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Buttake heed, that ye do not, your righteousness, before men, to be gazed at by them, - otherwise at least, reward, have ye none, with your Father who is in the heavens. When, therefore, thou mayest be doing an alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, just as, the hypocrites, do in the synagogues and in the streets - that they may be glorified by men, - Verily, I say unto you, they are getting back their reward. But, thou, when doing an alms, let not, thy left hand, know what thy right hand is doing; read more.
that thine alms may be in secret, - and, thy Father, who seeth in secret, will give it back to thee.
that thine alms may be in secret, - and, thy Father, who seeth in secret, will give it back to thee.
Is not, this, the fast that I must ever choose - To unbind the tight cords of lawlessness, To unloose the bands of the yoke, - and To let the crushed go free, and That every yoke, ye tear off? Is it not to break unto the hungry, thy bread, And the thrust-out oppressed, that thou bring into a home, - When thou seest one naked, that thou cover him, And from thine own flesh, shalt not hide thyself?
And, when thy brother waxeth poor, and his hand becometh feeble with thee, then shalt thou strengthen him, as a sojourner and a settler, so shall he live with thee.
Jesus said unto him - If thou desirest to be perfect, Withdraw! sell thy substance, and give to the destitute, - and thou shalt have treasure in the heavens; and come! be following me.
Verse Concepts
Giving, Of PossessionsFollowing Jesus ChristCommitment, to Jesus Christethics, socialChristlikenessGenerosity, Humandiscipleship, nature ofChallengesBeggarsAlms, Good DeedsHeaven, Inheritance OfInvitationsPoverty, Attitudes TowardsPoverty, Remedies ForReligionRestitutionReward, For God's PeopleRich, TheSelf Denial
Notwithstanding, as to the things within, give alms, and lo! everything, is, pure unto you.
Sell your possessions, and give alms, make for yourselves purses that wax not old, - treasure unfailing, in the heavens, where, thief, doth not draw near, and, moth, doth not spoil.
At the end of three years, shalt thou bring forth all the tithe of thine increase in that year, - and shalt lay it up within thy gates; and the Levite shall come in - because he hath neither portion nor inheritance with thee - and the sojourner and the fatherless and the widow who are within thy gates, and they shall eat and be satisfied, - that Yahweh thy God may bless thee, in all the work of thy hand which thou shalt do.
When there cometh to be among you a needy person any one of thy brethren within any one of thy gates, in thy land, which Yahweh thy God is giving unto thee, thou shalt not harden thy heart nor shut thy hand from thy needy brother; but thou shalt, open, thy hand unto him, - and, lend, him enough to meet the poverty which doth impoverish him. Take thou heed to thyself lest there be something near thine abandoned heart, saying - Drawing nigh, is the seventh year the year of release, and so thine eye be evil, against thy needy brother, and thou give not unto him, - and he cry out against thee unto Yahweh, and it become in thee a sin! read more.
Thou shalt, give, unto him, and thy heart shall not be evil when thou givest unto him, - for on account of this very thing, will Yahweh thy God bless thee, in all that thou doest and in all whereunto thou puttest thy hand. For the needy will not cease out of the midst of the land - for this cause, am I commanding thee, saying, Thou shalt open, thy hand unto thy brother to thy poor and to thy needy, in thy land.
Thou shalt, give, unto him, and thy heart shall not be evil when thou givest unto him, - for on account of this very thing, will Yahweh thy God bless thee, in all that thou doest and in all whereunto thou puttest thy hand. For the needy will not cease out of the midst of the land - for this cause, am I commanding thee, saying, Thou shalt open, thy hand unto thy brother to thy poor and to thy needy, in thy land.
To him who is asking thee, give; and, him who is desiring from thee to borrow, do not thou turn away.
Or he that exhorteth, in his exhorting, he that imparteth, let it be with liberality, he that taketh a lead, with diligence, he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness.
Necessary, therefore, I regarded it, to exhort the brethren that they would go forward unto you, and make up beforehand your previously-promised blessing. The same, to be ready - thus, as a blessing, and not as of constraint. As to this, however, he that soweth sparingly, sparingly, also shall reap, and, he that soweth with blessings, with blessings, also shall reap: Each one, according as he hath purposed in his heart, not sorrowfully, nor of necessity, - for, a cheerful giver, God, loveth.
Only that we should remember, the destitute, - as to which I had given diligence, this very thing, to do.
To be doing good, to be rich in noble works, to be, generous in giving, ready for fellowship, -
But, of the doing good and of fellowship, be not forgetful; for, with such sacrifices as these, is, God, well-pleased.
Verse Concepts
Acceptance, divineFellowship, Among Believersethics, incentives towardsGiving To OthersAcceptance, Of WorshipAlms, Good DeedsGood WorksGrace, In Human RelationshipsIndividualismParticipation, In ChristNeglecting PeoplePleasing GodPoverty, Attitudes TowardsPriests, Tasks In Nt TimesServing PeopleGenerosity
But, whoso hath this world's goods, and beholdeth his brother having, need, and shutteth up his tender affections from him, how, is, the love of God, abiding in him?
Levites » Profits from » And
And they who were numbered of them were found to be - twenty-three thousand, all the males from one month old and upwards - for they had not numbered themselves in the midst of the sons of Israel, because there was given unto them no inheritance, in the midst of the sons of Israel.
For this cause, hath Levi neither portion nor inheritance with his brethren, - Yahweh, is his inheritance, as Yahweh thy God spake unto him.
So shall ye rejoice before Yahweh your God, Ye, and your sons, and your daughters, and your servants and your handmaids, - and the Levite that is within your gates, forasmuch as he hath neither portion nor inheritance with you.
but before Yahweh thy God, shalt thou eat it in the place which Yahweh thy God shall choose, thou and thy son and thy daughter, and thy servant and thy handmaid, and the Levite who is within thy gates, - so shalt thou rejoice before Yahweh thy God, in all whereunto thou puttest thy hand. Take heed to thyself, lest thou forsake the Levite, - all thy days upon thy soil.
and, the Levite who is within thy gates, thou shalt not forsake him, - for he hath neither portion nor inheritance with thee. At the end of three years, shalt thou bring forth all the tithe of thine increase in that year, - and shalt lay it up within thy gates; and the Levite shall come in - because he hath neither portion nor inheritance with thee - and the sojourner and the fatherless and the widow who are within thy gates, and they shall eat and be satisfied, - that Yahweh thy God may bless thee, in all the work of thy hand which thou shalt do.
Neither the priests the Levites nor any of the tribe of Levi, shall have either portion or inheritance with Israel, - the altar-flames of Yahweh and his inheritance, shall they eat. But inheritance, shall he not have, in the midst of his brethren, - Yahweh, is his inheritance, as he spake unto him. This, therefore shall be the due of the priests from the people from them who offer the sacrifice whether ox or lamb, - there shall be given unto the priest, the shoulder and the two cheeks and the maw: read more.
the firstfruit of thy corn thy new wine and thine oil and the first of the fleece of thy flock, shalt thou give unto him. For of him, hath Yahweh thy God made choice out of all thy tribes, - to stand to minister in the name of Yahweh of him and his sons all the days. And when the Levite shall come in out of any of thy gates out of any part of Israel, where he is sojourning, - yea shall come in with all the desire of his soul, into the place which Yahweh shall choose, then may he minister in the name of Yahweh his God, - like any of his brethren the Levites who are standing there before Yahweh. Portion for portion, shall they eat, - apart from his possessions upon his patrimony.
the firstfruit of thy corn thy new wine and thine oil and the first of the fleece of thy flock, shalt thou give unto him. For of him, hath Yahweh thy God made choice out of all thy tribes, - to stand to minister in the name of Yahweh of him and his sons all the days. And when the Levite shall come in out of any of thy gates out of any part of Israel, where he is sojourning, - yea shall come in with all the desire of his soul, into the place which Yahweh shall choose, then may he minister in the name of Yahweh his God, - like any of his brethren the Levites who are standing there before Yahweh. Portion for portion, shall they eat, - apart from his possessions upon his patrimony.
Howbeit, unto the tribe of Levi, gave he no inheritance, - the altar-flames of Yahweh God of Israel, are his inheritance, as he spake unto him.
For Moses had given the two tribes and the half tribe their inheritance over the Jordan, - but, unto the Levites, gave he no inheritance in their midst;
For Levi hath no portion in your midst, for, the priesthood of Yahweh, is his inheritance, - and, Gad, and Reuben, and the half tribe of Manasseh, have received their inheritance, beyond the Jordan on the east, which Moses the servant of Yahweh gave unto them.
And, these, are their dwelling-places, according to their encampments, in their boundary, - pertaining to the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites, for, theirs, was the lot: so they gave them Hebron, in the land of Judah, and the pasture lands thereof, round about it; but, the field-land of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they to Caleb son of Jephunneh. read more.
And, to the sons of Aaron, gave they, the cities of refuge - Hebron, and Libnah, with her pasture lands, - and Jattir and Eshtemoa, with her pasture lands; and Hilen with her pasture lands, Debir, with her pasture lands; and Ashan, with her pasture lands, and Bethshemesh, with her pasture lands; and, out of the tribe of Benjamin, Geba, with her pasture lands, and Allemeth, with her pasture lands, - and Anathoth, with her pasture lands; - all their cities, were thirteen cities, throughout their families. And, unto the rest of the sons of Kohath - of the families of the tribe of Ephraim and of the tribe of Dan, and of the half-tribe of Manasseh, by lot ten cities. And, to the sons of Gershom, by their families - out of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities. And, unto seas of Merari, by their families - out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, by lot twelve cities. So then the sons of Israel gave, to the Levites, - the cities and the pasture lands thereof; yea they gave, by lot, out of the tribe of the sons of Judah, and out of the tribe of the sons of Simeon, and out of the tribe of the sons of Benjamin, these cities which are mentioned by name. But, as for some of the families of the sons of Kohath, they had the cities of their lot, out of the tribe of Ephraim; and they gave unto them the cities of refuge - Shechem and her pasture lands, in the hill country of Ephraim, - and Gezer, with her pasture lands; and Jokmeam, with her pasture lands, and Beth-heron, with her pasture lands; and Aijalon, with her pasture lands, and Gath-rimmon, with her pasture lands; and, out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Aner, with her pasture lands, and Bileam, with her pasture lands, - for the rest of the family of the sons of Kohath. Unto the sons of Gershom - out of the family of the half tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan, with her pasture lands, - and Ashtaroth, with her pasture lands. And, out of the tribe of Issachar, Kedesh, with her pasture lands, - Daberath, with her pasture lands; and Ramoth, with her pasture lands, and Anem, with her pasture lands. And, out of the tribe of Asher, Mashal, with her pasture lands, - and Abdon, with her pasture lands; and Hukok, with her pasture lands, - and Rehob, with her pasture lands. And, out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee, with her pasture lands, and Hammon, with her pasture lands, - and Kiryathaim, with her pasture lands. Unto the rest of the sons of Merari - out of the tribe of Zebulun, Rimmono, with her pasture lands, - Tabor, with her pasture lands. And, beyond the Jordan at Jericho, on the east of the Jordan - out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in the wilderness, with her pasture lands, - and Jahzah, with her pasture lands; and Kedemoth, with her pasture lands, and Mephaath, with her pasture lands. And, out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead, with her pasture lands, - and Mahanaim, with her pasture lands; and Heshbon, with her pasture lands, and Jazer, with her pasture lands.
And, to the sons of Aaron, gave they, the cities of refuge - Hebron, and Libnah, with her pasture lands, - and Jattir and Eshtemoa, with her pasture lands; and Hilen with her pasture lands, Debir, with her pasture lands; and Ashan, with her pasture lands, and Bethshemesh, with her pasture lands; and, out of the tribe of Benjamin, Geba, with her pasture lands, and Allemeth, with her pasture lands, - and Anathoth, with her pasture lands; - all their cities, were thirteen cities, throughout their families. And, unto the rest of the sons of Kohath - of the families of the tribe of Ephraim and of the tribe of Dan, and of the half-tribe of Manasseh, by lot ten cities. And, to the sons of Gershom, by their families - out of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities. And, unto seas of Merari, by their families - out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, by lot twelve cities. So then the sons of Israel gave, to the Levites, - the cities and the pasture lands thereof; yea they gave, by lot, out of the tribe of the sons of Judah, and out of the tribe of the sons of Simeon, and out of the tribe of the sons of Benjamin, these cities which are mentioned by name. But, as for some of the families of the sons of Kohath, they had the cities of their lot, out of the tribe of Ephraim; and they gave unto them the cities of refuge - Shechem and her pasture lands, in the hill country of Ephraim, - and Gezer, with her pasture lands; and Jokmeam, with her pasture lands, and Beth-heron, with her pasture lands; and Aijalon, with her pasture lands, and Gath-rimmon, with her pasture lands; and, out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Aner, with her pasture lands, and Bileam, with her pasture lands, - for the rest of the family of the sons of Kohath. Unto the sons of Gershom - out of the family of the half tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan, with her pasture lands, - and Ashtaroth, with her pasture lands. And, out of the tribe of Issachar, Kedesh, with her pasture lands, - Daberath, with her pasture lands; and Ramoth, with her pasture lands, and Anem, with her pasture lands. And, out of the tribe of Asher, Mashal, with her pasture lands, - and Abdon, with her pasture lands; and Hukok, with her pasture lands, - and Rehob, with her pasture lands. And, out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee, with her pasture lands, and Hammon, with her pasture lands, - and Kiryathaim, with her pasture lands. Unto the rest of the sons of Merari - out of the tribe of Zebulun, Rimmono, with her pasture lands, - Tabor, with her pasture lands. And, beyond the Jordan at Jericho, on the east of the Jordan - out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in the wilderness, with her pasture lands, - and Jahzah, with her pasture lands; and Kedemoth, with her pasture lands, and Mephaath, with her pasture lands. And, out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead, with her pasture lands, - and Mahanaim, with her pasture lands; and Heshbon, with her pasture lands, and Jazer, with her pasture lands.
And David said to all the convocation of Israel, If, unto you, it seemeth to be good, and from Yahweh our God, we will urgently send unto our brethren who remain in all the lands of Israel, and, with them, the priests and the Levites in their pasture-land cities, - that they may gather together unto us;
And they went round throughout Judah, and gathered together the Levites out of all the cities of Judah, and the ancestral chiefs of Israel, - and they came into Jerusalem.
Son of man, Prophesy against the shepherds of Israel,- Prophesy, and thou shalt say unto them, even to the shepherds - Thus, saith My Lord Yahweh - Alas! for the shepherds of Israel who have been tending, themselves, Is it not the flock that the shepherds should tend? The milk, ye do eat And with the wool, ye do clothe your- selves, The well-fed, ye do sacrifice, The flock, ye do not tend The weak, have ye not strengthened And, the sick, have ye not healed. And the torn, have ye not hound up, And that which was driven out, have ye not brought back, And that which was straying, have ye not sought out; But with force, have ye ruled them and with rigour. read more.
And they were scattered, because there was no shepherd; And they became food for every wild beast of the field. So were they scattered.
And they were scattered, because there was no shepherd; And they became food for every wild beast of the field. So were they scattered.
Tithe » A second » To be consumed at home every third year to promote hospitality and charity
At the end of three years, shalt thou bring forth all the tithe of thine increase in that year, - and shalt lay it up within thy gates;
When thou shalt make an end of tithing all the tithe of thine increase in the third year the year of tithing, - and shalt give unto the Levite unto the sojourner, unto the fatherless and unto the widow, and they shall eat within thy gates and be satisfied, then shalt thou say - before Yahweh thy God: - I have carefully removed that which was hallowed out of the house moreover also I have given it unto the Levite, and unto the sojourner unto the fatherless and unto the widow, according to all thy commandment which thou hast commanded me, - I have not transgressed any of thy commandments neither have I forgotten, I have not eaten in my sorrow therefrom neither have I removed therefrom when unclean, neither have I given thereof unto the dead, - I have hearkened unto the voice of Yahweh my God, I have done according to all which thou hast commanded me. read more.
Look thou down out of thy holy habitation out of the heavens and bless thy people Israel, and the soil which thou hast given unto us, - as thou didst swear unto our fathers, a and flowing with milk and honey.
Look thou down out of thy holy habitation out of the heavens and bless thy people Israel, and the soil which thou hast given unto us, - as thou didst swear unto our fathers, a and flowing with milk and honey.
Tithe » Tithing your increase
Thou shalt surely tithe, all the increase of thy seed, - which the field bringeth forth year by year. And thou shalt eat before Yahweh thy God - in the place which he shall choose to make a habitation for his name there, - the tithe of thy corn thy new wine and thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herd and of thy flock, - that thou mayest learn to revere Yahweh thy God all the days. But, when the way becometh too long for thee because thou canst not carry it, because the place is too far for thee which Yahweh thy God shall choose to put his name there, - because Yahweh thy God blesseth thee, read more.
then shalt thou turn it into silver, - and shalt bind up the silver in thy hand, and shalt journey unto the place, which Yahweh thy God shall choose; and shalt turn the silver into whatsoever thy soul desireth - of the herd or of the flock, or of wine or of strong drink, or of whatsoever thy soul shall ask thee for, - and shalt eat it there, before Yahweh thy God, and shalt rejoice, thou and thy household, and, the Levite who is within thy gates, thou shalt not forsake him, - for he hath neither portion nor inheritance with thee. At the end of three years, shalt thou bring forth all the tithe of thine increase in that year, - and shalt lay it up within thy gates; and the Levite shall come in - because he hath neither portion nor inheritance with thee - and the sojourner and the fatherless and the widow who are within thy gates, and they shall eat and be satisfied, - that Yahweh thy God may bless thee, in all the work of thy hand which thou shalt do.
then shalt thou turn it into silver, - and shalt bind up the silver in thy hand, and shalt journey unto the place, which Yahweh thy God shall choose; and shalt turn the silver into whatsoever thy soul desireth - of the herd or of the flock, or of wine or of strong drink, or of whatsoever thy soul shall ask thee for, - and shalt eat it there, before Yahweh thy God, and shalt rejoice, thou and thy household, and, the Levite who is within thy gates, thou shalt not forsake him, - for he hath neither portion nor inheritance with thee. At the end of three years, shalt thou bring forth all the tithe of thine increase in that year, - and shalt lay it up within thy gates; and the Levite shall come in - because he hath neither portion nor inheritance with thee - and the sojourner and the fatherless and the widow who are within thy gates, and they shall eat and be satisfied, - that Yahweh thy God may bless thee, in all the work of thy hand which thou shalt do.
Tithes » Mosaic laws instituting
and bring in thither your ascending-offerings and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and the heave-offering of your hand, - and your vow-offerings and your freewill-offerings, and the firstlings of your herd and of your flock; and shall eat there before Yahweh your God, and rejoice in all whereunto ye are putting your hand, Ye, and your households, - wherewith Yahweh thy God hath blessed thee.
Thou mayest not eat within thy gates, the tithe of thy corn or of thy new wine or of thine oil, or the firstlings of thy herd, or of thy flock, - nor any of thy vow-offerings which thou shalt vow, nor thy freewill, offerings, nor the heave-offering of thy hand; but before Yahweh thy God, shalt thou eat it in the place which Yahweh thy God shall choose, thou and thy son and thy daughter, and thy servant and thy handmaid, and the Levite who is within thy gates, - so shalt thou rejoice before Yahweh thy God, in all whereunto thou puttest thy hand. Take heed to thyself, lest thou forsake the Levite, - all thy days upon thy soil.
When thou shalt make an end of tithing all the tithe of thine increase in the third year the year of tithing, - and shalt give unto the Levite unto the sojourner, unto the fatherless and unto the widow, and they shall eat within thy gates and be satisfied, then shalt thou say - before Yahweh thy God: - I have carefully removed that which was hallowed out of the house moreover also I have given it unto the Levite, and unto the sojourner unto the fatherless and unto the widow, according to all thy commandment which thou hast commanded me, - I have not transgressed any of thy commandments neither have I forgotten, I have not eaten in my sorrow therefrom neither have I removed therefrom when unclean, neither have I given thereof unto the dead, - I have hearkened unto the voice of Yahweh my God, I have done according to all which thou hast commanded me. read more.
Look thou down out of thy holy habitation out of the heavens and bless thy people Israel, and the soil which thou hast given unto us, - as thou didst swear unto our fathers, a and flowing with milk and honey.
Look thou down out of thy holy habitation out of the heavens and bless thy people Israel, and the soil which thou hast given unto us, - as thou didst swear unto our fathers, a and flowing with milk and honey.
Thou shalt surely tithe, all the increase of thy seed, - which the field bringeth forth year by year. And thou shalt eat before Yahweh thy God - in the place which he shall choose to make a habitation for his name there, - the tithe of thy corn thy new wine and thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herd and of thy flock, - that thou mayest learn to revere Yahweh thy God all the days. But, when the way becometh too long for thee because thou canst not carry it, because the place is too far for thee which Yahweh thy God shall choose to put his name there, - because Yahweh thy God blesseth thee, read more.
then shalt thou turn it into silver, - and shalt bind up the silver in thy hand, and shalt journey unto the place, which Yahweh thy God shall choose; and shalt turn the silver into whatsoever thy soul desireth - of the herd or of the flock, or of wine or of strong drink, or of whatsoever thy soul shall ask thee for, - and shalt eat it there, before Yahweh thy God, and shalt rejoice, thou and thy household, and, the Levite who is within thy gates, thou shalt not forsake him, - for he hath neither portion nor inheritance with thee. At the end of three years, shalt thou bring forth all the tithe of thine increase in that year, - and shalt lay it up within thy gates; and the Levite shall come in - because he hath neither portion nor inheritance with thee - and the sojourner and the fatherless and the widow who are within thy gates, and they shall eat and be satisfied, - that Yahweh thy God may bless thee, in all the work of thy hand which thou shalt do.
then shalt thou turn it into silver, - and shalt bind up the silver in thy hand, and shalt journey unto the place, which Yahweh thy God shall choose; and shalt turn the silver into whatsoever thy soul desireth - of the herd or of the flock, or of wine or of strong drink, or of whatsoever thy soul shall ask thee for, - and shalt eat it there, before Yahweh thy God, and shalt rejoice, thou and thy household, and, the Levite who is within thy gates, thou shalt not forsake him, - for he hath neither portion nor inheritance with thee. At the end of three years, shalt thou bring forth all the tithe of thine increase in that year, - and shalt lay it up within thy gates; and the Levite shall come in - because he hath neither portion nor inheritance with thee - and the sojourner and the fatherless and the widow who are within thy gates, and they shall eat and be satisfied, - that Yahweh thy God may bless thee, in all the work of thy hand which thou shalt do.
And, as for all the tithe of the land whether of the seed of the land, or of the fruit of the trees, unto Yahweh, it belongeth, - as something holy unto Yahweh. But, if any man should be pleased, to redeem, aught of his tithes, the fifth part thereof, shall he add thereunto. And, as for all the tithe of herd and flock, all that passeth under the rod, the tenth, shall be holy unto Yahweh. read more.
He shall not examine whether it be good or bad neither shall he change it, - or, if he do in anywise change, it, then shall both, it and what is given in exchange for it, be holy, it shall not be redeemed.
He shall not examine whether it be good or bad neither shall he change it, - or, if he do in anywise change, it, then shall both, it and what is given in exchange for it, be holy, it shall not be redeemed.
And unto the sons of Levi, lo! I have given all the tenth in Israel for an inheritance, - the allotted portion for their laborious work which, they are performing, the laborious work of the tent of meeting: that the sons of Israel come near no more, unto the tent of meeting, - to bear sin, to die. So shall the Levites themselves perform the laborious work of the tent of meeting, and, they, shall bear their iniquity, a statute age-abiding, unto your generations, and in the midst of the sons of Israel, shall they take no inheritance. read more.
Because the tenth of the sons of Israel which they shall offer up unto Yahweh as a heave-offering, have I given unto the Levites as an inheritance, - for this cause, said I regarding them, In the midst of the sons of Israel, shall they take no inheritance.
Because the tenth of the sons of Israel which they shall offer up unto Yahweh as a heave-offering, have I given unto the Levites as an inheritance, - for this cause, said I regarding them, In the midst of the sons of Israel, shall they take no inheritance.
Widow's » Laws respecting » To have a share of the triennial tithe
At the end of three years, shalt thou bring forth all the tithe of thine increase in that year, - and shalt lay it up within thy gates;
When thou shalt make an end of tithing all the tithe of thine increase in the third year the year of tithing, - and shalt give unto the Levite unto the sojourner, unto the fatherless and unto the widow, and they shall eat within thy gates and be satisfied, then shalt thou say - before Yahweh thy God: - I have carefully removed that which was hallowed out of the house moreover also I have given it unto the Levite, and unto the sojourner unto the fatherless and unto the widow, according to all thy commandment which thou hast commanded me, - I have not transgressed any of thy commandments neither have I forgotten,