Devarim 14

1Ye are the bnei Hashem Eloheichem; ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.

2For thou art an Am Kadosh unto Hashem Eloheicha, and Hashem hath chosen thee to be an Am Segullah (treasured people) unto Himself, above kol haamim that are upon ha'adamah.

3Thou shalt not eat any to'evah (detestable thing).

4These are the beasts which ye shall eat: the shor, the seh, and the izzim,

5The deer, and the gazelle, and the yachmur, and the akko, and the antelope, and the wild ox, and the wild goat.

6And every beast that parteth the hoof, and is separated in two hooves, and cheweth the cud among the beasts, that ye shall eat.

7Nevertheless, these ye shall not eat of them that only chew the cud, or of them that only divide the cloven hoof; as the camel, and the hare, and the coney; for they chew the cud, but divide not the hoof; therefore they are tameh (unclean) unto you.

8And the chazir, because it divideth the hoof, yet cheweth not the cud, it is tameh (unclean) unto you; ye shall not eat of their basar, nor touch their nevelah (dead carcass).

9These ye shall eat of all that are in the waters: all that have fins and scales shall ye eat,

10And whatsoever hath not fins and scales ye may not eat; it is tameh (unclean) unto you.

11Of all tahorah (clean) birds ye shall eat.

12But these are they of which ye shall not eat: the nesher, and the vulture, and the bearded vulture,

13And the kite, and the buzzard after its kind,

14And every raven after its kind,

15And the owl, and the night hawk, and the seagull, and the hawk after its kind,

16The little owl, and the great owl, and the horned owl,

17And the pelican, and the osprey, and the cormorant,

18And the stork, and the heron after its kind, and the hoopoe, and the bat.

19And every creeping thing that flieth is tameh (unclean) unto you; they shall not be eaten.

20But of all tahor (clean) fowls ye may eat.

21Ye shall not eat of anything that dieth of itself; thou shalt give it unto the ger that is in thy she'arim, that he may eat it; or thou mayest sell it unto an alien; for thou art an Am Kadosh unto Hashem Eloheicha. Thou shalt not boil a young goat in its mother's cholov.

22Thou shalt truly give ma'aser (tithe) of all the increase of thy zera, that the sadeh bringeth forth year by year.

23And thou shalt eat before Hashem Eloheicha, in the place which He shall choose to place Shmo there, the ma'aser (tithe) of thy dagan (grain), of thy tirosh (new wine), and of thine yitzhar (fresh oil), and the bekhorot (firstlings) of thy herds and of thy flocks; that thou mayest learn to stand in awe of Hashem Eloheicha always.

24And if the journey be too long for thee, so that thou art not able to carry it; or if the place be too far from thee, which Hashem Eloheicha shall choose to set Shmo there, when Hashem Eloheicha hath blessed thee;

25Then shalt thou exchange it for kesef, and bind up the money in thine hand, and shalt go unto the place which Hashem Eloheicha shall choose;

26And thou shalt spend that kesef for whatsoever thy nefesh desireth after, for cattle, or for sheep, or for yayin, or for shechar (fermented drink), or for whatsoever thy nefesh desireth; and thou shalt eat there before Hashem Eloheicha, and thou shalt rejoice, thou, and thine household,

27And the Levi that is within thy she'arim; thou shalt not forsake him; for he hath no chelek nor nachalah with thee.

28At the end of shalosh shanim thou shalt bring forth all the ma'aser (tithe) of thine increase the same year, and shalt store it up within thy she'arim:

29And the Levi (because he hath no chelek nor nachalah with thee) and the ger, and the yatom, and the almanah, which are within thy she'arim, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that Hashem Eloheicha may bless thee in all the work of thine hand which thou doest.