1 Be ye children of the Lord your God: you shall not cut yourselves, no, make any baldness for the dead;
2 Because thou art a holy people to the Lord thy God: and he chose thee to be his peculiar people of all nations that are upon the earth.
3 Eat not the things that are unclean.
4 These are the beasts that you shall eat, the ox, and the sheep, and the goat,
5 The hart and the roe, the buffle, the chamois, the pygarg, the wild goat, the camelopardalus.
6 Every beast that divideth the hoof in two parts, and cheweth the cud, you shall eat.
7 But of them that chew the cud, but divide not the hoof, you shall not eat, such as the camel, the hare, and the cherogril: because they chew the cud, but divide not the hoof, they shall be unclean to you.
8 The swine also, because it divideth the hoof, but cheweth not the cud, shall be unclean, their flesh you shall not eat, and their carcasses you shall not touch.
9 These shall you eat of all that abide in the waters: All that have fins and scales, you shall eat.
10 Such as are without fins and scales, you shall not eat, because they are unclean.
11 All birds that are clean you shall eat.
12 The unclean eat not: to wit, the eagle, and the grype, and the osprey,
13 The ringtail, and the vulture, and the kite according to their kind:
14 And all of the raven's kind:
15 And the ostrich, and the owl, and the larus, and the hawk according to its kind:
16 The heron, and the swan, and the stork,
17 And the cormorant, the porphirion, and the night crow,
18 The bittern, and the charadrion, every one in their kind: the hoop also and the bat.
19 Every thing that creepeth, and hath little wings, shall be unclean, and shall not be eaten.
20 All that is clean, you shall eat.
21 But whatsoever is dead of itself, eat not thereof. Give it to the stranger, that is within thy gates, to eat, or sell it to him: because thou art the holy people of the Lord thy God. Thou shalt not boil a kid in the milk of his dam.
22 Every year thou shalt set aside the tithes of all thy fruits that the earth bringeth forth,
23 And thou shalt eat before the Lord thy God in the place which he shall choose, that his name may be called upon therein, the tithe of thy corn, and thy wine, and thy oil, and the firstborn of thy herds and thy sheep: that thou mayst learn to fear the Lord thy God at all times.
24 But when the way and the place which the Lord thy God shall choose, are far off, and he hath blessed thee, and thou canst not carry all these things thither,
25 Thou shalt sell them all, and turn them into money, and shalt carry it in thy hand, and shalt go to the place which the Lord shall choose :
26 And thou shalt buy with the same money whatsoever pleaseth thee, either of the herds or of sheep, wine also and strong drink, and all that thy soul desireth: and thou shalt eat before the Lord thy God, and shalt feast, thou and thy house:
27 And the Levite that is within thy gates, beware thou forsake him not, because he hath no other part in thy possession.
28 The third year thou shalt separate another tithe of all things that grow to thee at that time, and shalt lay it up within thy gates.
29 And the Levite that hath no other part nor possession with thee, and the stranger and the fatherless and the widow, that are within thy gates, shall come and shall eat and be filled: that the Lord thy God may bless thee in all the works of thy hands that thou shalt do.
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Deuteronomy 14 deals mainly on God's dietary laws to the people of Israel, including which animals are considered pure and impure for consumption. Moreover, the chapter also addresses the importance of separating tithing and presenting it before the Lord.
Leviticus 11:47 - "To differentiate between the unclean and the pure, and between animals that can be eaten and the animals that cannot be eaten." This verse shows that the food laws were given by God to differentiate between pure and impure.
Acts 10:14 - "But Peter answered," Sir, because I have never eaten anything common and filthy. " Peter, a Jew, initially reluctant to eat with the Gentiles, but God instructs him not to call unclean what He has purified.
1 Timothy 4:4-5 - "For every creature of God is good, and there is nothing to reject, being received with thanksgiving. For by the Word of God and prayer is sanctified." This verse shows that all foods are pure, provided they are received with thanksgiving and sanctified by the Word of God.
Malachi 3:10 - "bring all tithes to the treasure house, that there may be maintenance in my house, and then prove me, says the Lord of hosts, if I do not open the windows of heaven, and do not pour out For such a blessing, that he warns you the greatest wealth. " This verse highlights the importance of bringing tithing to the house of the Lord and the promise of abundant blessings in response.
Luke 21:1-4 - "And, looking at him, he saw the rich launch his offers into the treasure ark; and he saw a poor widow also throw two small coins there; and said, Terde, I say unto you that he threw more than all This poor widow; for all those gave what he left; but this, of their poverty, gave all he had for his livelihood. " This verse highlights the importance of sacrifice in our offerings and tithes, regardless of the monetary value, and that God values the sincerity of the heart.
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