Deuteronomy 14:29

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.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

28At 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;

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Cross References

Exodus 22:21And, a sojourner, shalt thou not tread down neither shalt thou drive him away,—for sojourners, ye became in the land of Egypt.

Deuteronomy 10:9For this cause, hath Levi neither portion nor inheritance with his brethren,—Yahweh, is his inheritance, as Yahweh thy God spake unto him.

Deuteronomy 14:27and, the Levite who is within thy gates, thou shalt not forsake him,—for he hath neither portion nor inheritance with thee.

Deuteronomy 16:11So shalt thou rejoice before Yahweh thy God—thou, and thy son and thy daughter and thy servant and thy handmaid, and the Levite who is within thy gates, and the sojourner, and the fatherless and the widow who are in thy midst,—in the place which Yahweh thy God shall choose, to make a habitation for his name there.

Deuteronomy 23:21When thou shalt vow a vow unto Yahweh thy God, thou shalt not delay to make it good,—for Yahweh thy God would, require, it of thee, and it should be in thee sin.

Deuteronomy 26:12When 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,

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 14:23-29

Tithes for Feasting and Charity. ( b. c. 1451.) 22 Thou shalt truly tithe all the increase of thy seed, that the field bringeth forth year by year. 23 And thou shalt eat before the Lord thy God, in the place which he shall choose to place his name there, the tithe of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herds and of thy flocks; that thou mayest learn to fear the Lord thy God always. 24 And if the way be too long for thee, so that thou art not able to carry it; or if the place be too… Read the whole commentary →

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