Deuteronomy:14-16
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Ye are the children of the LORD your God :
ye shall not cut yourselves ,
nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead .
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For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God ,
and the LORD hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself ,
above all the nations that are upon the earth .
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Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing .
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These are the beasts which ye shall eat :
the ox ,
the sheep ,
and the goat ,
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The hart ,
and the roebuck ,
and the fallow deer ,
and the wild goat ,
and the pygarg ,
and the wild ox ,
and the chamois .
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And every beast that parteth the hoof ,
and cleaveth the cleft into two claws ,
and cheweth the cud among the beasts ,
that ye shall eat .
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Nevertheless these ye shall not eat of them that chew the cud ,
or of them that divide the cloven hoof ;
as the camel ,
and the hare ,
and the coney :
for they chew the cud ,
but divide not the hoof ;
therefore they are unclean unto you .
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And the swine ,
because it divideth the hoof ,
yet cheweth not the cud ,
it is unclean unto you :
ye shall not eat of their flesh ,
nor touch their dead carcase .
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These ye shall eat of all that are in the waters :
all that have fins and scales shall ye eat :
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And whatsoever hath not fins and scales ye may not eat ;
it is unclean unto you .
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Of all clean birds ye shall eat .
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But these are they of which ye shall not eat :
the eagle ,
and the ossifrage ,
and the ospray ,
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And the glede ,
and the kite ,
and the vulture after his kind ,
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And every raven after his kind ,
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And the owl ,
and the night hawk ,
and the cuckow ,
and the hawk after his kind ,
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The little owl ,
and the great owl ,
and the swan ,
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And the pelican ,
and the gier eagle ,
and the cormorant ,
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And the stork ,
and the heron after her kind ,
and the lapwing ,
and the bat .
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And every creeping thing that flieth is unclean unto you :
they shall not be eaten .
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But of all clean fowls ye may eat .
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Ye shall not eat of any thing that dieth of itself :
thou shalt give it unto the stranger that is in thy gates ,
that he may eat it ;
or thou mayest sell it unto an alien :
for thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God .
Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother '
s milk .
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Thou shalt truly tithe all the increase of thy seed ,
that the field bringeth forth year by year .
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And thou shalt eat before the LORD thy God ,
in the place which he shall choose to place his name there ,
the tithe of thy corn ,
of thy wine ,
and of thine oil ,
and the firstlings of thy herds and of thy flocks ;
that thou mayest learn to fear the LORD thy God always .
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And if the way be too long for thee ,
so that thou art not able to carry it ;
or if the place be too far from thee ,
which the LORD thy God shall choose to set his name there ,
when the LORD thy God hath blessed thee :
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Then shalt thou turn it into money ,
and bind up the money in thine hand ,
and shalt go unto the place which the LORD thy God shall choose :
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And thou shalt bestow that money for whatsoever thy soul lusteth after ,
for oxen ,
or for sheep ,
or for wine ,
or for strong drink ,
or for whatsoever thy soul desireth :
and thou shalt eat there before the LORD thy God ,
and thou shalt rejoice ,
thou ,
and thine household ,
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And the Levite that is within thy gates ;
thou shalt not forsake him ;
for he hath no part nor inheritance with thee .
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At the end of three years thou shalt bring forth all the tithe of thine increase the same year ,
and shalt lay it up within thy gates :
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And the Levite , (
because he hath no part nor inheritance with thee ,)
and the stranger ,
and the fatherless ,
and the widow ,
which are within thy gates ,
shall come ,
and shall eat and be satisfied ;
that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hand which thou doest .
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At the end of every seven years thou shalt make a release .
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And this is the manner of the release :
Every creditor that lendeth ought unto his neighbour shall release it ;
he shall not exact it of his neighbour ,
or of his brother ;
because it is called the LORD '
S release .
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Of a foreigner thou mayest exact it again :
but that which is thine with thy brother thine hand shall release ;
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Save when there shall be no poor among you ;
for the LORD shall greatly bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it :
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Only if thou carefully hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God ,
to observe to do all these commandments which I command thee this day .
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For the LORD thy God blesseth thee ,
as he promised thee :
and thou shalt lend unto many nations ,
but thou shalt not borrow ;
and thou shalt reign over many nations ,
but they shall not reign over thee .
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If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the LORD thy God giveth thee ,
thou shalt not harden thine heart ,
nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother :
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But thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him ,
and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need ,
in that which he wanteth .
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Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart ,
saying ,
The seventh year ,
the year of release ,
is at hand ;
and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother ,
and thou givest him nought ;
and he cry unto the LORD against thee ,
and it be sin unto thee .
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Thou shalt surely give him ,
and thine heart shall not be grieved when thou givest unto him :
because that for this thing the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all thy works ,
and in all that thou puttest thine hand unto .
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For the poor shall never cease out of the land :
therefore I command thee ,
saying ,
Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother ,
to thy poor ,
and to thy needy ,
in thy land .
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And if thy brother ,
an Hebrew man ,
or an Hebrew woman ,
be sold unto thee ,
and serve thee six years ;
then in the seventh year thou shalt let him go free from thee .
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And when thou sendest him out free from thee ,
thou shalt not let him go away empty :
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Thou shalt furnish him liberally out of thy flock ,
and out of thy floor ,
and out of thy winepress :
of that wherewith the LORD thy God hath blessed thee thou shalt give unto him .
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And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt ,
and the LORD thy God redeemed thee :
therefore I command thee this thing to day .
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And it shall be ,
if he say unto thee ,
I will not go away from thee ;
because he loveth thee and thine house ,
because he is well with thee ;
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Then thou shalt take an aul ,
and thrust it through his ear unto the door ,
and he shall be thy servant for ever .
And also unto thy maidservant thou shalt do likewise .
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It shall not seem hard unto thee ,
when thou sendest him away free from thee ;
for he hath been worth a double hired servant to thee ,
in serving thee six years :
and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all that thou doest .
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All the firstling males that come of thy herd and of thy flock thou shalt sanctify unto the LORD thy God :
thou shalt do no work with the firstling of thy bullock ,
nor shear the firstling of thy sheep .
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Thou shalt eat it before the LORD thy God year by year in the place which the LORD shall choose ,
thou and thy household .
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And if there be any blemish therein ,
as if it be lame ,
or blind ,
or have any ill blemish ,
thou shalt not sacrifice it unto the LORD thy God .
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Thou shalt eat it within thy gates :
the unclean and the clean person shall eat it alike ,
as the roebuck ,
and as the hart .
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Only thou shalt not eat the blood thereof ;
thou shalt pour it upon the ground as water .
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Observe the month of Abib ,
and keep the passover unto the LORD thy God :
for in the month of Abib the LORD thy God brought thee forth out of Egypt by night .
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Thou shalt therefore sacrifice the passover unto the LORD thy God ,
of the flock and the herd ,
in the place which the LORD shall choose to place his name there .
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Thou shalt eat no leavened bread with it ;
seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread therewith ,
even the bread of affliction ;
for thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt in haste :
that thou mayest remember the day when thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt all the days of thy life .
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And there shall be no leavened bread seen with thee in all thy coast seven days ;
neither shall there any thing of the flesh ,
which thou sacrificedst the first day at even ,
remain all night until the morning .
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Thou mayest not sacrifice the passover within any of thy gates ,
which the LORD thy God giveth thee :
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But at the place which the LORD thy God shall choose to place his name in ,
there thou shalt sacrifice the passover at even ,
at the going down of the sun ,
at the season that thou camest forth out of Egypt .
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And thou shalt roast and eat it in the place which the LORD thy God shall choose :
and thou shalt turn in the morning ,
and go unto thy tents .
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Six days thou shalt eat unleavened bread :
and on the seventh day shall be a solemn assembly to the LORD thy God :
thou shalt do no work therein .
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Seven weeks shalt thou number unto thee :
begin to number the seven weeks from such time as thou beginnest to put the sickle to the corn .
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And thou shalt keep the feast of weeks unto the LORD thy God with a tribute of a freewill offering of thine hand ,
which thou shalt give unto the LORD thy God ,
according as the LORD thy God hath blessed thee :
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And thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God ,
thou ,
and thy son ,
and thy daughter ,
and thy manservant ,
and thy maidservant ,
and the Levite that is within thy gates ,
and the stranger ,
and the fatherless ,
and the widow ,
that are among you ,
in the place which the LORD thy God hath chosen to place his name there .
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And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt :
and thou shalt observe and do these statutes .
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Thou shalt observe the feast of tabernacles seven days ,
after that thou hast gathered in thy corn and thy wine :
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And thou shalt rejoice in thy feast ,
thou ,
and thy son ,
and thy daughter ,
and thy manservant ,
and thy maidservant ,
and the Levite ,
the stranger ,
and the fatherless ,
and the widow ,
that are within thy gates .
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Seven days shalt thou keep a solemn feast unto the LORD thy God in the place which the LORD shall choose :
because the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all thine increase ,
and in all the works of thine hands ,
therefore thou shalt surely rejoice .
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Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the LORD thy God in the place which he shall choose ;
in the feast of unleavened bread ,
and in the feast of weeks ,
and in the feast of tabernacles :
and they shall not appear before the LORD empty :
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Every man shall give as he is able ,
according to the blessing of the LORD thy God which he hath given thee .
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Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates ,
which the LORD thy God giveth thee ,
throughout thy tribes :
and they shall judge the people with just judgment .
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Thou shalt not wrest judgment ;
thou shalt not respect persons ,
neither take a gift :
for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise ,
and pervert the words of the righteous .
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That which is altogether just shalt thou follow ,
that thou mayest live ,
and inherit the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee .
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Thou shalt not plant thee a grove of any trees near unto the altar of the LORD thy God ,
which thou shalt make thee .
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Neither shalt thou set thee up any image ;
which the LORD thy God hateth .
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Thou shalt not sacrifice unto the LORD thy God any bullock ,
or sheep ,
wherein is blemish ,
or any evilfavouredness :
for that is an abomination unto the LORD thy God .