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Ye are the children[H1121] of the LORD[H3068] your God[H430]: ye shall not cut[H1413] yourselves, nor make[H7760] any baldness[H7144] between your eyes[H5869] for the dead[H4191].
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For thou art an holy[H6918]people[H5971] unto the LORD[H3068] thy God[H430], and the LORD[H3068] hath chosen[H977] thee to be a peculiar[H5459]people[H5971] unto himself, above all the nations[H5971] that are upon[H6440] the earth[H127].
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Thou shalt not eat[H398] any abominable thing[H8441].
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These are the beasts[H929] which ye shall eat[H398]: the ox[H7794], the sheep[H7716], and the goat[H5795],
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The hart[H354], and the roebuck[H6643], and the fallow deer[H3180], and the wild goat[H689], and the pygarg[H1788], and the wild ox[H8377], and the chamois[H2169].
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And every beast[H929] that parteth[H6536] the hoof[H6541], and cleaveth[H8157] the cleft[H8156] into two[H8147]claws[H6541], and cheweth[H5927] the cud[H1625] among the beasts[H929], that ye shall eat[H398].
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Nevertheless these ye shall not eat[H398] of them that chew[H5927] the cud[H1625], or of them that divide[H6536] the cloven[H8156]hoof[H6541]; as the camel[H1581], and the hare[H768], and the coney[H8227]: for they chew[H5927] the cud[H1625], but divide[H6536] not the hoof[H6541]; therefore they are unclean[H2931] unto you.
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And the swine[H2386], because it divideth[H6536] the hoof[H6541], yet cheweth not the cud[H1625], it is unclean[H2931] unto you: ye shall not eat[H398] of their flesh[H1320], nor touch[H5060] their dead carcase[H5038].
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These ye shall eat[H398] of all that are in the waters[H4325]: all that have fins[H5579] and scales[H7193] shall ye eat[H398]:
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And whatsoever hath not fins[H5579] and scales[H7193] ye may not eat[H398]; it is unclean[H2931] unto you.
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Of all clean[H2889]birds[H6833] ye shall eat[H398].
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But these are they of which ye shall not eat[H398]: the eagle[H5404], and the ossifrage[H6538], and the ospray[H5822],
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And the glede[H7201], and the kite[H344], and the vulture[H1772] after his kind[H4327],
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And every raven[H6158] after his kind[H4327],
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And the owl[H1323], and the night hawk[H8464], and the cuckow[H7828], and the hawk[H5322] after his kind[H4327],
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The little owl[H3563], and the great owl[H3244], and the swan[H8580],
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And the pelican[H6893], and the gier eagle[H7360], and the cormorant[H7994],
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And the stork[H2624], and the heron[H601] after her kind[H4327], and the lapwing[H1744], and the bat[H5847].
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And every creeping thing[H8318] that flieth[H5775] is unclean[H2931] unto you: they shall not be eaten[H398].
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But of all clean[H2889]fowls[H5775] ye may eat[H398].
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Ye shall not eat[H398] of any thing that dieth of itself[H5038]: thou shalt give[H5414] it unto the stranger[H1616] that is in thy gates[H8179], that he may eat[H398] it; or thou mayest sell[H4376] it unto an alien[H5237]: for thou art an holy[H6918]people[H5971] unto the LORD[H3068] thy God[H430]. Thou shalt not seethe[H1310] a kid[H1423] in his mother's milk[H2461].
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Thou shalt truly[H6237]tithe[H6237] all the increase[H8393] of thy seed[H2233], that the field[H7704] bringeth forth[H3318]year[H8141] by year[H8141].
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And thou shalt eat[H398]before[H6440] the LORD[H3068] thy God[H430], in the place[H4725] which he shall choose[H977] to place[H7931] his name[H8034] there, the tithe[H4643] of thy corn[H1715], of thy wine[H8492], and of thine oil[H3323], and the firstlings[H1062] of thy herds[H1241] and of thy flocks[H6629]; that thou mayest learn[H3925] to fear[H3372] the LORD[H3068] thy God[H430]always[H3117].
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And if the way[H1870] be too long[H7235] for thee, so that[H3588] thou art not able[H3201] to carry[H5375] it; or if the place[H4725] be too far[H7368] from thee, which the LORD[H3068] thy God[H430] shall choose[H977] to set[H7760] his name[H8034] there, when the LORD[H3068] thy God[H430] hath blessed[H1288] thee:
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Then shalt thou turn[H5414] it into money[H3701], and bind up[H6696] the money[H3701] in thine hand[H3027], and shalt go[H1980] unto the place[H4725] which the LORD[H3068] thy God[H430] shall choose[H977]:
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And thou shalt bestow[H5414] that money[H3701] for whatsoever thy soul[H5315] lusteth after[H183], for oxen[H1241], or for sheep[H6629], or for wine[H3196], or for strong drink[H7941], or for whatsoever thy soul[H5315]desireth[H7592]: and thou shalt eat[H398] there before[H6440] the LORD[H3068] thy God[H430], and thou shalt rejoice[H8055], thou, and thine household[H1004],
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And the Levite[H3881] that is within thy gates[H8179]; thou shalt not forsake[H5800] him; for he hath no part[H2506] nor inheritance[H5159] with thee.
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At the end[H7097] of three[H7969]years[H8141] thou shalt bring forth[H3318] all the tithe[H4643] of thine increase[H8393] the same year[H8141], and shalt lay it up[H3240] within thy gates[H8179]:
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And the Levite,(because he hath no part[H2506] nor inheritance[H5159] with thee,) and the stranger[H1616], and the fatherless[H3490], and the widow[H490], which are within thy gates[H8179], shall come[H935], and shall eat[H398] and be satisfied[H7646]; that the LORD[H3068] thy God[H430] may bless[H1288] thee in all the work[H4639] of thine hand[H3027] which thou doest[H6213].