You are sons of the LORD your God ; do not cut yourselves or shave your foreheads ... on behalf of the dead ,
for you are a people holy to the LORD your God The LORD has chosen you to be a people prized possession out of all the peoples - on the face of the earth.
You must not eat any detestable thing.
These are the animals that you may eat : The ox , ... the sheep , ... the goat ,
the deer , the gazelle , the roe deer , the wild goat , the ibex , the antelope , and the mountain sheep.
You may eat any animal that has a split ... hoof divided in two ... and that chews the cud ... -.
But - of those that chew the cud or have a completely divided ... - hoof , you are not to eat the following : the camel , - the rabbit , (or) the rock badger. Although they chew the cud , they do not have a divided hoof. They are unclean
as well as the pig ; ... though it has a divided hoof , it does not chew the cud. It is unclean You must not eat its meat or touch its carcass ....
- - Of all (the creatures) that (live) in the water , you may eat anything - with fins and scales ... ,
but you may not eat anything that does not have fins and scales ; it is unclean
but these - you may not eat the eagle , the bearded vulture , the black vulture ,
the red kite , - the falcon , any kind of kite ,
- vvv the ostrich , - the screech owl , - the gull , - any kind of hawk ,
- the little owl , - the great owl , the white owl ,
the desert owl , - the osprey , - the cormorant ,
the stork , any kind of heron , the hoopoe , or the bat.
All flying insects are unclean ... they may not be eaten.
But you may eat any clean bird.
You are not to eat any carcass ; you may give it to the foreigner residing - within your gates , and he may eat it , or you may sell it to a foreigner. For you are a holy people belonging to the LORD your God. You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.
You must be sure to set aside a tenth ... - of all the produce ... brought forth each year ... from your fields.
And you are to eat a tenth of your grain , new wine , and oil , and the firstborn of your herds and flocks , in the presence of the LORD your God at the place - He will choose ... as a dwelling for His Name , so that you may learn to fear - the LORD your God always ....
But if the distance is too great for you to carry that with which the LORD your God has blessed you , because ... ... the place where the LORD your God will choose to put His Name ... ... is too far away ... ,
then exchange it for money , take the money in your hand , and go to the place - the LORD your God will choose.
Then you may spend the money on anything - you desire : cattle , sheep , wine , strong drink , or anything - you wish. You are to feast there in the presence of the LORD your God and rejoice ... with your household.
And do not neglect the Levite - within your gates , since he has no portion or inheritance among you.
At the end of every three years , bring - a tenth of all your produce for that year and lay (it) up within your gates.
Then the Levite ( because he has no portion or inheritance among you ), the foreigner , the fatherless , and the widow - within your gates may come and eat and be satisfied. ... And the LORD your God will bless you in all the work of your hands - -.