Deuteronomy 14

Clean and Unclean Food

1 "You are a the children of the LORD your God; b you shall not cut yourselves nor 1 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.

3 d "You shall not eat any 2 detestable thing. 4 e "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 3 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 f or touch their dead carcasses.

9 g "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 h "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 i every 4 creeping thing that flies is unclean for you; j they shall not be eaten. 20 "You may eat all clean birds.

21 k "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; l for you are a holy people to the LORD your God. m You shall not boil a young goat in its mother's milk.

Tithes

22 n "You shall truly tithe all the increase of your grain that the field produces year by year. 23 o "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 p 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 q 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 r rejoice, you and your household. 27 "You shall not 5 forsake the s Levite who is within your gates, for he has no part nor inheritance with you.

28 t "At the end of every third year you shall bring out the u 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.

  1. Cross References
    Romans 8:16
    The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God.
    Galatians 3:26
    For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.
  2. Cross References
    Leviticus 19:28
    You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor tattoo any marks on you: I am the LORD.
    Leviticus 21:1 - 5
    And the LORD said to Moses, "Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them: 'None shall defile himself for the dead among his people.
  3. Cross References
    Leviticus 20:26
    And you shall be holy to Me, for I the LORD am holy, and have separated you from the peoples, that you should be Mine.
    Deuteronomy 7:6
    For you are a holy people to the LORD your God; the LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for Himself, a special treasure above all the peoples on the face of the earth.
    Romans 12:1
    I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.
  4. Cross References
    Ezekiel 4:14
    So I said, "Ah, Lord GOD! Indeed I have never defiled myself from my youth till now; I have never eaten what died of itself or was torn by beasts, nor has abominable flesh ever come into my mouth.
  5. Cross References
    Leviticus 11:2 - 45
    Speak to the children of Israel, saying, 'These are the animals which you may eat among all the animals that are on the earth:
  6. Cross References
    Leviticus 11:26
    The carcass of any animal which divides the foot, but is not cloven-hoofed or does not chew the cud, is unclean to you. Everyone who touches it shall be unclean.
    Leviticus 11:27
    And whatever goes on its paws, among all kinds of animals that go on all fours, those are unclean to you. Whoever touches any such carcass shall be unclean until evening.
  7. Cross References
    Leviticus 11:9
    These you may eat of all that are in the water: whatever in the water has fins and scales, whether in the seas or in the rivers - that you may eat.
  8. Cross References
    Leviticus 11:13
    And these you shall regard as an abomination among the birds; they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle, the vulture, the buzzard.
  9. Cross References
    Leviticus 11:20
    All flying insects that creep on all fours shall be an abomination to you.
  10. Cross References
    Leviticus 11:23
    But all other flying insects which have four feet shall be an abomination to you.
  11. Cross References
    Leviticus 17:15
    And every person who eats what died naturally or what was torn by beasts, whether he is a native of your own country or a stranger, he shall both wash his clothes and bathe in water, and be unclean until evening. Then he shall be clean.
    Leviticus 22:8
    Whatever dies naturally or is torn by beasts he shall not eat, to defile himself with it: I am the LORD.
    Ezekiel 4:14
    So I said, "Ah, Lord GOD! Indeed I have never defiled myself from my youth till now; I have never eaten what died of itself or was torn by beasts, nor has abominable flesh ever come into my mouth.
    Ezekiel 44:31
    The priests shall not eat anything, bird or beast, that died naturally or was torn by wild beasts.
  12. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 14:2
    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.
  13. Cross References
    Exodus 23:19
    The first of the firstfruits of your land you shall bring into the house of the LORD your God. You shall not boil a young goat in its mother's milk.
    Exodus 34:26
    "The first of the firstfruits of your land you shall bring to the house of the LORD your God. You shall not boil a young goat in its mother's milk."
  14. Cross References
    Leviticus 27:30
    And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land or of the fruit of the tree, is the LORD's. It is holy to the LORD.
    Deuteronomy 12:6
    There you shall take your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, the heave offerings of your hand, your vowed offerings, your freewill offerings, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks.
    Deuteronomy 12:17
    You may not eat within your gates the tithe of your grain or your new wine or your oil, of the firstborn of your herd or your flock, of any of your offerings which you vow, of your freewill offerings, or of the heave offering of your hand.
    Nehemiah 10:37
    To bring the firstfruits of our dough, our offerings, the fruit from all kinds of trees, the new wine and oil, to the priests, to the storerooms of the house of our God; and to bring the tithes of our land to the Levites, for the Levites should receive the tithes in all our farming communities.
  15. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 12:5 - 7
    But you shall seek the place where the LORD your God chooses, out of all your tribes, to put His name for His dwelling place; and there you shall go.
  16. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 15:19
    All the firstborn males that come from your herd and your flock you shall sanctify to the LORD your God; you shall do no work with the firstborn of your herd, nor shear the firstborn of your flock.
    Deuteronomy 15:20
    You and your household shall eat it before the LORD your God year by year in the place which the LORD chooses.
  17. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 12:5
    But you shall seek the place where the LORD your God chooses, out of all your tribes, to put His name for His dwelling place; and there you shall go.
    Deuteronomy 12:21
    If the place where the LORD your God chooses to put His name is too far from you, then you may slaughter from your herd and from your flock which the LORD has given you, just as I have commanded you, and you may eat within your gates as much as your heart desires.
  18. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 12:7
    And there you shall eat before the LORD your God, and you shall rejoice in all to which you have put your hand, you and your households, in which the LORD your God has blessed you.
  19. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 12:12
    And you shall rejoice before the LORD your God, you and your sons and your daughters, your male and female servants, and the Levite who is within your gates, since he has no portion nor inheritance with you.
  20. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 26:12
    When you have finished laying aside all the tithe of your increase in the third year - the year of tithing - and have given it to the Levite, the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, so that they may eat within your gates and be filled.
    Amos 4:4
    Come to Bethel and transgress, At Gilgal multiply transgression; Bring your sacrifices every morning, Your tithes every three days.
  21. Cross References
    Numbers 18:21 - 24
    Behold, I have given the children of Levi all the tithes in Israel as an inheritance in return for the work which they perform, the work of the tabernacle of meeting.
New King James Version (NKJV) Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc.
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