Deuteronomy 14
New King James Version
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. 2 (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)
3 (E)“You shall not eat any [b]detestable thing. 4 (F)These are the animals which you may eat: the ox, the sheep, the goat, 5 the deer, the gazelle, the roe deer, the wild goat, the [c]mountain goat, the antelope, and the mountain sheep. 6 And you may eat every animal with cloven hooves, having the hoof split into two parts, and that chews the cud, among the animals. 7 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. 8 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.
9 (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
- Deuteronomy 14:1 make any baldness between your eyes
- Deuteronomy 14:3 abominable
- Deuteronomy 14:5 Or addax
- Deuteronomy 14:19 swarming
- Deuteronomy 14:27 neglect
Deuteronomy 14
English Standard Version
Clean and Unclean Food
14 “You are (A)the sons of the Lord your God. (B)You shall not cut yourselves or make any (C)baldness on your foreheads for the dead. 2 For (D)you are a people holy to the Lord your God, and the Lord has chosen you to be a people for his treasured possession, out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth.
3 (E)“You shall not eat any abomination. 4 (F)These are the animals you may eat: the ox, the sheep, the goat, 5 the deer, the gazelle, the roebuck, the wild goat, the ibex,[a] the antelope, and the mountain sheep. 6 Every animal that parts the hoof and has the hoof cloven in two and chews the cud, among the animals, you may eat. 7 Yet of those that chew the cud or have the hoof cloven you shall not eat these: the camel, the hare, and the (G)rock badger, because they chew the cud but do not part the hoof, are unclean for you. 8 And the pig, because it parts the hoof but does not chew the cud, is unclean for you. Their flesh you shall not eat, and (H)their carcasses you shall not touch.
9 “Of all that are in the waters you may eat these: whatever has fins and scales you may eat. 10 And whatever does not have fins and scales you shall not eat; it is unclean for you.
11 “You may eat all clean birds. 12 But these are the ones that you shall not eat: the eagle,[b] the bearded vulture, the black vulture, 13 the kite, the falcon of any kind; 14 every raven of any kind; 15 the ostrich, the nighthawk, the sea gull, the hawk of any kind; 16 the little owl and the short-eared owl, the barn owl 17 and the tawny owl, the carrion vulture and the cormorant, 18 the stork, the heron of any kind; the hoopoe and the bat. 19 And all winged insects are unclean for you; they shall not be eaten. 20 All clean winged things you may eat.
21 (I)“You shall not eat anything that has died naturally. You may give it to the sojourner who is within your towns, that he may eat it, or you may sell it to a foreigner. For (J)you are a people holy to the Lord your God.
(K)“You shall not boil a young goat in its mother's milk.
Tithes
22 (L)“You shall tithe all the yield of your seed that comes from the field year by year. 23 And before the Lord your God, in the place that he will choose, to make his name dwell there, (M)you shall eat the tithe of your grain, of your wine, and of your oil, (N)and the firstborn of your herd and flock, (O)that you may learn to fear the Lord your God always. 24 And if the way is too long for you, so that you are not able to carry the tithe, when the Lord your God blesses you, because (P)the place is too far from you, which the Lord your God chooses, to set his name there, 25 then you shall turn it into money and bind up the money in your hand and go to the place that the Lord your God chooses 26 and spend the money for whatever you desire—oxen or sheep or wine or strong drink, whatever your appetite craves. And (Q)you shall eat there before the Lord your God and rejoice, you and your household. 27 And you shall not neglect (R)the Levite who is within your towns, for (S)he has no portion or inheritance with you.
28 (T)“At the end of every three years you shall bring out all the tithe of your produce in the same year and lay it up within your towns. 29 And the Levite, because (U)he has no portion or inheritance with you, and the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow, who are within your towns, shall come and eat and be filled, that (V)the Lord your God may bless you in all the work of your hands that you do.
Footnotes
- Deuteronomy 14:5 Or addax
- Deuteronomy 14:12 The identity of many of these birds is uncertain
Deuteronomio 14
La Palabra (Hispanoamérica)
Ritos funerarios prohibidos
14 Ustedes son hijos del Señor su Dios. No se harán incisiones ni se raparán la frente por un muerto, 2 porque tú eres un pueblo consagrado al Señor tu Dios, y a ti te ha elegido el Señor de entre todos los pueblos de la tierra para que seas el pueblo de su propiedad.
Los animales puros e impuros (Lv 11,1-47)
3 No comerás nada abominable. 4 Estos son los animales que podrán comer: el buey, el cordero, el cabrito, 5 el ciervo, la gacela, el venado, la cabra montés, el íbice, el antílope y el rebeco. 6 Pueden, pues, comer cualquier animal rumiante que tenga la pezuña partida y hendida en dos partes. 7 Sin embargo, aunque sean rumiantes o tengan la pezuña partida, no podrán comer el camello, la liebre y el conejo, porque aunque son rumiantes no tienen la pezuña partida. A estos considérenlos impuros; 8 y lo mismo el cerdo que tiene la pezuña partida pero no es rumiante; no comerán su carne ni tocarán su cadáver.
9 De todos los animales que viven en el agua podrán comer los que tienen aletas y escamas; 10 pero los que no tienen aletas ni escamas no los pueden comer; considérenlos impuros para ustedes.
11 Podrán comer cualquier ave que sea pura; 12 pero no pueden comer el águila, el quebrantahuesos y el azor; 13 tampoco el buitre, ni especie alguna de milanos, halcones 14 o cuervos. 15 No pueden comer el avestruz, la lechuza, la gaviota, ni especie alguna de gavilanes; 16 Tampoco el búho, el ibis, el cisne, 17 el pelícano, el calamón, el cormorán, 18 la cigüeña, la garza en cualquiera de sus especies, la abubilla y el murciélago.
19 A los insectos con alas considérenlos impuros; por tanto, no son comestibles. 20 Pero sí pueden comer cualquier animal volador que sea puro.
21 No comerán ningún animal que encuentren ya muerto. Se lo podrás dar al inmigrante, que reside en tus ciudades, para que lo coma, o vendérselo al forastero. Pero tú eres un pueblo consagrado al Señor tu Dios.
No cocerás el cabrito en la leche de su madre.
Diezmos
22 Cada año, puntualmente, apartarás el diezmo de lo que hayan producido tus campos. 23 Y en presencia del Señor tu Dios, en el lugar que él escoja como morada de su nombre, comerás el diezmo de tu trigo, de tu vino y de tu aceite; también las primeras crías de tus vacas y ovejas, para que aprendas a respetar al Señor tu Dios toda tu vida. 24 Si el lugar que el Señor tu Dios ha escogido como morada de su nombre se encuentra distante del lugar donde tú vives y el camino es demasiado largo para transportar el diezmo de aquello con lo que el Señor tu Dios te ha bendecido, 25 entonces lo venderás y llevarás el dinero al lugar escogido por el Señor tu Dios. 26 Una vez allí, con ese dinero podrás comprar lo que te parezca conveniente: vacas, ovejas, vino u otra bebida fermentada, cualquier cosa que te apetezca, y en presencia del Señor tu Dios comerás y lo festejarás con tu familia. 27 No desampares al levita que vive en tus ciudades, porque él no ha recibido parte o herencia como tú.
28 Cada tres años reunirás el diezmo de los productos de ese año y lo depositarás a la puerta de tus ciudades, 29 para que cuando venga bien el levita, que no recibió parte o herencia como tú, bien el inmigrante, el huérfano y la viuda que viven en tu ciudad, puedan comer hasta quedar satisfechos. Y el Señor tu Dios te bendecirá en todo lo que hagas.
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