International Children’s Bible

Deuteronomy 14:13-23 International Children’s Bible (ICB)

13. red kites, falcons, any kind of kite,

14. any kind of raven,

15. horned owls, screech owls, seagulls, any kind of hawk,

16. little owls, great owls, white owls,

17. desert owls, ospreys, cormorants,

18. storks, any kind of heron, the hoopoes or bats.

19. All insects with wings are unclean for you. Do not eat them.

20. Other things with wings are clean. You may eat them.

21. Do not eat anything you find that is already dead. You may give it to a foreigner living in your town. He may eat it. Or you may sell it to a foreigner. But you are holy people. You belong to the Lord your God.Do not cook a baby goat in its mother’s milk.

22. Be sure to save one-tenth of all your crops each year.

23. Take it to the place the Lord your God will choose where he is to be worshiped. There you will be together with the Lord. There eat the tenth of your grain, new wine and oil. And eat the animals born first to your herds and flocks. Then you will learn to respect the Lord your God always.