Deuteronomy 26:13

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Then thou shalt say before the LORD thy God, I have brought away the hallowed things out of mine house, and also have given them unto the Levite, and unto the stranger, to the fatherless, and to the widow, according to all thy commandments which thou hast commanded me: I have not transgressed thy commandments, neither have I forgotten them:

Levite

I have not

1 John 3:17

Forgotten

Psalm 119:93

Proverbs 3:1

General references

Numbers 13:27

Deuteronomy 14:22

Bible References

Levite

When you have taken out a tenth from the tenth of all your produce in the third year, which is the year when this has to be done, give it to the Levite, and the man from a strange land, and the child without a father, and the widow, so that they may have food in your towns and be full;

And the Levite, because he has no part or heritage in the land, and the man from a strange country, and the child who has no father, and the widow, who are living among you, will come and take food and have enough; and so the blessing of the Lord your God will be on you in everything you do.

When you get in the grain from your field, if some of the grain has been dropped by chance in the field, do not go back and get it, but let it be for the man from a strange land, the child without a father, and the widow: so that the blessing of the Lord your God may be on all the work of your hands.

If I kept back the desire of the poor; if the widow's eye was looking for help to no purpose;

I have not

For I have kept the ways of the Lord; I have not been turned away in sin from my God.

O Lord, be my judge, for my behaviour has been upright: I have put my faith in the Lord, I am not in danger of slipping.

And in this, I do my best at all times to have no reason for shame before God or men.

For our glory is in this, in the knowledge which we have that our way of life in the world, and most of all in relation to you, has been holy and true in the eyes of God; not in the wisdom of the flesh, but in the grace of God.

The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, to whom be praise for ever, is witness that the things which I say are true.

You are witnesses, with God, how holy and upright and free from all evil was our way of life among you who have faith;

But if a man has this world's goods, and sees that his brother is in need, and keeps his heart shut against his brother, how is it possible for the love of God to be in him?

Forgotten

I will ever keep your orders in mind; for in them I have life.

My son, keep my teaching in your memory, and my rules in your heart:

General references

And they said, We came to the land where you sent us, and truly it is flowing with milk and honey: and here is some of the produce of it.

Put on one side a tenth of all the increase of your seed, produced year by year.