Deuteronomy 14

banim attem la-Adonai elohekhem lo titgodedu velo-tasimu qorkhah ben enekhem lamet

You are children of the ETERNAL your God. You shall not gash yourselves or shave the front of your heads because of the dead.

ki am qadosh attah la-Adonai elohekha uvekha bakhar Adonai lihyot lo le'am segullah mikkol ha'ammim asher al-pene ha'adamah

For you are a people consecrated to the ETERNAL your God: the ETERNAL your God chose you from among all other peoples on earth to be the treasured one.

lo tokhal kol-to'evah

You shall not eat anything abhorrent.

zot habbehemah asher tokhelu shor seh khesavim veseh izzim

These are the animals that you may eat: the ox, the sheep, and the goat;

ayyal utsevi veyakhmur ve'aqqo vedishon ute'o vazamer

the deer, the gazelle, the roebuck, the wild goat, the ibex, the antelope, the mountain sheep,

vekhol-behemah mafreset parsah veshosa'at shesa shete ferasot ma'alat gerah babbehemah otah tokhelu

and any other animal that has true hoofs that are cleft in two and brings up the cud—such you may eat.

akh et-zeh lo tokhelu mimma'ale haggerah umimmafrise happarsah hashesu'ah et-haggamal ve'et-ha'arnevet ve'et-hashafan ki-ma'aleh gerah hemmah ufarsah lo hifrisu teme'im hem lakhem

But the following, which do bring up the cud or have true hoofs that are cleft through, you may not eat: the camel, the hare, and the daman—for although they bring up the cud, they have no true hoofs—they are impure for you;

ve'et-hakhazir ki-mafris parsah hu velo gerah tame hu lakhem mibbesaram lo tokhelu uvenivlatam lo tigga'u

also the swine—for although it has true hoofs, it does not bring up the cud—is impure for you. You shall not eat of their flesh or touch their carcasses.

et-zeh tokhelu mikkol asher bammayim kol asher-lo senappir veqasqeset tokhelu

These you may eat of all that live in water: you may eat anything that has fins and scales.

vekhol asher en-lo senappir veqasqeset lo tokhelu tame hu lakhem

But you may not eat anything that has no fins and scales: it is impure for you.

kol-tsippor tehorah tokhelu

You may eat any pure bird.

vezeh asher lo-tokhelu mehem hannesher vehapperes veha'ozniyyah

The following you may not eat: the eagle, the vulture, and the black vulture;

vehara'ah ve'et-ha'ayyah vehaddayyah leminah

the kite, the falcon, and the buzzard of any variety;

ve'et kol-orev lemino

every variety of raven;

ve'et bat hayya'anah ve'et-hattakhmas ve'et-hashakhaf ve'et-hannets leminehu

the ostrich, the nighthawk, the sea gull, and the hawk of any variety;

et-hakkos ve'et-hayyanshuf vehattinshamet

the little owl, the great owl, and the white owl;

vehaqqa'at ve'et-harakhamah ve'et-hashalakh

the pelican, the bustard, and the cormorant;

vehakhasidah veha'anafah leminah vehaddukhifat veha'atallef

the stork, any variety of heron, the hoopoe, and the bat.

vekhol sherets ha'of tame hu lakhem lo ye'akhelu

All winged swarming things are impure for you: they may not be eaten.

kol-of tahor tokhelu

You may eat only pure winged creatures.

lo tokhelu khol-nevelah lagger asher-bisharekha tittenennah va'akhalah o makhor lenokhri ki am qadosh attah la-Adonai elohekha lo-tevashel gedi bakhalev immo

You shall not eat anything that has died a natural death; give it to the stranger in your community to eat, or you may sell it to a foreigner. For you are a people consecrated to the ETERNAL your God. You shall not boil a kid in its mother’s milk.

asser te'asser et kol-tevu'at zarekha hayyotse hassadeh shanah shanah

You shall set aside every year a tenth part of all the yield of your sowing that is brought from the field.

ve'akhalta lifne Adonai elohekha bammaqom asher-yivkhar leshakken shemo sham masar deganekha tiroshekha veyitsharekha uvekhorot beqarekha vetsonekha lema'an tilmad leyirah et-Adonai elohekha kol-hayyamim

You shall consume the tithes of your new grain and wine and oil, and the firstlings of your herds and flocks, in the presence of the ETERNAL your God, in the place where [God] will choose to establish the divine name, so that you may learn to revere the ETERNAL your God forever.

vekhi-yirbeh mimmekha hadderekh ki lo tukhal se'eto ki-yirkhaq mimmekha hammaqom asher yivkhar Adonai elohekha lasum shemo sham ki yevarekhkha Adonai elohekha

Should the distance be too great for you, should you be unable to transport them, because the place where the ETERNAL your God has chosen to establish the divine name is far from you and because the ETERNAL your God has blessed you,

venatattah bakkasef vetsarta hakkesef beyadekha vehalakhta el-hammaqom asher yivkhar Adonai elohekha bo

you may convert them into money. Wrap up the money and take it with you to the place that the ETERNAL your God has chosen,

venatattah hakkesef bekhol asher-te'avveh nafshekha babbaqar uvatson uvayyayin uvashekhar uvekhol asher tishalekha nafshekha ve'akhalta sham lifne Adonai elohekha vesamakhta attah uvetekha

and spend the money on anything you want—cattle, sheep, wine, or other intoxicant, or anything you may desire. And you shall feast there, in the presence of the ETERNAL your God, and rejoice with your household.

vehallevi asher-bisharekha lo ta'azvennu ki en lo kheleq venakhalah immakh

But do not neglect the Levite in your community, for he has no hereditary portion as you have.

miqtseh shalosh shanim totsi et-kol-masar tevu'atekha bashanah hahiv vehinnakhta bisharekha

Every third year you shall bring out the full tithe of your yield of that year, but leave it within your settlements.

uva hallevi ki en-lo kheleq venakhalah immakh vehagger vehayyatom veha'almanah asher bisharekha ve'okhlu vesave'u lema'an yevarekhkha Adonai elohekha bekhol-ma'aseh yadekha asher ta'aseh

Then the Levite, who has no hereditary portion as you have, and the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow in your settlements shall come and eat their fill, so that the ETERNAL your God may bless you in all the enterprises you undertake.