Clean and Unclean Animals (Leviticus 11:1–47; Acts 10:9–16)
1 WBS Ye are the children of the LORD your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead. BSB BSB: You are sons of the LORD your God; do not cut yourselves or shave your foreheads on behalf of the dead,
2 WBS For thou art a holy people to the LORD thy God, and the LORD hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people to himself, above all the nations that are upon the earth. BSB BSB: for you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all the peoples on the face of the earth.
3 WBS Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing. BSB BSB: You must not eat any detestable thing.
4 WBS These are the beasts which ye shall eat: the ox, the sheep, and the goat, BSB BSB: These are the animals that you may eat: The ox, the sheep, the goat,
5 WBS The hart, and the roebuck, and the fallow-deer, and the wild-goat, and the pygarg, and the wild ox, and the chamois. BSB BSB: the deer, the gazelle, the roe deer, the wild goat, the ibex, the antelope, and the mountain sheep.
6 WBS And every beast that parteth the hoof, and cleaveth the cleft into two claws, and cheweth the cud among the beasts, that ye shall eat. BSB BSB: You may eat any animal that has a split hoof divided in two and that chews the cud.
7 WBS Nevertheless, these ye shall not eat, of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the cloven hoof; the camel, and the hare, and the coney: for they chew the cud, but divide not the hoof; therefore they are unclean to you. BSB BSB: But of those that chew the cud or have a completely divided hoof, you are not to eat the following: the camel, the rabbit, or the rock badger. Although they chew the cud, they do not have a divided hoof. They are unclean for you,
8 WBS And the swine, because it divideth the hoof, yet cheweth not the cud, is unclean to you: ye shall not eat of their flesh, nor touch their dead carcass. BSB BSB: as well as the pig; though it has a divided hoof, it does not chew the cud. It is unclean for you. You must not eat its meat or touch its carcass.
9 WBS These ye shall eat, of all that are in the waters: all that have fins and scales shall ye eat: BSB BSB: Of all the creatures that live in the water, you may eat anything with fins and scales,
10 WBS And whatever hath not fins and scales ye may not eat; it is unclean to you. BSB BSB: but you may not eat anything that does not have fins and scales; it is unclean for you.
11 WBS Of all clean birds ye shall eat.BSB BSB: You may eat any clean bird,
12 WBS But these are they of which ye shall not eat: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray, BSB BSB: but these you may not eat: the eagle, the bearded vulture, the black vulture,
13 WBS And the glede, and the kite, and the vultur after his kind, BSB BSB: the red kite, the falcon, any kind of kite,
14 WBS And every raven after his kind, BSB BSB: any kind of raven,
15 WBS And the owl, and the night-hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind, BSB BSB: the ostrich, the screech owl, the gull, any kind of hawk,
16 WBS The little owl, and the great owl, and the swan, BSB BSB: the little owl, the great owl, the white owl,
17 WBS And the pelican, and the gier-eagle, and the cormorant, BSB BSB: the desert owl, the osprey, the cormorant,
18 WBS And the stork, and the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat. BSB BSB: the stork, any kind of heron, the hoopoe, or the bat.
19 WBS And every creeping animal that flieth is unclean to you: they shall not be eaten. BSB BSB: All flying insects are unclean for you; they may not be eaten.
20 WBS But of all clean fowls ye may eat.BSB BSB: But you may eat any clean bird.
21 WBS Ye shall not eat of any thing that dieth of itself: thou shalt give it to the stranger that is in thy gates, that he may eat it; or thou mayest sell it to an alien: for thou art a holy people to the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk. BSB BSB: You are not to eat any carcass; you may give it to the foreigner residing within your gates, and he may eat it, or you may sell it to a foreigner. For you are a holy people belonging to the LORD your God. You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.
Giving Tithes (Leviticus 27:30–34; Deuteronomy 26:1–15; Nehemiah 13:10–14)
22 WBS Thou shalt truly tithe all the increase of thy seed, that the field bringeth forth year by year. BSB BSB: You must be sure to set aside a tenth of all the produce brought forth each year from your fields.
23 WBS And thou shalt eat before the LORD thy God, in the place which he shall choose to place his name there, the tithe of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thy oil, and the firstlings of thy herds and of thy flocks; that thou mayest learn to fear the LORD thy God always. BSB BSB: And you are to eat a tenth of your grain, new wine, and oil, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks, in the presence of the LORD your God at the place He will choose as a dwelling for His Name, so that you may learn to fear the LORD your God always.
24 WBS And if the way is too long for thee, so that thou art not able to carry it; or if the place is too far from thee, which the LORD thy God shall choose to set his name there, when the LORD thy God hath blessed thee: BSB BSB: But if the distance is too great for you to carry that with which the LORD your God has blessed you, because the place where the LORD your God will choose to put His Name is too far away,
25 WBS Then shalt thou turn it into money, and bind up the money in thy hand, and shalt go to the place which the LORD thy God shall choose: BSB BSB: then exchange it for money, take the money in your hand, and go to the place the LORD your God will choose.
26 WBS And thou shalt bestow that money for whatever thy soul desireth, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatever thy soul desireth: and thou shalt eat there before the LORD thy God, and thou shalt rejoice, thou, and thy household. BSB BSB: Then you may spend the money on anything you desire: cattle, sheep, wine, strong drink, or anything you wish. You are to feast there in the presence of the LORD your God and rejoice with your household.
27 WBS And the Levite that is within thy gates, thou shalt not forsake him; for he hath no part nor inheritance with thee. BSB BSB: And do not neglect the Levite within your gates, since he has no portion or inheritance among you.
28 WBS At the end of three years thou shalt bring forth all the tithe of thy increase the same year, and shalt lay it up within thy gates: BSB BSB: At the end of every three years, bring a tenth of all your produce for that year and lay it up within your gates.
29 WBS And the Levite, (because he hath no part nor inheritance with thee) and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, who are within thy gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thy hand which thou doest. BSB BSB: Then the Levite (because he has no portion or inheritance among you), the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow within your gates may come and eat and be satisfied. And the LORD your God will bless you in all the work of your hands.
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