You shall not forsake the Levite who is within your gates, for he has no portion nor inheritance with you. At the end of every three years you shall bring all the tithe of your increase in the same year, and shall store it within your gates. The Levite, because he has no portion nor inheritance with you, as well as the foreigner living among you, the fatherless, and the widow who are within your gates shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that Yahweh your God may bless you in all the work of your hand which you do.
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You shall surely tithe all the increase of your seed, that which comes out of the field year by year. You shall eat before Yahweh your God, in the place which he chooses to cause his name to dwell, the tithe of your grain, of your new wine, and of your oil, and the firstborn of your herd and of your flock; that you may learn to fear Yahweh your God always. If the way is too long for you, so that you are not able to carry it because the place which Yahweh your God shall choose to set his name there is too far from you, when Yahweh your God blesses you, then you shall turn it into money, bind up the money in your hand, and shall go to the place which Yahweh your God shall choose. You shall trade the money for whatever your soul desires: for cattle, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatever your soul asks of you. You shall eat there before Yahweh your God, and you shall rejoice, you and your household. You shall not forsake the Levite who is within your gates, for he has no portion nor inheritance with you. At the end of every three years you shall bring all the tithe of your increase in the same year, and shall store it within your gates. The Levite, because he has no portion nor inheritance with you, as well as the foreigner living among you, the fatherless, and the widow who are within your gates shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that Yahweh your God may bless you in all the work of your hand which you do.
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You shall not forsake the Levite who is within your gates, for he has no portion nor inheritance with you.
At the end of every three years you shall bring all the tithe of your increase in the same year, and shall store it within your gates.
The Levite, because he has no portion nor inheritance with you, as well as the foreigner living among you, the fatherless, and the widow who are within your gates shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that Yahweh your God may bless you in all the work of your hand which you do.
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And the Levite that is within thy gates; thou shalt not forsake him; for he hath no part nor inheritance with thee.
At the end of three years thou shalt bring forth all the tithe of thine increase the same year, and shalt lay it up within thy gates:
And the Levite, (because he hath no part nor inheritance with thee,) and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, which 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 thine hand which thou doest.
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And the Levite that is within thy gates, thou shalt not forsake him; for he hath no portion nor inheritance with thee.
At the end of every three years, even in the same year, thou shalt bring forth all the tithe of thine increase, and shall lay it up within thy gates.
And the Levite, because he hath no portion nor inheritance with thee, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that 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.
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- Numbers 18:20 (v27) Yahweh said to Aaron, “You shall have no inheritance in their land, neither shall you have any portion among them. I am your portion and…
- Deuteronomy 14:29 (v27) The Levite, because he has no portion nor inheritance with you, as well as the foreigner living among you, the fatherless, and the widow…
- Deuteronomy 12:12 (vv27, 29) You shall rejoice before Yahweh your God—you, and your sons, your daughters, your male servants, your female servants, and the Levite who…
- Deuteronomy 15:10 (v29) You shall surely give, and your heart shall not be grieved when you give to him, because it is for this thing Yahweh your God will bless…
- Deuteronomy 12:18-19 (v27) but you shall eat them before Yahweh your God in the place which Yahweh your God shall choose: you, your son, your daughter, your male…
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- Deuteronomy 14:27 (v29) You shall not forsake the Levite who is within your gates, for he has no portion nor inheritance with you.
- Deuteronomy 18:1-2 (v27) The priests and the Levites—all the tribe of Levi—shall have no portion nor inheritance with Israel. They shall eat the offerings of Yahweh…
- Proverbs 19:17 (v29) He who has pity on the poor lends to Yahweh; he will reward him.
- Galatians 6:6 (v27) But let him who is taught in the word share all good things with him who teaches.
- 1 Timothy 5:17 (v27) Let the elders who rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in the word and in teaching.
- Deuteronomy 16:11 (v29) You shall rejoice before Yahweh your God: you, your son, your daughter, your male servant, your female servant, the Levite who is within…
- Deuteronomy 24:19-21 (v29) When you reap your harvest in your field, and have forgotten a sheaf in the field, you shall not go again to get it. It shall be for the…
- Malachi 3:10-11 (v29) Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house, and test me now in this,” says Yahweh of Armies, “if I will…
- Exodus 22:21-24 (v29) “You shall not wrong an alien or oppress him, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt. “You shall not take advantage of any widow or…
- Leviticus 19:34 (v29) The stranger who lives as a foreigner with you shall be to you as the native-born among you, and you shall love him as yourself; for you…
- Deuteronomy 14:22 (v28) You shall surely tithe all the increase of your seed, that which comes out of the field year by year.
- Deuteronomy 16:14 (v29) You shall rejoice in your feast, you, your son, your daughter, your male servant, your female servant, the Levite, the foreigner, the…
- Deuteronomy 26:12-13 (v29) When you have finished tithing all the tithe of your increase in the third year, which is the year of tithing, then you shall give it to…
- Job 31:16-22 (v29) “If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail, or have eaten my morsel alone, and the…
- Psalms 41:1 (v29) Blessed is he who considers the poor. Yahweh will deliver him in the day of evil.
- Proverbs 3:9-10 (v29) Honor Yahweh with your substance, with the first fruits of all your increase: so your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will…
- Proverbs 11:24 (v29) There is one who scatters, and increases yet more. There is one who withholds more than is appropriate, but gains poverty.
- Isaiah 58:7-12 (v29) Isn’t it to distribute your bread to the hungry, and that you bring the poor who are cast out to your house? When you see the naked, that…
- 2 Corinthians 9:6-11 (v29) Remember this: he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly. He who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. Let each man give…
- Deuteronomy 26:12-15 (v28) When you have finished tithing all the tithe of your increase in the third year, which is the year of tithing, then you shall give it to…
- Amos 4:4 (v28) “Go to Bethel, and sin; to Gilgal, and sin more. Bring your sacrifices every morning, your tithes every three days,
- Luke 6:35 (v29) But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing back; and your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most…
- Luke 11:41 (v29) But give for gifts to the needy those things which are within, and behold, all things will be clean to you.
- Luke 14:12-14 (v29) He also said to the one who had invited him, “When you make a dinner or a supper, don’t call your friends, nor your brothers, nor your…
- Hebrews 13:2 (v29) Don’t forget to show hospitality to strangers, for in doing so, some have entertained angels without knowing it.
- James 1:27 (v29) Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this: to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself…
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain On v28 Besides the yearly tithes that were given to the…
Besides the yearly tithes that were given to the Levites, these were laid up in store for the poor.
Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain.
John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain On v29 Deu 14:29 And the Levite, (because he hath no…
Deu 14:29 And the Levite, (because he hath no part nor inheritance with thee,) and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, which [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 thine hand which thou doest.
Ver. 29. That the Lord thy God, &c.] Not getting, but giving, is the way to thrive in the world.
John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain On vv27–28 Thou shalt not forsake him; thou shalt give him…
Thou shalt not forsake him; thou shalt give him a share in such tithes, or in the product of them.
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible (1683–1685) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain On vv27–28 Thou shalt not forsake him - Thou shalt give…
Thou shalt not forsake him - Thou shalt give him a share in such tithes or in the product of them.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain On v29 Verse 29. And the Levite (because he hath no…
Verse 29. And the Levite (because he hath no part nor inheritance] And hence much of his support depended on the mere freewill-offerings of the people. God chose to make his ministers thus dependent on the people, that they might be induced (among other motives) to labour for their spiritual profiting, that the people, thus blessed under their ministry, might feel it their duty and privilege to support and render them comfortable.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain On vv27, 29 Deu 14:27-28. The Levite — thou shalt not forsake…
Deu 14:27-28. The Levite — thou shalt not forsake him — Thou shalt give him a share in such tithes, or in the product of them. At the end of three years — That is, in the third year, as it is expressed Deu 26:12. The same year — This is added to show that he speaks of the third year, and not of the fourth, as some might conjecture from the preceding phrase, at the end of three years.
Joseph Benson's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1811–1818) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain On v28 Compare the marginal references. The tithe thus directed in…
Compare the marginal references. The tithe thus directed in the third year to be dispensed in charity at home, was not paid in addition to that in other years bestowed on the sacred meals, but was substituted for it. The three years would count from the sabbatical year (see the next chapter), in which year there would of course be neither payment of tithe nor celebration of the feasts at the sanctuary. In the third year and sixth year of the septennial cycle the feasts would be superseded by the private hospitality enjoined in these verses.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain On v29 Filled. Of this feast the owner did not partake,…
Filled. Of this feast the owner did not partake, (St. Augustine, q. 20,) as he did of the former, ver. 26. (Menochius) --- Josephus ([Antiquities?] iv. 8,) acknowledges three sorts of tithes: but Calmet thinks that only two were paid every third year, and that the same tithe is mentioned, ver. 22, and 28., and Tobias i. 7. The only difference is, that on the third and sixth years, the products were consumed on the spot, and in other years they were spent at Jerusalem. See Leviticus xxvii. Many, however, believe that three tithes were then exacted: 1. For the Levites. 2. For a feast at Jerusalem, and to defray the expenses on the road. 3. For the poor at home. (Du Hamel; &c.) (Haydock)
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain On v28 At the end of three years . . .…
At the end of three years . . . the Levite . . . shall come, &c.--The Levites having no inheritance like the other tribes, the Israelites were not to forget them, but honestly to tithe their increase [Num 18:24]. Besides the tenth of all the land produce, they had forty-eight cities, with the surrounding grounds [Num 35:7], "the best of the land," and a certain proportion of the sacrifices as their allotted perquisites. They had, therefore, if not an affluent, yet a comfortable and independent, fund for their support.
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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown — Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain On v28 28. At the end of three years — The…
28. At the end of three years — The tithe of the third year, which was to be bestowed upon the poor, was not paid in addition to the tithe which was on other years devoted to the sacred festival, but took the place of it.
Daniel D. Whedon (gen. ed.), Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1874–1909) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain On vv27–29 27. the Levite within thy gates] The rural minister,…
27. the Levite within thy gates] The rural minister, dispossessed of his allowances by the removal of the tithe from the local sanctuaries.
thou shalt not forsake him] Not in LXX: which adds stranger, orphan, and widow, and other formulas—an instance of how readily these were added by various editors.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain On vv28–29 (28) At the end of three years thou shalt…
(28) At the end of three years thou shalt bring forth ail the tithe.—This is called by the Jews Ma’aser ‘Ani, “the poor’s tithe.” They regard it as identical with the second tithe, which was ordinarily eaten by the owners at Jerusalem; but in every third and sixth year was bestowed upon the poor.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain On v28 Vers. 28, 29. Every third year the whole tithe…
Vers. 28, 29. Every third year the whole tithe of the year"s produce was to be set apart, not to be brought to the sanctuary to be eaten before the Lord, but as a portion in their towns for the Levite, the stranger, the widow, and the fatherless. The end of three years; i.e. as the third year expired, consequently, in the last year of the triennium; (Deu_26:12) just as "the end of seven years" means each seventh year (Deu_15:1 Deu_31:10; Jer_34:14) This was not an additional tithe, but the former differently applied; the tithe of the first and second years was to be eaten before the Lord at the sanctuary; the tithe of the third year was for the poor and needy.
The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On v28 every three years you will present all the tithe…
every three years you will present all the tithe of your produce
Once every 3 years the Israelites were to store their tithes within their own towns so that it would be used to provide for the Levites, orphans, widows and foreigners. (See: Numbers)
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within your gates
Here "gates" represents the entire city or town. AT: "inside your city" (See: Synecdoche)
because he has no portion nor inheritance with you
God not giving any land to the Levites is spoken of as if he were not giving them an inheritance. (See: Metaphor)
fatherless
These are children whose parents have both died and do not have relatives to care for them.
widow
This is a woman whose husband has died and has no children to care for her in her old age.
in all the work of your hand that you do
Here "hand" represents the whole person. This refers to the work that someone does. AT: "in all the work you do" (See: Synecdoche)
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year
tenth
gate
Levi
inherit
alien
Yahweh
God
bless
works
hand
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On vv27–28 14:27 Because the Levites had no geographic inheritance of…
14:27 Because the Levites had no geographic inheritance of their own and were forbidden to engage in secular work, they depended on the support of other tribes (see 12:12).
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