^21 (A)“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; ^(B)for you are a holy people to the Lord your God.

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

^19 (A)The first of the firstfruits of your land you shall bring into the house of the Lord your God. ^(B)You shall not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk.

^26 (A)“The first of the firstfruits of your land you shall bring to the house of the Lord your God. You shall not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk.”

^2 (A)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.

^8 (A)Whatever dies naturally or is torn by beasts he shall not eat, to defile himself with it: I am the Lord.

^15 (A)“And every person who eats what died naturally or what was torn by beasts, whether he is a native of your own country or a stranger, ^(B)he shall both wash his clothes and ^(C)bathe in water, and be unclean until evening. Then he shall be clean.

¹⁴ So I said, ^(A)“Ah, Lord God! Indeed I have never defiled myself from my youth till now; I have never eaten ^(B)what died of itself or was torn by beasts, nor has ^(C)abominable^[a] flesh ever come into my mouth.”

¹⁶ because it is written, ^(A)“Be holy, for I am holy.”

² And ^(A)do not be conformed to this world, but ^(B)be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may ^(C)prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

²⁰ but that we ^(A)write to them to abstain ^(B)from things polluted by idols, ^(C)from ^[a]sexual immorality, ^(D)from things strangled, and from blood.