Deuteronomy 14

Old Testament · Brenton Septuagint with Greek parallel

Deuteronomy 14

1You are the children of the Lord your God: you shall not make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.Υἱοί ἐστε Κυρίου τοῦ Θεοῦ ὑμῶν· οὐκ ἐπιθήσετε φαλάκρωμα ἀναμέσον τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν ὑμῶν ἐπὶ νεκρῷ.

2For you are a holy people to the Lord your God, and the Lord your God has chosen you to be a peculiar people to himself of all the nations on the face of the earth.Ὅτι λαὸς ἅγιος εἶ Κυρίῳ τῷ Θεῷ σου, καὶ σε ἐξελέξατο Κύριος ὁ Θεός σου γενέσθαι σε λαὸν αὐτῷ περιούσιον ἀπὸ πάντων τῶν ἐθνῶν τῶν ἐπὶ προσώπου τῆς γῆς.

3You shall not eat any abominable thing.Οὐ φάγεσθε πᾶν βδέλυγμα.

4These are the beasts which you shall eat; the calf of the herd, and lamb of the sheep, and kid of the goats;Ταῦτα κτήνη ἃ φάγεσθε· μόσχον ἐκ βοῶν, καὶ ἀμνὸν ἐκ προβάτων, καὶ χίμαρον ἐξ αἰγῶν·

5the stag, and doe, and pygarg, and * wild goat, and camelopard.ἔλαφον, καὶ δορκάδα, καὶ πύγαργον, ὄρυγα, καὶ καμηλοπάρδαλιν.

6Every beast that divides the hoofs, and makes claws of two divisions, and that chews the cud among beasts, these you shall eat.Πᾶν κτῆνος διχηλοῦν ὁπλὴν, καὶ ὀνυχιστῆρας ὀνυχίζον δύο χηλῶν, καὶ ἀνάγον μηρυκισμὸν ἐν τοῖς κτήνεσι, ταῦτα φάγεσθε.

7And these you shall not eat of them that chew the cud, and of those that divide the hoofs, and make distinct claws; the camel, and the hare, and the rabbit; because they chew the cud, and do not divide the hoof, these are unclean to you.Καὶ ταῦτα οὐ φάγεσθε ἀπὸ τῶν ἀναγόντων μηρυκισμὸν, καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν διχηλούντων τὰς ὁπλὰς, καὶ ὀνυχιζόντων ὀνυχιστῆρας· τὸν κάμηλον, καὶ δασύποδα, καὶ χοιρογρύλλιον· ὅτι ἀνάγουσι μηρυκισμὸν, καὶ ὁπλὴν οὐ διχηλοῦσιν, ἀκάθαρτα ταῦτα ὑμῖν ἐστι.

8And as for the swine, because he divides the hoof, and makes claws of the hoof, yet he chews not the cud, he is unclean to you; you shall not eat of their flesh, you shall not touch their dead bodies.Καὶ τὸν ὗν, ὅτι διχηλεῖ ὁπλὴν τοῦτο, καὶ ὀνυχίζει ὀνυχιστῆρας ὁπλῆς, καὶ τοῦτο μηρυκισμὸν οὐ μηρυκᾶται ἀκάθαρτον τοῦτο ὑμῖν· ἀπὸ τῶν κρεῶν αὐτῶν οὐ φάγεσθε, τῶν θνησιμαίων αὐτῶν οὐχ ἅψεσθε.

9And these you shall eat of all that are in the water, you shall eat all that have fins and scales.Καὶ ταῦτα φάγεσθε ἀπὸ πάντων τῶν ἐν τῷ ὕδατι, πάντα ὅσα ἐστὶν ἐν αὐτοῖς πτερύγια καὶ λεπίδες, φάγεσθε.

10And all that have not fins and scales you shall not eat; they are unclean to you.Καὶ πάντα ὅσα οὐκ ἔστιν αὐτοῖς πτερύγια καὶ λεπίδες, οὐ φάγεσθε· ἀκάθαρτα ὑμῖν ἐστι.

11You shall eat every clean bird.Πᾶν ὄρνεον καθαρὸν φάγεσθε.

12And these of † them you shall not eat; the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the sea-eagle,Καὶ ταῦτα οὐ φάγεσθε ἀπʼ αὐτῶν· τὸν ἀετὸν, καὶ τὸν γρύπα, καὶ τὸν ἁλιάετον,

13-14and the vulture, and the kite and the like to it,καὶ τὸν γύπα, καὶ τὸν ἴκτινον, καὶ τὰ ὅμοια αὐτῷ,

15and the sparrow, and the owl, and the cormorant,καὶ στρουθὸν, καὶ γλαῦκα, καὶ λάρον,

16and the heron, and the swan, and the stork,καὶ ἐρωδιὸν, καὶ κύκνον, καὶ ἶβιν,

17and the cormorant, and the hawk, and its like, and the hoopoe, and the raven,καὶ καταράκτην, καὶ ἱέρακα, καὶ τὰ ὅμοια αὐτῷ, καὶ ἔποπα, καὶ νυκτικόρακα,

18and the pelican, and the ‡ diver and the like to it, and the § red-bill and the bat.καὶ πελακᾶνα, καὶ χαραδριὸν, καὶ τὰ ὅμοια αὐτῷ, καὶ πορφυρίωνα, καὶ νυκτερίδα.

19All winged animals that creep are unclean to you; you shall not eat of them.Πάντα τὰ ἑρπετὰ τῶν πετεινῶν ἀκάθαρτά ἐστιν ὑμῖν· οὐ φάγεσθε ἀπʼ αὐτῶν.

20You shall eat every clean bird.Πᾶν πετεινὸν καθαρὸν φάγεσθε.

21You shall eat nothing that dies of itself; it shall be given to the sojourner in your cities and he shall eat it, or you shall sell it to a stranger, because you are a holy people to the Lord your God. You shall not boil a lamb in his mother's milk.Πᾶν θνησιμαῖον οὐ φάγεσθε· τῷ παροίκῳ τῷ ἐν ταῖς πόλεσί σου δοθήσεται καὶ φάγεται, ἢ ἀποδώσῃ τῷ ἀλλοτρίῳ, ὅτι λαὸς ἅγιος εἶ Κυρίῳ τῷ Θεῷ σου. Οὐχ ἑψήσεις ἄρνα ἐν γάλακτι μητρὸς αὐτοῦ.

22You shall tithe a tenth of all the produce of your seed, the fruit of your field year by year.Δεκάτην ἀποδεκατώσεις παντὸς γεννήματος τοῦ σπέρματός σου, τὸ γέννημα τοῦ ἀγροῦ σου ἐνιαυτὸν κατʼ ἐνιαυτόν.

23And you shall eat it in the place which the Lord your God shall choose to have his name called there; you shall bring the tithe of your corn and of your wine, and of your oil, the firstborn of your herd and of your flock, that you may learn to fear the Lord your God always.Καὶ φαγῇ αὐτὸ ἐν τῷ τόπῳ, ᾧ ἐὰν ἐκλέξηται Κύριος ὁ Θεός σου ἐπικληθῆναι τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ ἐκεῖ· οἴσετε τὰ ἐπιδέκατα τοῦ σίτου σου, καὶ τοῦ οἴνου σου, καὶ τοῦ ἐλαίου σου, τὰ πρωτότοκα τῶν βοῶν σου, καὶ τῶν προβάτων σου, ἵνα μάθῃς φοβεῖσθαι Κύριον τὸν Θεόν σου πάσας τὰς ἡμέρας.

24And if the journey be too far for you, and you are not able to bring them, because the place is far from you which the Lord your God shall choose to have his name called there, because the Lord your God will bless you;Ἐὰν δὲ μακρὰν γένηται ἡ ὁδὸς ἀπὸ σοῦ, καὶ μὴ δύνῃ ἀναφέρειν αὐτὰ, ὅτι μακρὰν ἀπὸ σοῦ ὁ τόπος, ὃν ἂν ἐκλέξηται Κύριος ὁ Θεός σου ἐπικληθῆναι τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ ἐκεῖ, ὅτι εὐλογήσει σε Κύριος ὁ Θεός σοῦ,

25then you shall sell them for money, and you shall take the money in your hands, and you shall go to the place which the Lord your God shall choose.καὶ ἀποδώσῃ αὐτὰ ἀργυρίου, καὶ λήψῃ τὸ ἀργύριον ἐν ταῖς χερσί σου, καὶ πορεύσῃ εἰς τὸν τόπον ὃν ἂν ἐκλέξηται Κύριος ὁ Θεός σου αὐτόν.

26And you shall give the money for whatever your soul shall desire, for oxen or for sheep, or for wine, or you shall lay it out on strong drink, or on whatever your soul may desire, and you shall eat there before the Lord your God, and you shall rejoice and your house,Καὶ δώσεις ἀργύριον ἐπὶ παντὸς οὗ ἂν ἐπιθυμεῇ ἡ ψυχή σου, ἐπὶ βουσὶν ἤ ἐπὶ προβάτοις, ἢ ἐτʼ οἴνῳ ἢ ἐπὶ σίκερα, ἢ ἐπὶ σίκερα, ἢ ἐπὶ παντὸς οὗ ἂν ἐπιθυμῇ ἡ φυχή σου, καὶ φαγῇ ἐκεῖ ἐναντίον Κυρίου τοῦ Θεοῦ σου, καὶ εὐφρανθήσῃ σὺ καὶ ὁ οἶκός σου,

27and the Levite that is in your cities, because he has not a portion or inheritance with you.καὶ ὁ Λευίτης ὁ ἐν ταῖς πόλεσί σου, ὅτι οὐκ ἔστιν αὐτῷ μερὶς οὐδὲ κλῆρος μετὰ σοῦ.

28After three years you shall bring out all the tithes of your fruits, in that year you shall lay it up in your cities.Μετὰ τρία ἔτη ἐξοίσεις πᾶν τὸ ἐπιδέκατον τῶν γεννημάτων σου, ἐν τῷ ἐνιαυτῷ ἐκείνῳ θήσεις αὐτὸ ἐν ταῖς πόλεσί σου.

29And the Levite shall come, because he has no part or lot with you, and the stranger, and the orphan, and the widow which is in your cities; and they shall eat and be filled, that the Lord your God may bless you in all the works which you shall do.Καὶ ἐλεύσεται ὁ Λευίτης, ὅτι οὐκ ἔστιν αὐτῷ μερὶς οὐδὲ κλῆρος μετὰ σοῦ, καὶ ὁ προσήλυτος καὶ ὁ ὀρφανὸς καὶ ἡ χήρα ἡ ἐν ταῖς πόλεσί σου, καὶ φάγονται καὶ ἐμπλησθήσονται, ἵνα εὐλογήσῃ σε Κύριος ὁ Θεός σου ἐν πᾶσι τοῖς ἔργοις οἷς ἐὰν ποιῇς.

Translator's Notes

These notes come from the printed edition of Sir Lancelot Brenton's classic English translation of the Septuagint (LXX), and record where the Greek differs from the English rendering or admits more than one reading.

• v. 5*Or, buffalo.
• v. 12†i.e. birds.
• v. 18‡Or, heron.
• v. 18§Or, flamingo.