Holman Christian Standard Bible

Deuteronomy 14:13-24 Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

13. the kite,any kind of falcon,

14. every kind of raven,

15. the ostrich,the short-eared owl, the gull,any kind of hawk,

16. the little owl, the long-eared owl,the white owl,

17. the desert owl,the osprey, the cormorant,

18. the stork,any kind of heron,the hoopoe, and the bat.

19. All winged insects are unclean for you; they may not be eaten.

20. But you may eat every clean flying creature.

21. “You are not to eat any carcass; you may give it to a temporary resident living within your gates, and he may eat it, or you may sell it to a foreigner. For you are a holy people belonging to the Lord your God. You must not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk.

22. “Each year you are to set aside a tenth of all the produce grown in your fields.

23. You are to eat a tenth of your grain, new wine, and oil, and the firstborn of your herd and flock, in the presence of Yahweh your God at the place where He chooses to have His name dwell, so that you will always learn to fear the Lord your God.

24. But if the distance is too great for you to carry it, since the place where Yahweh your God chooses to put His name is too far away from you and since the Lord your God has blessed you,