Deuteronomy 14

Clean and Unclean Animals// Leviticus 11:1–47; Acts 10:9–16

¹You are sons of Yahweh your God; do not cut yourselves or shave your foreheads on behalf of the dead, ²for you are a people holy to Yahweh your God. Yahweh has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all the peoples on the face of the earth.

• DT 14:2[ALLUDED TO]The New Testament refers to this → TIT 2:14

³You must not eat any detestable thing. ⁴These are the animals that you may eat:

The ox, the sheep, the goat,

⁵the deer, the gazelle, the roe deer,

the wild goat, the ibex, the antelope,

and the mountain sheep.

⁶You may eat any animal that has a split hoof divided in two and that chews the cud.

⁷But 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, ⁸as 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.

⁹Of all the creatures that live in the water, you may eat anything with fins and scales, ¹⁰but you may not eat anything that does not have fins and scales; it is unclean for you.

¹¹You may eat any clean bird, ¹²but these you may not eat:

the eagle, the bearded vulture, the black vulture,

¹³the red kite, the falcon, any kind of kite,

¹⁴any kind of raven,

¹⁵the ostrich, the screech owl, the gull, any kind of hawk,

¹⁶the little owl, the great owl, the white owl,

¹⁷the desert owl, the osprey, the cormorant,

¹⁸the stork, any kind of heron,

the hoopoe, or the bat.

¹⁹All flying insects are unclean for you; they may not be eaten. ²⁰But you may eat any clean bird.

²¹You 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 Yahweh your God.

You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.

• DT 14:21[NOTE]This is the third time the Law says it, Exodus 23:19 and 34:26. Later rabbis built the Jewish rule of not mixing meat and milk on these three verses.

Giving Tithes// Leviticus 27:30–34; Deuteronomy 26:1–15; Nehemiah 13:10–14

²²You must be sure to set aside a tenth of all the produce brought forth each year from your fields. ²³And 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 Yahweh your God at the place He will choose as a dwelling for His Name, so that you may learn to fear Yahweh your God always.

²⁴But if the distance is too great for you to carry that with which Yahweh your God has blessed you, because the place where Yahweh your God will choose to put His Name is too far away, ²⁵then exchange it for money, take the money in your hand, and go to the place Yahweh your God will choose. ²⁶Then 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 Yahweh your God and rejoice with your household. ²⁷And do not neglect the Levite within your gates, since he has no portion or inheritance among you.

²⁸At the end of every three years, bring a tenth of all your produce for that year and lay it up within your gates. ²⁹Then 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 Yahweh your God will bless you in all the work of your hands.