what I remember:
This chapter tells some of the meats that are permitted or not permitted to be eaten - all fish are okay, but sea animals without scales aren't. Birds of prey aren't, etc. I'm guessing that most of these have to do with what diseases were common at the time, and what meats were most likely to be safe.
The second part of the chapter though is particularly interesting. It instructs people to tithe their produce. However, if actually taking the produce to God is prohibitive (due to distance), they are to sell the tithe, take the money to the place where God is, and then buy "whatever their heart desires" at the place, and eat a big feast. Yes, they eat their tithe. They're instructed not to forget the Levite - so I guess the Levite eats with them? And every third year, they're supposed to store their tithe for Levites and strangers that come passing through - so that they can eat at their house. I've never seen this before - that the tithe was to be ENJOYED before God - at least in this case.
Looking back, that's what was to be done with the tithe if they didn't have too far to go either - bring it to God and eat it before Him. Interesting.
key verse:
And you shall eat before the Lord your God....
about God:
He made provision for His people to enjoy and eat before Him, and he also made provision for them to be hospitable.
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