink, or whatever you desire. And you shall eat there in the presence of the Lord your God, you and your household rejoicing together.
27 And the Levite that is within thy gates; thou shalt not forsake him; for he hath no part nor inheritance with thee.
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As for the Levites resident in your towns, do not neglect them, because they have no allotment or inheritance with you.
28 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:
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Every third year you shall bring out the full tithe of your produce for that year, and store it within your towns;
29 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.
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the Levites, because they have no allotment or inheritance with you, as well as the resident aliens, the orphans, and the widows in your towns, may come and eat their fill so that the Lord your God may bless you in all the work that you undertake.
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