Torah
Devarim14
Deuteronomy · Chapter 14
Ye
are the children of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) your Elohim: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.
for thou
art an holy people unto 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) thy Elohim, and 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that
are upon the earth.
Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing.
These
are the beasts which ye shall eat: the ox, the sheep, and the goat,
The hart, and the roebuck, and the fallow deer, and the wild goat, and the pygarg, and the wild ox, and the chamois.
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.
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.
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.
These ye shall eat of all that
are in the waters: all that have fins and scales shall ye eat:
And whatsoever hath not fins and scales ye may not eat; it
is
unclean unto you.
Of all clean birds ye shall eat.
But these
are they of which ye shall not eat: the eagle, and ossifrage, and the ospray,
And the glede, and the kite, and the vulture after his kind,
And every raven after his kind,
And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind,
The little owl, and the great owl, and the swan,
And the pelican, and the gier eagle, and the cormorant,
And the stork, and the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat.
And every creeping thing that flieth
is unclean unto you: they shall not be eaten.
But of all clean fowls ye may eat.
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 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) thy Elohim. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother’s milk.
Thou shalt truly tithe all the increase of thy seed, that the field bringeth forth year by year.
And thou shalt eat before 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) thy Elohim, 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 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) thy Elohim always.
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 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) thy Elohim shall choose to set his name there, when 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) thy Elohim hath blessed thee:
Then shalt thou turn
it into money, and bind up the money in thine hand, and shalt go unto the place which 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) thy Elohim shall choose:
And thou shalt bestow that money for whatsoever thy nephesh lusteth after, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatsoever thy nephesh desireth: and thou shalt eat there before 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) thy Elohim, and thou shalt rejoice, thou, and thine household,
And the Levite that
is within thy gates; thou shalt not forsake him; for he hath no part nor inheritance with thee.
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:
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 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) thy Elohim may bless thee in all the work of thine hand which thou doest.
Torah
Devarim15
Deuteronomy · Chapter 15
At the end of
every seven years thou shalt make a release.
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 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH)’S release.
Of a foreigner thou mayest exact
it again: but
that
which is thine with thy brother thine hand shall release;
Save when there shall be no poor among you; for 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) shall greatly bless thee in the land which 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) thy Elohim giveth thee
for an inheritance to possess it:
Only if thou carefully hearken unto the voice of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) thy Elohim, to observe to do all these mitsvot which I command thee this day.
For 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) thy Elohim 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.
If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) thy Elohim giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother:
But thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need,
in that which he wanteth.
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 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) against thee, and it be sin unto thee.
Thou shalt surely give him, and thine heart shall not be grieved when thou givest unto him: because that for this thing 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) thy Elohim shall bless thee in all thy works, and in all that thou puttest thine hand unto.
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.
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.
And when thou sendest him out free from thee, thou shalt not let him go away empty:
Thou shalt furnish him liberally out of thy flock, and out of thy floor, and out of thy winepress:
of that wherewith 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) thy Elohim hath blessed thee thou shalt give unto him.
And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Mitsrayim, and 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) thy Elohim redeemed thee: therefore I command thee this thing to day.
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;
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.
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 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) thy Elohim shall bless thee in all that thou doest.
All the firstling males that come of thy herd and of thy flock thou shalt sanctify unto 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) thy Elohim: thou shalt do no work with the firstling of thy bullock, nor shear the firstling of thy sheep.
Thou shalt eat
it before 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) thy Elohim year by year in the place which 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) shall choose, thou and thy household.
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 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) thy Elohim.
Thou shalt eat it within thy gates: the unclean and the clean
person shall eat it alike, as the roebuck, and as the hart.
Only thou shalt not eat the blood thereof; thou shalt pour it upon the ground as water.
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Devarim16
Deuteronomy · Chapter 16
Observe the month of Abib, and keep the pesach unto 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) thy Elohim: for in the month of Abib 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) thy Elohim brought thee forth out of Mitsrayim by night.
Thou shalt therefore sacrifice the pesach unto 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) thy Elohim, of the flock and the herd, in the place which 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) shall choose to place his name there.
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 Mitsrayim in haste: that thou mayest remember the day when thou camest forth out of the land of Mitsrayim all the days of thy life.
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.
Thou mayest not sacrifice the pesach within any of thy gates, which 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) thy Elohim giveth thee:
But at the place which 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) thy Elohim shall choose to place his name in, there thou shalt sacrifice the pesach at even, at the going down of the sun, at the season that thou camest forth out of Mitsrayim.
And thou shalt roast and eat
it in the place which 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) thy Elohim shall choose: and thou shalt turn in the morning, and go unto thy tents.
Six days thou shalt eat unleavened bread: and on the seventh day
shall be a solemn assembly to 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) thy Elohim: thou shalt do no work
therein.
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.
And thou shalt keep the feast of weeks unto 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) thy Elohim with a tribute of a freewill offering of thine hand, which thou shalt give
unto 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) thy Elohim, according as 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) thy Elohim hath blessed thee:
And thou shalt rejoice before 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) thy Elohim, 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 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) thy Elohim hath chosen to place his name there.
And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Mitsrayim: and thou shalt observe and do these statutes.
Thou shalt observe the feast of tabernacles seven days, after that thou hast gathered in thy corn and thy wine:
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.
Seven days shalt thou keep a solemn feast unto 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) thy Elohim in the place which 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) shall choose: because 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) thy Elohim shall bless thee in all thine increase, and in all the works of thine hands, therefore thou shalt surely rejoice.
Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) thy Elohim 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 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) empty:
Every man
shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) thy Elohim which he hath given thee.
Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) thy Elohim giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment.
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.
That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit the land which 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) thy Elohim giveth thee.
Thou shalt not plant thee a grove of any trees near unto the altar of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) thy Elohim, which thou shalt make thee.
Neither shalt thou set thee up
any image; which 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) thy Elohim hateth.