Deuteronomy 14:29
27 And do not neglect the Levite within your gates, since he has no portion or inheritance among you.
28 At the end of every three years, bring a tenth of all your produce for that year and lay it up within your gates.
Then the Levite (because he has no portion or inheritance among you), the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow within your gates may come and eat and be satisfied. And the LORD your God will bless you in all the work of your hands.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Then the Levite (because he has no portion or inheritance among you), the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow within your gates may come and eat and be satisfied. And the LORD your God will bless you in all the work of your hands.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- 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 the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hand which you do.
- ASV
- and the Levite, because he hath no portion nor inheritance with thee, and the sojourner, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within thy gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that Jehovah thy God may bless thee in all the work of thy hand which thou doest.
- DARBY
- and the Levite for 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 Jehovah thy God may bless thee in all the work of thy hand which thou doest.
- BLB
- And the Levite may come—for unto him [is] not a portion or inheritance with you—and the sojourner, and the fatherless, and the widow who [is] within your gates. And they shall eat and be satisfied, that YHWH your God may bless you in all the work of your hand that you do.
- ÅB
- og så skal levitten komme - for han har ingen del eller arv med deg - og den fremmede og den farløse og enken som bor hos deg, og de skal spise og bli mette, for at Herren din Gud må velsigne deg i alt det arbeid du tar deg fore.
- OTB
- slik at levittene, som ikke har noen del eller arv av sin egen, sammen med utlendingene, de farløse og enkene som bor i dine byer, kan komme og spise og bli mette. På denne måten vil Herren din Gud velsigne deg i alt arbeidet av dine hender.
- B1930
- og så skal levitten komme - for han har ingen del eller arv med dig - og den fremmede og den farløse og enken som bor hos dig, og de skal ete og bli mette, forat Herren din Gud må velsigne dig i alt det arbeid du tar dig fore.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Deuteronomy 15:10
Give generously to him, and do not let your heart be grieved when you do so. And because of this the LORD your God will bless you in all your work and in everything to which you put your hand.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 14:27
And do not neglect the Levite within your gates, since he has no portion or inheritance among you.
Read in contextProverbs 19:17
Kindness to the poor is a loan to the LORD, and He will repay the lender.
Read in contextMalachi 3:10–11
Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house. Test Me in this,” says the LORD of Hosts. “See if I will not open the windows of heaven and pour out for you blessing without measure.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 26:12–13
When you have finished laying aside a tenth of all your produce in the third year, the year of the tithe, you are to give it to the Levite, the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, that they may eat and be filled within your gates.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 16:11
and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God in the place He will choose as a dwelling for His Name—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite within your gates, as well as the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widows among you.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 24:19–21
If you are harvesting in your field and forget a sheaf there, do not go back to get it. It is to be left for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, so that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 12:12
And you shall rejoice before the LORD your God—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite within your gates, since he has no portion or inheritance among you.
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