做聖潔的子民

14 「你們是你們上帝耶和華的兒女,不可為死人割傷自己或剃光前額。 因為你們是屬於你們的上帝耶和華的聖潔子民,祂從天下萬族中揀選你們作祂寶貴的產業。

「你們不可吃任何可憎之物。 但你們可以吃牛、綿羊、山羊、 鹿、瞪羚、野山羊、野綿羊和羚羊。 凡蹄子分瓣且反芻的動物,你們都可以吃。 在那些只是反芻或只是蹄子分瓣的動物中,你們不可吃駱駝、野兔和獾,因為牠們反芻但蹄子不分瓣,是不潔淨的。 你們也不可吃豬,因為豬雖蹄子分瓣但不反芻,是不潔淨的。你們不可吃這些動物的肉,也不可摸牠們的屍體。

「水族中,凡有鱗和鰭的,你們都可以吃。 10 凡無鱗和鰭的都不潔淨,你們不可吃。

11 「你們可以吃潔淨的鳥類。 12 不可吃的鳥類有鵰、胡兀鷲、黑禿鷲、 13 鳶、隼類、 14 烏鴉類、 15 駝鳥、夜鷹、海鷗、鷹類、 16 小鴞、大鴞、倉鴞、 17 鵜鶘、魚鷹、鸕鷀、 18 鸛、鷺鳥類、戴鵀和蝙蝠。

19 「凡有翅膀、會爬的昆蟲都不潔淨,你們不可吃。 20 凡有翅膀的潔淨之物,你們都可以吃。

21 「你們不可吃死掉的動物,但可以送給或賣給住在你們城裡的外族人吃。因為你們屬於你們的上帝耶和華,是聖潔的民族。你們不可用母山羊的奶煮牠的羊羔。

十一奉獻

22 「你們每年要獻出收成的十分之一; 23 要在你們的上帝耶和華選定的敬拜場所,在祂面前吃所獻的十分之一的穀物、新酒、油以及頭生的牛羊。這是為了讓你們學習一生敬畏你們的上帝耶和華。 24 如果你們的上帝耶和華賜福你們,使你們豐收,而你們住的地方離祂選定的敬拜場所太遠,以致不能把收成的十分之一送去, 25 就可以把那些收成換成銀錢帶去。 26 在那裡,你們可以隨意買牛、羊、淡酒或烈酒,然後一家人在你們的上帝耶和華面前吃喝快樂。 27 不可忘記住在你們城裡的利未人,因為利未人沒有分到土地作產業。

28 「每逢第三年末,你們要把那年所有出產的十分之一拿出來,存放在你們的城裡, 29 讓你們城中沒有土地的利未人、寄居者和孤兒寡婦都可以來吃飽。這樣,你們的上帝耶和華必使你們凡事蒙福。

做圣洁的子民

14 “你们是你们上帝耶和华的儿女,不可为死人割伤自己或剃光前额。 因为你们是属于你们的上帝耶和华的圣洁子民,祂从天下万族中拣选你们作祂宝贵的产业。

“你们不可吃任何可憎之物。 但你们可以吃牛、绵羊、山羊、 鹿、瞪羚、野山羊、野绵羊和羚羊。 凡蹄子分瓣且反刍的动物,你们都可以吃。 在那些只是反刍或只是蹄子分瓣的动物中,你们不可吃骆驼、野兔和獾,因为它们反刍但蹄子不分瓣,是不洁净的。 你们也不可吃猪,因为猪虽蹄子分瓣但不反刍,是不洁净的。你们不可吃这些动物的肉,也不可摸它们的尸体。

“水族中,凡有鳞和鳍的,你们都可以吃。 10 凡无鳞和鳍的都不洁净,你们不可吃。

11 “你们可以吃洁净的鸟类。 12 不可吃的鸟类有雕、胡兀鹫、黑秃鹫、 13 鸢、隼类、 14 乌鸦类、 15 驼鸟、夜鹰、海鸥、鹰类、 16 小鸮、大鸮、仓鸮、 17 鹈鹕、鱼鹰、鸬鹚、 18 鹳、鹭鸟类、戴胜和蝙蝠。

19 “凡有翅膀、会爬的昆虫都不洁净,你们不可吃。 20 凡有翅膀的洁净之物,你们都可以吃。

21 “你们不可吃死掉的动物,但可以送给或卖给住在你们城里的外族人吃。因为你们属于你们的上帝耶和华,是圣洁的民族。你们不可用母山羊的奶煮它的羊羔。

十一奉献

22 “你们每年要献出收成的十分之一; 23 要在你们的上帝耶和华选定的敬拜场所,在祂面前吃所献的十分之一的谷物、新酒、油以及头生的牛羊。这是为了让你们学习一生敬畏你们的上帝耶和华。 24 如果你们的上帝耶和华赐福你们,使你们丰收,而你们住的地方离祂选定的敬拜场所太远,以致不能把收成的十分之一送去, 25 就可以把那些收成换成银钱带去。 26 在那里,你们可以随意买牛、羊、淡酒或烈酒,然后一家人在你们的上帝耶和华面前吃喝快乐。 27 不可忘记住在你们城里的利未人,因为利未人没有分到土地作产业。

28 “每逢第三年末,你们要把那年所有出产的十分之一拿出来,存放在你们的城里, 29 让你们城中没有土地的利未人、寄居者和孤儿寡妇都可以来吃饱。这样,你们的上帝耶和华必使你们凡事蒙福。

Clean and Unclean Food(A)

14 You are the children(B) of the Lord your God. Do not cut yourselves or shave the front of your heads for the dead, for you are a people holy(C) to the Lord your God.(D) Out of all the peoples on the face of the earth, the Lord has chosen you to be his treasured possession.(E)

Do not eat any detestable thing.(F) These are the animals you may eat:(G) the ox, the sheep, the goat,(H) the deer,(I) the gazelle, the roe deer, the wild goat,(J) the ibex, the antelope and the mountain sheep.[a] You may eat any animal that has a divided hoof and that chews the cud. However, of those that chew the cud or that have a divided hoof you may not eat the camel, the rabbit or the hyrax. Although they chew the cud, they do not have a divided hoof; they are ceremonially unclean for you. The pig is also unclean; although it has a divided hoof, it does not chew the cud. You are not to eat their meat or touch their carcasses.(K)

Of all the creatures living in the water, you may eat any that has fins and scales. 10 But anything that does not have fins and scales you may not eat; for you it is unclean.

11 You may eat any clean bird. 12 But these you may not eat: the eagle, the vulture, the black vulture, 13 the red kite, the black kite, any kind(L) of falcon,(M) 14 any kind of raven,(N) 15 the horned owl, the screech owl, the gull, any kind of hawk, 16 the little owl, the great owl, the white owl, 17 the desert owl,(O) the osprey, the cormorant, 18 the stork, any kind of heron, the hoopoe and the bat.

19 All flying insects are unclean to you; do not eat them. 20 But any winged creature that is clean you may eat.(P)

21 Do not eat anything you find already dead.(Q) You may give it to the foreigner residing in any of your towns, and they may eat it, or you may sell it to any other foreigner. But you are a people holy to the Lord your God.(R)

Do not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.(S)

Tithes

22 Be sure to set aside a tenth(T) of all that your fields produce each year. 23 Eat(U) the tithe of your grain, new wine(V) and olive 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,(W) so that you may learn(X) to revere(Y) the Lord your God always. 24 But if that place is too distant and you have been blessed by the Lord your God and cannot carry your tithe (because the place where the Lord will choose to put his Name is so far away), 25 then exchange(Z) your tithe for silver, and take the silver with you and go to the place the Lord your God will choose. 26 Use the silver to buy whatever you like: cattle, sheep, wine or other fermented drink,(AA) or anything you wish. Then you and your household shall eat there in the presence of the Lord your God and rejoice.(AB) 27 And do not neglect the Levites(AC) living in your towns, for they have no allotment or inheritance of their own.(AD)

28 At the end of every three years, bring all the tithes(AE) of that year’s produce and store it in your towns,(AF) 29 so that the Levites (who have no allotment(AG) or inheritance(AH) of their own) and the foreigners,(AI) the fatherless and the widows who live in your towns may come and eat and be satisfied,(AJ) and so that the Lord your God may bless(AK) you in all the work of your hands.

Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 14:5 The precise identification of some of the birds and animals in this chapter is uncertain.

Improper Mourning

14 “You are (A)the children of the Lord your God; (B)you shall not cut yourselves nor [a]shave the front of your head for the dead. (C)For you are a holy people to the Lord your God, and the Lord has chosen you to be a people for Himself, a special treasure above all the peoples who are on the face of the earth.

Clean and Unclean Meat(D)

(E)“You shall not eat any [b]detestable thing. (F)These are the animals which you may eat: the ox, the sheep, the goat, the deer, the gazelle, the roe deer, the wild goat, the [c]mountain goat, the antelope, and the mountain sheep. And you may eat every animal with cloven hooves, having the hoof split into two parts, and that chews the cud, among the animals. Nevertheless, of those that chew the cud or have cloven hooves, you shall not eat, such as these: the camel, the hare, and the rock hyrax; for they chew the cud but do not have cloven hooves; they are unclean for you. Also the swine is unclean for you, because it has cloven hooves, yet does not chew the cud; you shall not eat their flesh (G)or touch their dead carcasses.

(H)“These you may eat of all that are in the waters: you may eat all that have fins and scales. 10 And whatever does not have fins and scales you shall not eat; it is unclean for you.

11 “All clean birds you may eat. 12 (I)But these you shall not eat: the eagle, the vulture, the buzzard, 13 the red kite, the falcon, and the kite after their kinds; 14 every raven after its kind; 15 the ostrich, the short-eared owl, the sea gull, and the hawk after their kinds; 16 the little owl, the screech owl, the white owl, 17 the jackdaw, the carrion vulture, the fisher owl, 18 the stork, the heron after its kind, and the hoopoe and the bat.

19 “Also (J)every [d]creeping thing that flies is unclean for you; (K)they shall not be eaten.

20 “You may eat all clean birds.

21 (L)“You shall not eat anything that dies of itself; you may give it to the alien who is within your gates, that he may eat it, or you may sell it to a foreigner; (M)for you are a holy people to the Lord your God.

(N)You shall not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk.

Tithing Principles

22 (O)“You shall truly tithe all the increase of your grain that the field produces year by year. 23 (P)And you shall eat before the Lord your God, in the place where He chooses to make His name abide, the tithe of your grain and your new wine and your oil, of (Q)the firstborn of your herds and your flocks, that you may learn to fear the Lord your God always. 24 But if the journey is too long for you, so that you are not able to carry the tithe, or (R)if the place where the Lord your God chooses to put His name is too far from you, when the Lord your God has blessed you, 25 then you shall exchange it for money, take the money in your hand, and go to the place which the Lord your God chooses. 26 And you shall spend that money for whatever your heart desires: for oxen or sheep, for wine or similar drink, for whatever your heart desires; you shall eat there before the Lord your God, and you shall (S)rejoice, you and your household. 27 You shall not [e]forsake the (T)Levite who is within your gates, for he has no part nor inheritance with you.

28 (U)“At the end of every third year you shall bring out the (V)tithe of your produce of that year and store it up within your gates. 29 And the Levite, because he has no portion nor inheritance with you, and the stranger and the fatherless and the widow who are within your gates, may come and eat and be satisfied, that the Lord your God may bless you in all the work of your hand which you do.

Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 14:1 make any baldness between your eyes
  2. Deuteronomy 14:3 abominable
  3. Deuteronomy 14:5 Or addax
  4. Deuteronomy 14:19 swarming
  5. Deuteronomy 14:27 neglect