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21 “You shall not eat any carcass;[a] you may give it to the alien who is in your towns,[b] and he may eat it, or you may sell it to a foreigner, for you are a holy people for Yahweh your God; you may not boil a kid in its mother’s milk.

22 “Certainly you must give a tithe of all the yield of your seed, which comes forth from your field year after year.[c] 23 And you shall eat before[d] Yahweh your God in the place that he will choose to make to dwell his name there the tithe of your grain, your wine and your olive oil and the firstling of your herd and your flock, so that you may learn to revere Yahweh your God always.[e]

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 14:21 Or “corpse”
  2. Deuteronomy 14:21 Literally “gates”
  3. Deuteronomy 14:22 Literally “the going forth of the field year by year”
  4. Deuteronomy 14:23 Literally “before the faces of”
  5. Deuteronomy 14:23 Literally “all of the days”

21 Do not eat anything you find already dead.(A) You may give it to the foreigner residing in any of your towns, and they may eat it, or you may sell it to any other foreigner. But you are a people holy to the Lord your God.(B)

Do not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.(C)

Tithes

22 Be sure to set aside a tenth(D) of all that your fields produce each year. 23 Eat(E) the tithe of your grain, new wine(F) 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 as a dwelling for his Name,(G) so that you may learn(H) to revere(I) the Lord your God always.

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