Deuteronomy 14

Deuteronomy 14:1

You are sons of the LORD your God; do not cut yourselves or shave your foreheads on behalf of the dead,

Deuteronomy 14:1 · BSB

Deuteronomy 14:2

for you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all the peoples on the face of the earth.

Deuteronomy 14:2 · BSB

Deuteronomy 14:3

You must not eat any detestable thing.

Deuteronomy 14:3 · BSB

Deuteronomy 14:4

These are the animals that you may eat: The ox, the sheep, the goat,

Deuteronomy 14:4 · BSB

Deuteronomy 14:5

the deer, the gazelle, the roe deer, the wild goat, the ibex, the antelope, and the mountain sheep.

Deuteronomy 14:5 · BSB

the wild goat The word akko , according to the LXX and Vulgate , signifies the tragelephus , or goat-deer; so called from its resemblance to both species. Dr. Shaw states that an animal of this kind is found in the East , where it is called fishtull , and lerwee.

pygarg or , bison. Heb. dishon. The pygarg , נץדבסדןע , or white-buttocks , according to the LXX; and Dr. Shaw states that the liamee , as the Africans call it , is exactly such an animal; being of the same shape and colour as the antelope , and of the size of a roebuck.

Deuteronomy 14:6

You may eat any animal that has a split hoof divided in two and that chews the cud.

Deuteronomy 14:6 · BSB

Deuteronomy 14:7

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 for you,

Deuteronomy 14:7 · BSB

Deuteronomy 14:8

as well as the pig; though it has a divided hoof, it does not chew the cud. It is unclean for you. You must not eat its meat or touch its carcass.

Deuteronomy 14:8 · BSB

Deuteronomy 14:9

Of all the creatures that live in the water, you may eat anything with fins and scales,

Deuteronomy 14:9 · BSB

Deuteronomy 14:10

but you may not eat anything that does not have fins and scales; it is unclean for you.

Deuteronomy 14:10 · BSB

Deuteronomy 14:12

but these you may not eat: the eagle, the bearded vulture, the black vulture,

Deuteronomy 14:12 · BSB

Deuteronomy 14:13

the red kite, the falcon, any kind of kite,

Deuteronomy 14:13 · BSB

Deuteronomy 14:15

the ostrich, the screech owl, the gull, any kind of hawk,

Deuteronomy 14:15 · BSB

the night Tachmas , probably the bird which Hasselquist calls strix orientalis , or oriental owl.

the cuckoo Shachpaph , probably the sea-gull or mew.

Deuteronomy 14:16

the little owl, the great owl, the white owl,

Deuteronomy 14:16 · BSB

Deuteronomy 14:17

the desert owl, the osprey, the cormorant,

Deuteronomy 14:17 · BSB

gier Rachamah , probably a species of vulture , still called in Arabic by the same name.

Deuteronomy 14:18

the stork, any kind of heron, the hoopoe, or the bat.

Deuteronomy 14:18 · BSB

Deuteronomy 14:19

All flying insects are unclean for you; they may not be eaten.

Deuteronomy 14:19 · BSB

Deuteronomy 14:21

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.

Deuteronomy 14:21 · BSB

Deuteronomy 14:22

You must be sure to set aside a tenth of all the produce brought forth each year from your fields.

Deuteronomy 14:22 · BSB

Deuteronomy 14:23

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.

Deuteronomy 14:23 · BSB

Deuteronomy 14:24

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,

Deuteronomy 14:24 · BSB

Deuteronomy 14:25

then exchange it for money, take the money in your hand, and go to the place the LORD your God will choose.

Deuteronomy 14:25 · BSB

Deuteronomy 14:26

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.

Deuteronomy 14:26 · BSB

desireth Heb. asketh of thee

Deuteronomy 14:27

And do not neglect the Levite within your gates, since he has no portion or inheritance among you.

Deuteronomy 14:27 · BSB

Deuteronomy 14:28

At the end of every three years, bring a tenth of all your produce for that year and lay it up within your gates.

Deuteronomy 14:28 · BSB

thou shalt bring As the Levites had no inheritance , the Israelites were not to forget them , but truly tithe their increase. For their support , the Levites had .

But though this was a very small proportion for a whole tribe that had consented to annihilate its political existence , that it might wait upon the service of God , yet , let it be considered , that what they possessed was the best of the land , and while it was slender remuneration for their services , yet their portion was such as rendered them independent , and kept them comfortable; so that they could wait on God , and labour in his work , without distraction.

Deuteronomy 14:29

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.

Deuteronomy 14:29 · BSB