Deuteronomy 14:21

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

20 But you may eat any clean bird.

You are not to eat any carcass; you may give it to the foreigner residing 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 cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.

22 You must be sure to set aside a tenth of all the produce brought forth each year from your fields.

23 And you are to eat a tenth of your grain, new wine, and 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, so that you may learn to fear the LORD your God always.

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
You are not to eat any carcass; you may give it to the foreigner residing 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 cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.
KJV
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.
WEB
You shall not eat of anything that dies of itself. You may give it to the foreigner living among you who is within your gates, that he may eat it; or you may sell it to a foreigner; for you are a holy people to the LORD your God. You shall not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk.
ASV
Ye shall not eat of anything that dieth of itself: thou mayest give it unto the sojourner that is within thy gates, that he may eat it; or thou mayest sell it unto a foreigner: for thou art a holy people unto Jehovah thy God. Thou shalt not boil a kid in its mother`s milk.
DARBY
Ye shall eat of no carcase; thou shalt give it unto the stranger that is within thy gates, that he may eat it, or sell it unto a foreigner; for thou art a holy people to Jehovah thy God. Thou shalt not boil a kid in its mother's milk.
BLB
You⁺ shall not eat of any carcass; you may give it to the sojourner who [is] within your gates that he may eat it, or you may sell it to a foreigner. For you [are] a holy people to YHWH your God. You shall not boil a young goat in the milk of its mother.
ÅB
Dere skal ikke spise noe selvdødt dyr; du kan gi det til den fremmede som bor hos deg, for at han kan spise det, eller du kan selge det til en utlending; for et hellig folk er du for Herren din Gud. Du skal ikke koke et kje i dets mors melk.
OTB
Du skal ikke spise noe som dør av seg selv. Du kan gi det til utlendingen som bor i dine byer, og de kan spise det, eller du kan selge det til en utlending; for du er et hellig folk for Herren din Gud. Du skal ikke koke et kje i morens melk.
B1930
I skal ikke ete noget selvdødt dyr; du kan gi det til den fremmede som bor hos dig, forat han kan ete det, eller du kan selge det til en utlending; for et hellig folk er du for Herren din Gud. Du skal ikke koke et kje i dets mors melk.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Exodus 23:19

    Bring the best of the firstfruits of your soil to the house of the LORD your God. You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.

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  • Exodus 34:26

    Bring the best of the firstfruits of your soil to the house of the LORD your God. You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.”

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  • Leviticus 22:8

    He must not eat anything found dead or torn by wild animals, which would make him unclean. I am the LORD.

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  • Deuteronomy 14:2

    for you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all the peoples on the face of the earth.

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  • Romans 12:2

    Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.

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  • Daniel 12:7

    And the man dressed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, raised his right hand and his left hand toward heaven, and I heard him swear by Him who lives forever, saying, “It will be for a time, and times, and half a time. When the power of the holy people has finally been shattered, all these things will be completed.”

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  • Leviticus 17:15

    And any person, whether native or foreigner, who eats anything found dead or mauled by wild beasts must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening; then he will be clean.

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  • Leviticus 19:33–34

    When a foreigner resides with you in your land, you must not oppress him.

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