Translations
Modern
Eat it within your gates; both the ceremonially unclean and clean may eat it as they would a gazelle or a deer.
Traditional
Thou shalt eat it within thy gates: the unclean and the clean person shall eat it alike, as the roebuck, and as the hart.
Literal
Within your gates you may eat it, the unclean and the clean alike, as a gazelle or a deer.
Latin
…sed intra portas urbis tuæ comedes illud: tam mundus quam immundus similiter vescentur eis, quasi caprea et cervo.
Original
Hebrew
English
Eat it within your gates; both the ceremonially unclean and clean may eat it as they would a gazelle or a deer.
Notes
The law of Moses included rules about borrowing and lending. Here, God commanded Israel to cancel debts in the seventh year and to lend generously to the poor.
These laws helped poor people survive times of need. They also placed limits on the wealthy so they would not take advantage of those who were vulnerable.
Theme notes and profiles
Parallels
Glossary
Archaeology and the Bible Biblical Concept of Law Covenant Deuteronomy, Book of
Topics
Firstborn of Man and Beast, Reserved to Himself by God Sanitation: Food