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Deuteronomy 14:20-26
The Message
Deuteronomy 14:20-26
The Message
19-20 Winged insects are ritually unclean; don’t eat them. But ritually clean winged creatures are permitted.
21 Because you are a people holy to God, your God, don’t eat anything that you find dead. You can, though, give it to a foreigner in your neighborhood for a meal or sell it to a foreigner.
Don’t boil a kid in its mother’s milk.
22-26 Make an offering of ten percent, a tithe, of all the produce which grows in your fields year after year. Bring this into the Presence of God, your God, at the place he designates for worship and there eat the tithe from your grain, wine, and oil and the firstborn from your herds and flocks. In this way you will learn to live in deep reverence before God, your God, as long as you live. But if the place God, your God, designates for worship is too far away and you can’t carry your tithe that far, God, your God, will still bless you: exchange your tithe for money and take the money to the place God, your God, has chosen to be worshiped. Use the money to buy anything you want: cattle, sheep, wine, or beer—anything that looks good to you. You and your family can then feast in the Presence of God, your God, and have a good time.
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Deuteronomy 14:20-26
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Deuteronomy 14:20-26
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20 But any winged creature that is clean you may eat.(A)
21 Do not eat anything you find already dead.(B) 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.(C)
Do not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.(D)
Tithes
22 Be sure to set aside a tenth(E) of all that your fields produce each year. 23 Eat(F) the tithe of your grain, new wine(G) 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,(H) so that you may learn(I) to revere(J) 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(K) 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,(L) or anything you wish. Then you and your household shall eat there in the presence of the Lord your God and rejoice.(M)
Deuteronomy 14:20-26
The Message
Deuteronomy 14:20-26
The Message
19-20 Winged insects are ritually unclean; don’t eat them. But ritually clean winged creatures are permitted.
21 Because you are a people holy to God, your God, don’t eat anything that you find dead. You can, though, give it to a foreigner in your neighborhood for a meal or sell it to a foreigner.
Don’t boil a kid in its mother’s milk.
22-26 Make an offering of ten percent, a tithe, of all the produce which grows in your fields year after year. Bring this into the Presence of God, your God, at the place he designates for worship and there eat the tithe from your grain, wine, and oil and the firstborn from your herds and flocks. In this way you will learn to live in deep reverence before God, your God, as long as you live. But if the place God, your God, designates for worship is too far away and you can’t carry your tithe that far, God, your God, will still bless you: exchange your tithe for money and take the money to the place God, your God, has chosen to be worshiped. Use the money to buy anything you want: cattle, sheep, wine, or beer—anything that looks good to you. You and your family can then feast in the Presence of God, your God, and have a good time.
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Deuteronomy 14:20-22
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Deuteronomy 14:20-22
New International Version
20 But any winged creature that is clean you may eat.(A)
21 Do not eat anything you find already dead.(B) 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.(C)
Do not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.(D)
Tithes
22 Be sure to set aside a tenth(E) of all that your fields produce each year.
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