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Verse	Translation	Text
De 14:21	Strong Concordance	Ye shall not eat [0398] of any thing that dieth of itself [05038]: thou shalt give [05414] it unto the stranger [01616] that is in thy gates [08179], that he may eat [0398] it; or thou mayest sell [04376] it unto an alien [05237]: for thou art an holy [06918] people [05971] unto the LORD [03068] thy God [0430]. Thou shalt not seethe [01310] a kid [01423] in his mother's [0517] milk [02461].
	King James	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.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
Ye shall not eat of any thing that dieth of itself--(See on Lev 17:15; Lev 22:8). thou shalt give it unto the stranger that is in thy gates--not a proselyte, for he, as well as an Israelite, was subject to this law; but a heathen traveller or sojourner. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk--This is the third place in which the prohibition is repeated [Exo 23:19; Exo 34:26]. It was pointed against an annual pagan ceremony (see on Exo 23:19; Exo 34:26). [Deu 14:22-29. LAW OF THE TITHE].

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

Ye shall not eat of any thing that dieth of itself--(See on Lev 17:15; Lev 22:8).

thou shalt give it unto the stranger that is in thy gates--not a proselyte, for he, as well as an Israelite, was subject to this law; but a heathen traveller or sojourner.

Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk--This is the third place in which the prohibition is repeated [Exo 23:19; Exo 34:26]. It was pointed against an annual pagan ceremony (see on Exo 23:19; Exo 34:26).

[Deu 14:22-29. LAW OF THE TITHE].

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk - Mr. Calmet thinks that this precept refers to the paschal lamb only, which was not to be offered to God till it was weaned from its mother; but see the note on Exo 23:19.

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²² Thou shalt truly [06237] tithe [06237] all the increase [08393] of thy seed [02233], that the field [07704] bringeth forth [03318] year [08141] by year [08141].
²³ And thou shalt eat [0398] before [06440] the LORD [03068] thy God [0430], in the place [04725] which he shall choose [0977] to place [07931] his name [08034] there, the tithe [04643] of thy corn [01715], of thy wine [08492], and of thine oil [03323], and the firstlings [01062] of thy herds [01241] and of thy flocks [06629]; that thou mayest learn [03925] to fear [03372] the LORD [03068] thy God [0430] always [03117].
²⁴ And if the way [01870] be too long [07235] for thee, so that [03588] thou art not able [03201] to carry [05375] it; or if the place [04725] be too far [07368] from thee, which the LORD [03068] thy God [0430] shall choose [0977] to set [07760] his name [08034] there, when the LORD [03068] thy God [0430] hath blessed [01288] thee:
²⁵ Then shalt thou turn [05414] it into money [03701], and bind up [06696] the money [03701] in thine hand [03027], and shalt go [01980] unto the place [04725] which the LORD [03068] thy God [0430] shall choose [0977]:
²⁶ And thou shalt bestow [05414] that money [03701] for whatsoever thy soul [05315] lusteth after [0183], for oxen [01241], or for sheep [06629], or for wine [03196], or for strong drink [07941], or for whatsoever thy soul [05315] desireth [07592]: and thou shalt eat [0398] there before [06440] the LORD [03068] thy God [0430], and thou shalt rejoice [08055], thou, and thine household [01004],
²⁷ And the Levite [03881] that is within thy gates [08179]; thou shalt not forsake [05800] him; for he hath no part [02506] nor inheritance [05159] with thee.
²⁸ At the end [07097] of three [07969] years [08141] thou shalt bring forth [03318] all the tithe [04643] of thine increase [08393] the same year [08141], and shalt lay it up [03240] within thy gates [08179]:
²⁹ And the Levite [03881], (because he hath no part [02506] nor inheritance [05159] with thee,) and the stranger [01616], and the fatherless [03490], and the widow [0490], which are within thy gates [08179], shall come [0935], and shall eat [0398] and be satisfied [07646]; that the LORD [03068] thy God [0430] may bless [01288] thee in all the work [04639] of thine hand [03027] which thou doest [06213].

²⁶ The first [07225] of the firstfruits [01061] of thy land [0127] thou shalt bring [0935] unto the house [01004] of the LORD [03068] thy God [0430]. Thou shalt not seethe [01310] a kid [01423] in his mother's [0517] milk [02461].

¹⁹ The first [07225] of the firstfruits [01061] of thy land [0127] thou shalt bring [0935] into the house [01004] of the LORD [03068] thy God [0430]. Thou shalt not seethe [01310] a kid [01423] in his mother's [0517] milk [02461].

⁸ That which dieth of itself [05038], or is torn [02966] with beasts, he shall not eat [0398] to defile [02930] himself therewith: I am the LORD [03068].

¹⁵ And every soul [05315] that eateth [0398] that which died [05038] of itself, or that which was torn [02966] with beasts, whether it be one of your own country [0249], or a stranger [01616], he shall both wash [03526] his clothes [0899], and bathe [07364] himself in water [04325], and be unclean [02930] until the even [06153]: then shall he be clean [02891].