You are sons to Adonoy, your God; do not lacerate yourselves and do not make yourselves bald between your eyes for a dead person.

You are the children of the Lord your God: you shall not gash yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.

Children are you to the L-rd your G-d. Do not lacerate yourselves [as the Emorites do (for you are children of the L-rd, and it befits you to be comely and not lacerated and bald)], and do not make baldness between your eyes [opposite the forehead (see Leviticus 21:5)] for the dead.

For you are a sacred people to Adonoy, your God, and Adonoy has chosen you to be for Him a treasured people from all the peoples who are on the surface of the earth.

For thou art a holy people to the Lord thy God, and the Lord has chosen thee to be a special possession to himself, out of all the nations that are upon the earth.

For you are a holy people to the L-rd your G-d [by virtue of your fathers], and in you [in your own right] has the L-rd chosen to be unto Him a chosen people from all the peoples that are on the face of the earth.

Do not eat any abomination.

Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing.

You shall not eat any abomination [i.e., anything that I rendered an abomination to you, e.g., cooking milk and meat together. (If you have performed this abomination, you may not eat it)].

These are the animals that you are to eat: the bovine, the sheep and the goat;

These are the beasts which you may eat: the ox, the sheep, and the goat,

This is the beast that you may eat: the ox, the lamb of sheep, and the kid of goats.

The gazelle, the deer and the fallow deer; and the ibex and the adax; and the wild ox and the wild sheep.

the deer, and the gazelle, and the fallow deer, and the wild goat, and the adax, and the bison, and the wild sheep.

The hart, the gazelle, and the fallow deer [(whence it is derived that an animal is in the category of "beast" (4), and, also, that the unclean beasts and animals are more numerous than the clean, the lesser number always being specified)], and the wild goat, and the dyshon, and the wild ox, and the chamois.

And every animal whose sole is cloven, whose hoof is truly split in two, regurgitating [its] cud within the animals, it may you eat.

And every beast that parts the hoof, forming thereby two entirely cloven hoofs, and chews the cud among the beasts, that may you eat.

And every beast that has split hooves, entirely cloven in two [(for there are those whose hooves are split but not entirely cloven)], and which chews the cud in the beast [(The implication is that what is found in the beast after slaughtering, i.e., a fetus, may be eaten without slaughtering)] — it shall you eat, [(but not an unclean beast (a positive commandment being superadded to the negative, in which instance the transgressor is liable for violation of both a positive and a negative commandment (See 20)].

These, however, do not eat from the regurgitators of cud and from the cloven-soled : the dromedary, the camel, and the hare and the hyrax; for regurgitators of cud are they, but have no cloven sole; they are ritually unclean for you.

Nevertheless these you shall not eat of those which chew the cud, or of those which divide the cloven hoof; the camel, and the hare, and the coney: for they chew the cud, but do not divide the hoof; therefore they are unclean to you.

Only this may you not eat of those which chew the cud and of those which have cloven hooves: the shesuah [a creature with two backs and two spines], the camel, the hare, and the coney, for they chew the cud but do not have cloven hooves. They are unclean to you. [The enumeration is repeated though given previously (Leviticus 11) — the beasts, because of the shesuah; and the birds, because of the ra'ah (13), both of which are not mentioned there.]

Also the pig, because it is cloven-soled but does not [regurgitate its] cud; it is ritually unclean for you. From their flesh do not eat, and do not come in contact with their carcasses.

And the swine, because it divides the hoof, yet chews not the cud, is unclean to you: you shall not eat of their meat, nor touch their carcasses.

And the swine, for its hooves are cloven, but it does not chew the cud. It is unclean to you. Of their flesh you shall not eat, and their carcass you shall not touch [(on the festival, one being obliged to cleanse himself on a festival)].

These are you to eat from whatever is in the water: whatever has fins and scales may you eat.

These you may eat of all that are in the waters: all that have fins and scales shall you eat:

This may you eat of all that is in the water: all that have fins and scales may you eat.

And whatever does not have fins and scales do not eat; they are ritually unclean for you.

and whatever has no fins and scales you may not eat; it is unclean to you.

And whatever does not have fins and scales you may not eat; it is unclean to you.

You may eat any pure bird.

All clean birds you may eat.

Every clean bird you may eat [including that sent out by the leper (Leviticus 14:7)].

And this is what you may not eat: the griffon vulture and the bearded vulture, and the black vulture;

But these are they of which you shall not eat: the griffon vulture, and the bearded vulture, and the black vulture,

And this is what you may not eat of them [(including the slaughtered bird of the leper)]: the great vulture, the bearded vulture, and the osprey.

The ra’ah and the ayah, and the kite according to its kind;

and the buzzard, and the kite, and the hawk after its kind,

And the ra'ah, and the ayah, and the dayah after its kind. [Ra'ah, ayah, and dayah are one and the same. It is called "ra'ah," for it "sees" (roeh) very clearly. All of its names are given so as not to provide an opening for "objectors," one who forbids it calling it "ra'ah," and one who wishes to permit it calling it "dayah" or "ayah," saying that Scripture did not interdict the latter. (The unclean birds are enumerated, being fewer than the clean. See 5)]

And every raven according to its kind;

and every raven after its kind,

And every raven after its kind.

And the dark desert eagle owl and the kestrel, and the gull, and the sparrow hawk according to its kind;

and the dark desert owl, and the kestrel, and the gull, and the sparrow hawk after its kind,

And the ostrich, and the night-hawk, and the sea-mew, and the hawk after its kind.

The dark little owl and the long-eared owl, and the tinshames;

the little owl, and the long eared owl, and the barn screech owl,

The little owl, and the great owl, and the tinshameth.

And the light little owl and the Egyptian vulture, and the shalach;

and the night prowler, and the gier eagle, and the fish owl,

And the pelican, and the carrion-vulture, and the cormorant.

And the stork, and the heron according to its kind, and the duchifas, and the bat.

and the stork, and the heron after its kind, and the hoopoe, and the bat.

And the stork, and the heron after its kind, and the lapwing, and the bat.

And all flying creeping creatures are ritually unclean for you; they may not be eaten.

And every creeping thing that flies is unclean to you: they shall not be eaten.

And every creeping thing (sheretz) of the bird, [which moves on the ground, e.g., flies, hornets, and unclean hoppers] is unclean to you; they shall not be eaten.

Every ritually clean bird you may eat.

But of all clean fowls you may eat.

All clean birds may you eat, [but not the unclean — a positive commandment superadded to the negative, in which instance the transgressor is liable for violation of both a positive and a negative commandment (see 6)].

Do not eat any carcass; to the alien in your cities give it and he will eat it or sell it to a non-Jew, for you are a people sanctified to Adonoy, your God; do not cook a kid in its mother’s milk.

You shall not eat of any thing that dies of itself: thou shalt give it to the stranger who is in thy gates, that he may eat it: or thou mayst sell it to an alien: for thou art a holy people to the Lord thy God. Thou shalt not boil a kid in its mother’s milk.

You shall not eat any carcass. To the stranger in your gates, [a ger toshav (a "resident stranger"), one who has taken it upon himself not to serve idolatry, but who eats carcass] shall you give it, and he shall eat it; or sell it to the gentile. For you are a holy people to the L-rd your G-d [(Things which are permitted to you, and which others forbid to themselves, you are forbidden to permit in their presence.)] You shall not cook a kid in its mother's milk. [This is stated three times (here, Exodus 23:19, and 34:26), ("a kid"): excluding animals, birds, and unclean beasts)].

You must surely tithe all the produce of your planting, that your field yields on a yearly basis.

Thou shalt truly tithe all the increase of thy seed, that the field brings forth year by year.

Tithe shall you tithe all the produce of your seed which goes forth from the field year by year [(whence it is derived that tithe is not taken from the new crop for the old)] [Re the juxtaposition with verse 21: The Holy One Blessed be He says, as it were, to Israel: If you do not give the tithe as prescribed, when it is close to ripening, you shall compel Me to blast the "kids" (i.e., the kernels) of the grain while they are yet in their mother's womb (i.e., the husks)].

You shall eat in the presence of Adonoy, your God, in the place He chooses to house His Presence there—the tithe of your grain, your wine, and your olive oil, and the firstborn of your cattle and flocks; in order that you learn to fear Adonoy, your God, all the years.

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 thy oil, and the firstlings of thy herds, and of thy flocks; that thou mayst learn to fear the Lord thy God always.

And you shall eat [the second tithe (ma'aser sheni)] before the L-rd your G-d, in the place that He shall choose to repose His name there, the tithe of your corn, your wine, and your oil, and the firstlings of your herd and your flock, so that you learn to fear the L-rd your G-d all of the days.

If the journey will be beyond you; if you will be unable to carry it because the place is distant for you where Adonoy, your God, chooses to set His Presence there, for Adonoy, your God, has blessed you—

And if the way be too long for thee, so that thou art not able to carry it; because the place is too far from thee, which the Lord thy God shall choose to set his name there, when the Lord thy God has blessed thee:

And if the way be too long for you, so that you not be able to carry it, for the place be too far from you that the L-rd your G-d will choose to repose His name there, for the L-rd your G-d will bless you [that the produce be too much to carry] —

you will substitute coins. You will bundle the coins in your hand, and will go to the place that Adonoy, your God, chooses.

then shalt thou turn it into money, and bind up the money in thy hand, and shalt go to the place which the Lord thy God shall choose:

Then you shall change it to money, and you shall bind the money in your hand, and you shall go to the place that the L-rd your G-d chooses.

You will spend the money for anything you desire—for cattle, sheep, wine, intoxicating liquor—and for anything that you wish; and you will eat there in the presence of Adonoy, your God, and will rejoice, you and your household.

and thou shalt bestow that money on all that thy heart desires, on oxen, or sheep, or wine, or strong drink, or whatever thy soul requires: and thou shalt eat there before the Lord thy God, and thou shalt rejoice, thou, and thy household,

And you shall give the money for all that your soul desires ["general"], of herd, flock, wine, and strong drink ["particular"], and for all that your soul asks ["reversion to the general" — general-particular-general. The rule is in accordance with the particular, viz.: Just as the particular is: one fruit from another, originating from the earth (including animals, which derive their sustenance from the earth), so, everything of this nature (is purchasable with ma'aser money (Eruvin 27b)]. And you shall eat there before the L-rd your G-d, and you shall rejoice, you and your household.

And the Levite who is in your city, you must not abandon; since he has no portion or inheritance with you.

and the Levite who is within thy gates; thou shalt not forsake him; for he has no part or inheritance with thee.

And the Levite who is in your gate, you shall not forsake him [by not giving him first tithe (ma'aser rishon)], for he does not have a portion and an inheritance with you [(This excludes from the tithe: leket, shikchah, peah (see Leviticus 19) and hefker (ownerless produce); for he has a portion in them just as you do.)]

At the end of three years, separate all the tithes of your produce of that year and set them aside in your city.

At the end of three years thou shalt bring forth in that year, all the tithe of thy produce, and shalt lay it up within thy gates:

From the end of three years you shall remove all the tithe of your produce in that year, and you shall place it in your gates. [If one delayed giving his tithes of the first and second years of the shemitah period, he must remove them from the house in the third year.]

The Levite shall come, for he has no portion or inheritance with you, and the proselyte and the orphan and the widow who are in your city, let them eat their fill; in order that Adonoy, your God, bless you in all the endeavors that you make.

and the Levite, (because he has no part or inheritance with thee,) and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, who 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 thy hand which thou doest.

And the Levite shall come [and take ma'aser rishon], for he has no portion and inheritance with you, and the stranger and the orphan and the widow who are in your gates [They take the second tithe, which reverts to the poor in that year], and they shall eat and be sated [Give them as much as they need to be sated (and you go to Jerusalem with the tithe of the first and second years that you delayed and make confession: "I have removed the holy thing from the house" (Deuteronomy 26:13)], so that the L-rd your G-d bless you in all to which you put your hand.