Deuteronomy 14:1-21

Christian Standard Bible

Forbidden Practices

14 “You are sons of the Lord your God;^(A) do not cut yourselves or make a bald spot on your head^[a] on behalf of the dead,^{(B) 2} for you are a holy people belonging to the Lord your God. The Lord has chosen you to be his own possession^(C) out of all the peoples on the face of the earth.

Clean and Unclean Foods

³ “You must not eat any detestable thing. ⁴ These are the animals you may eat:

⁶ You may eat any animal that has hooves divided in two and chews the cud.^{[b] 7} But among the ones that chew the cud or have divided hooves, you are not to eat these:

Do not eat their meat or touch their carcasses.^(D)

⁹ “You may eat everything from the water that has fins and scales, ¹⁰ but you may not eat anything that does not have fins and scales—it is unclean for you.^(E)

¹¹ “You may eat every clean bird, ¹² but these are the ones you may not eat:

¹⁹ All winged insects are unclean for you; they may not be eaten. ²⁰ But you may eat every clean flying creature.^(G)

²¹ “You are not to eat any carcass; you may give it to a resident alien within your city 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. Do not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk.