Deu Deuteronomy, chapter Book of Deuteronomy, chapter 14
You are the children of the Lord your God. Don't mutilate yourselves or shave your forehead like pagans do14:1. “Like pagans do”: supplied for clarity. when they mourn the dead, Lev 19:27; 1Ki 18:28because you are a holy people who belong to the Lord your God. The Lord chose you as his special people out of all the nations on earth.Deu 7:6; Deu 26:18
You must not eat anything repulsive. Act 10:14These are the animals that you are allowed to eat:14:4. See also the list in Leviticus 11. Not all identifications of the different animals and birds are certain. cattle, sheep, goats, Lev 11:2deer, gazelles, wild goats, antelopes, and mountain sheep. Deu 12:15You can eat any animal that both has a divided hoof and also chews the cud. But you are not allowed to eat those that either chew the cud or have a divided hoof. This includes: camels, rabbits, and rock hyraxes. Even though they chew the cud, they don't have a divided hoof. You must treat them as unclean. Lev 11:4The same applies to the pig. Even though it has a divided hoof, it does not chew the cud. So you must treat it as unclean. You must not eat its meat or touch its dead body.Isa 65:4
When it comes to creatures that live in the water, you are allowed to eat anything that has fins and scales. Lev 11:9But you must not eat anything that does not have fins and scales. You must treat them as unclean. You are allowed to eat any clean bird. But you must not eat the following: eagle, griffon vulture, bearded vulture, Lev 11:13buzzard, kites, any kind of falcon, any member of the crow family, tawny owl, long-eared owl, gulls, any kind of hawk, little owl, eagle owl, barn owl, desert owl, Egyptian vulture, fish owl, storks, any kind of heron, hoopoe, or bats. All insects that fly are unclean to you; you must not eat them. But you are allowed to eat any clean animal that has wings. You must not eat any animal that dies. You can give it to a foreigner in your town, and they can eat it, or you can sell it to a foreigner. You, however, are a holy people who belong to the Lord your God. Don't cook a young goat in its mother's milk.Exo 23:19; Exo 34:26
Make sure you pay a tithe of every crop grown each year in your fields. Lev 27:30; Num 18:21You are to eat a tenth of your grain, new wine, and olive oil, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks, in the presence of the Lord your God at the place he will choose to live with you, so that you will learn to always respect the Lord your God. Deu 12:7; Mat 21:12However, if it's too far to carry all the tithe that the Lord your God has blessed you with, because the place where the Lord your God will choose to live with you is too distant, then you can exchange it for money, take the money with you and go to the place the Lord your God will choose. Mat 21:12Then you can spend the money on anything you like—cattle, sheep, wine, alcoholic drink, or anything else you want. Then you can have a feast there in the presence of the Lord your God and celebrate with your family.Lev 10:9; Deu 27:7
Don't forget to take care of the Levites in your town, because they don't have any share in the allotment of land. Num 18:20; Num 18:24At the end of every third year, collect a tenth of all your produce for that year and store it in your town. Lev 27:30This way the Levites (who don't have any share in the allotment of land), the foreigners, the orphans, and the widows in your town will be provided with what they need. The Lord your God will bless you in everything you do.Pro 10:24; 2Co 9:6