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1 Be ye children of the Lord your God: you shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness 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 Because thou art a holy people to the Lord thy God: and he chose thee to be his peculiar people of all 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 Eat not the things that are unclean.
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You shall not eat any abhorrent thing.
4 These are the beasts that you shall eat, the ox, and 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 roe, the buffle, the chamois, the pygarg, the wild goat, the camelopardalus.
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the deer, the gazelle, the roebuck, the wild goat, the ibex, the antelope, and the mountain-sheep.
6 Every beast that divideth the hoof in two parts, and cheweth the cud, you 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 But of them that chew the cud, but divide not the hoof, you shall not eat, such as the camel, the hare, and the cherogril: because they chew the cud, but divide not the hoof, they shall be unclean to 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 The swine also, because it divideth the hoof, but cheweth not the cud, shall be unclean, their flesh you shall not eat, and their carcasses you shall not touch.
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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 shall you eat of all that abide in the waters: All that have fins and scales, you shall eat.
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Of all that live in water you may eat these: whatever has fins and scales you may eat.
10 Such as are without fins and scales, you shall not eat, because they are unclean.
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And whatever does not have fins and scales you shall not eat; it is unclean for you.
11 All birds that are clean you shall eat.
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You may eat any clean birds.
12 The unclean eat not: to wit, the eagle, and the grype, and the osprey,
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But these are the ones that you shall not eat: the eagle, the vulture, the osprey,
13 The ringtail, and the vulture, and the kite according to their kind:
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the buzzard, the kite of any kind;
14 And all of the raven’s kind:
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every raven of any kind;
15 And the ostrich, and the owl, and the larus, and the hawk according to its kind:
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the ostrich, the nighthawk, the sea gull, the hawk of any kind;
16 The heron, and the swan, and the stork,
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the little owl and the great owl, the water hen
17 And the cormorant, the porphirion, and the night crow,
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and the desert owl, the carrion vulture and the cormorant,
18 The bittern, and the charadrion, every one in their kind: the houp also and the bat.
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the stork, the heron of any kind; the hoopoe and the bat.
19 Every thing that creepeth, and hath little wings, shall be unclean, and shall not be eaten.
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And all winged insects are unclean for you; they shall not be eaten.
20 All that is clean, you shall eat.
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You may eat any clean winged creature.
21 But whatsoever is dead of itself, eat not thereof. Give it to the stranger, that is within thy gates, to eat, or sell it to him: because thou art the holy people of the Lord thy God. Thou shalt not boil a kid in the milk of his dam.
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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 Every year thou shalt set aside the tithes of all thy fruits that the earth bringeth forth,
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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, that his name may be called upon therein, the tithe of thy corn, and thy wine, and thy oil, and the firstborn of thy herds and thy sheep: that thou mayst learn to fear the Lord thy God at all times.
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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 But when the way and the place which the Lord thy God shall choose, are far off, and he hath blessed thee, and thou canst not carry all these things thither,
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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 Thou shalt sell them all, and turn them into money, and shalt carry it in thy hand, and shalt go to the place which the Lord 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 buy with the same money whatsoever pleaseth thee, either of the herds or of sheep, wine also and strong drink, and all that thy soul desireth: and thou shalt eat before the Lord thy God, and shalt feast, thou and thy house:
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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, beware thou forsake him not, because he hath no other part in thy possession.
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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 The third year thou shalt separate another tithe of all things that grow to thee at that time, 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 that hath no other part nor possession with thee, and the stranger and the fatherless and the widow, that are within thy gates, shall come and shall eat and be filled: that the Lord thy God may bless thee in all the works of thy hands that thou shalt do.
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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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