14Deuteronomy 14

CHAP. XIIII. / 1 Gods children are not to disfigure themselues in mourning. 3 What may, and what may not be eaten, 4 of beasts, 9 of fishes, 11 of foules. 21 That which dieth of it selfe, may not be e

1Yee are the children of the Lord your God: yee shall not cutte your selues, nor make any baldnesse betweene your eyes for the dead.Select Deuteronomy 14:1

2For thou art an holy people vnto the Lord thy God, and the Lord hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people vnto himselfe, aboue all the nations that are vpon the earth.Select Deuteronomy 14:2

3Thou shalt not eate any abominable thing.Select Deuteronomy 14:3

4These are the beasts which yee shall eate: the oxe, the sheepe, and the goat,Select Deuteronomy 14:4

5The Hart, and the Roe bucke, and the fallow deere, and the wilde goat, and the Pygarg, and the wilde oxe, and the chamois.Select Deuteronomy 14:5

6And euery beast that parteth the hoofe, and cleaueth the clift into two clawes, and cheweth the cud amongst the beasts: that ye shall eate.Select Deuteronomy 14:6

7Neuerthelesse these yee shall not eate, of them that chew the cud, or of them that diuide the clouen hoofe, as the camel, and the hare, and the cony: for they chew the cudde, but diuide not the hoofe, therefore they are vncleane vnto you.Select Deuteronomy 14:7

8And the swine, because it diuideth the hoofe, yet cheweth not the cud, it is vncleane vnto you: ye shall not eate of their flesh, nor touch their dead carkeise.Select Deuteronomy 14:8

9These yee shall eate of all that are in the waters: all that haue finnes and scales shall ye eate:Select Deuteronomy 14:9

10And whatsoeuer hath not sinnes and scales, ye may not eat: it is vncleane vnto you.Select Deuteronomy 14:10

11Of all cleane birds ye shall eate.Select Deuteronomy 14:11

12But these are they of which ye shall not eat: the Eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray,Select Deuteronomy 14:12

13And the glede, and the kite, and the vulture after his kinde,Select Deuteronomy 14:13

14And euery rauen after his kinde,Select Deuteronomy 14:14

15And the owle, & the night hawke, and the cuckow, and the hawke after his kinde,Select Deuteronomy 14:15

16The little owle, and the great owle, and the swanne,Select Deuteronomy 14:16

17And the pellicane, and the Geer-eagle, and the cormorant,Select Deuteronomy 14:17

18And the Storke, and the Heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the batte.Select Deuteronomy 14:18

19And euery creeping thing that flyeth, is vncleane vnto you: they shall not be eaten.Select Deuteronomy 14:19

20But of all cleane foules ye may eat.Select Deuteronomy 14:20

21Ye shall not eate of any thing that dieth of it selfe: thou shalt giue it vnto the stranger that is in thy gates, that he may eate it, or thou mayest sell it vnto an alien: for thou art an holy people vnto the Lord thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kidde in his mothers milke.Select Deuteronomy 14:21

22Thou shalt truely tithe all the increase of thy seede, that the field bringeth forth yeere by yeere.Select Deuteronomy 14:22

23And thou shalt eate before the Lord thy God, in the place which he shall chuse to place his Name there, the tithe of thy corne, of thy wine, and of thine oyle, and the firstlings of thy herdes, and of thy flockes: that thou mayest learne to feare the Lord thy God alwayes.Select Deuteronomy 14:23

24And if the way bee too long for thee, so that thou art not able to carie it, or if the place be too farre from thee, which the Lord thy God shall chuse to set his name there, when the Lord thy God hath blessed thee:Select Deuteronomy 14:24

25Then shalt thou turne it into money, and binde vp the money in thine hand, and shalt goe vnto the place which the Lord thy God shal chuse.Select Deuteronomy 14:25

26And thou shalt bestow that money for whatsoeuer thy soule lusteth after, for oxen, or for sheepe, or for wine, or for strong drinke, or for whatsoeuer thy soule desireth: and thou shalt eat there before the Lord thy God, and thou shalt reioyce, thou and thine houshold.Select Deuteronomy 14:26

27And the Leuite that is within thy gates, thou shalt not forsake him: for he hath no part nor inheritance with thee.Select Deuteronomy 14:27

28At the end of three yeres thou shalt bring forth all the tithe of thine increase the same yeere, and shalt lay it vp within thy gates.Select Deuteronomy 14:28

29And the Leuite, because he hath no part nor inheritance with thee, and the stranger, and the fatherlesse, and the widowe which are within thy gates, shall come and shal eate, and be satisfied, that the Lord thy God may blesse thee, in all the worke of thine hande which thou doest.Select Deuteronomy 14:29