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Then the LORD your God will bless you in all your work. <a href="/esv/deuteronomy/14.htm">English Standard Version</a> And the Levite, because he has no portion or inheritance with you, and the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow, who are within your towns, shall come and eat and be filled, that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hands that you do. <a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/14.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/14.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/deuteronomy/14.htm">New King James Version</a> And the Levite, because he has no portion nor inheritance with you, and the stranger and the fatherless and the widow who are within your gates, may come and eat and be satisfied, that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hand which you do. <a href="/nasb_/deuteronomy/14.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> And the Levite, because he has no portion or inheritance among you, and the stranger, the orphan, and the widow who are in your town, shall come and eat and be satisfied, in order that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hand which you do. <a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/14.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220The Levite, because he has no portion or inheritance among you, and the alien, the orphan and the widow who are in your town, shall come and eat and be satisfied, in order that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hand which you do. <a href="/nasb77/deuteronomy/14.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “And the Levite, because he has no portion or inheritance among you, and the alien, the orphan and the widow who are in your town, shall come and eat and be satisfied, in order that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hand which you do. <a href="/lsb/deuteronomy/14.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> And the Levite, because he has no portion or inheritance among you, and the sojourner, the orphan, and the widow who are within your gates, shall come and eat and be satisfied, in order that Yahweh your God may bless you in all the work of your hand which you do. <a href="/amp/deuteronomy/14.htm">Amplified Bible</a> The Levite, because he has no share [of land] or an inheritance among you, and the stranger, and the orphan and the widow who are within your [city] gates, shall come and eat and be satisfied, so that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hands. <a href="/csb/deuteronomy/14.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Then the Levite, who has no portion or inheritance among you, the resident alien, the fatherless, and the widow within your city gates may come, eat, and be satisfied. And the LORD your God will bless you in all the work of your hands that you do. <a href="/hcsb/deuteronomy/14.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Then the Levite, who has no portion or inheritance among you, the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow within your gates may come, eat, and be satisfied. And the LORD your God will bless you in all the work of your hands that you do.&#8221 <a href="/asv/deuteronomy/14.htm">American Standard Version</a> 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. <a href="/cev/deuteronomy/14.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> The Levites have no land of their own, so you must give them food from the storehouse. You must also give food to the poor who live in your town, including orphans, widows, and foreigners. If they have enough to eat, then the LORD your God will be pleased and make you successful in everything you do. <a href="/erv/deuteronomy/14.htm">English Revised Version</a> and the Levite, because he hath no portion 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. <a href="/gwt/deuteronomy/14.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Foreigners, orphans, and widows who live in your cities may come to eat all they want. The Levites may also come because they have no land of their own as you have. Then the LORD your God will bless you in whatever work you do. <a href="/gnt/deuteronomy/14.htm">Good News Translation</a> This food is for the Levites, since they own no property, and for the foreigners, orphans, and widows who live in your towns. They are to come and get all they need. Do this, and the LORD your God will bless you in everything you do. <a href="/isv/deuteronomy/14.htm">International Standard Version</a> so the descendants of Levi—who have no tribal allotment as you do—foreigners, orphans, and widows who live in your cities may come, eat, and be satisfied. That way, the LORD your God shall bless you in everything you do." <a href="/net/deuteronomy/14.htm">NET Bible</a> Then the Levites (because they have no allotment or inheritance with you), the resident foreigners, the orphans, and the widows of your villages may come and eat their fill so that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work you do. <a href="/nheb/deuteronomy/14.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> and the Levite, because he has no portion nor inheritance with you, and the foreigner living among you, and 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. <a href="/wbt/deuteronomy/14.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And the Levite, (because he hath no part nor inheritance with thee) and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, who 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.<div class="vheading2">Majority Text Translations</div><a href="/msb/deuteronomy/14.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/web/deuteronomy/14.htm">World English Bible</a> 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. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/deuteronomy/14.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> and the Levite has come in—for he has no part and inheritance with you—and the sojourner, and the fatherless, and the widow, who [are] within your gates, and they have eaten, and been satisfied, so that your God YHWH blesses you in all the work of your hand which you do.” <a href="/ylt/deuteronomy/14.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> and come in hath the Levite (for he hath no part and inheritance with thee), and the sojourner, and the fatherless, and the widow, who are within thy gates, and they have eaten, and been satisfied, so that Jehovah thy God doth bless thee in all the work of thy hand which thou dost. <a href="/slt/deuteronomy/14.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And the Levite came (because no portion and inheritance to him with thee) and the stranger, and the orphan, and the widow which is in thy gates, and ate and were satisfied; so that Jehovah thy God shall bless thee in all the work of thy hand which thou shalt do.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/deuteronomy/14.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And the Levite that hath no other part nor possession with thee, and the stranger and the fatherless and the widow, that are within thy gates, shall come and shall eat and be filled: that the Lord thy God may bless thee in all the works of thy hands that thou shalt do. <a href="/cpdv/deuteronomy/14.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And the Levite, who has no other portion or possession with you, and the sojourner as well as the orphan and the widow who are within your gates, shall approach and eat and be satisfied, so that the Lord your God may bless you in all the works of your hands which you shall do.” <a href="/nabre/deuteronomy/14.htm">New American Bible</a> that the Levite who has no hereditary portion with you, and also the resident alien, the orphan and the widow within your gates, may come and eat and be satisfied; so that the LORD, your God, may bless you in all that you undertake. <a href="/nrsvce/deuteronomy/14.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> the Levites, because they have no allotment or inheritance with you, as well as the resident aliens, the orphans, and the widows in your towns, may come and eat their fill so that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work that you undertake.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/deuteronomy/14.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And the Levite, who has no portion nor inheritance with you, and the proselyte and the orphan and the widow who are within your towns 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 shall do. <a href="/hpbt/deuteronomy/14.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And let the Levite come who has no portion or inheritance with you, and whoever is converted to me, and the orphan and the widow in your cities, and they will eat and they will be satisfied and LORD JEHOVAH your God will bless you in all the works of your hands that you will do.” <div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/deuteronomy/14.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> 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. <a href="/sep/deuteronomy/14.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And the Levite shall come, because he has no part or lot with thee, and the stranger, and the orphan, and the widow which is in thy cities; and they shall eat and be filled, that the Lord thy God may bless thee in all the works which thou shalt do. <a href="/parallel/deuteronomy/14-29.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/IRhBtZaVxJ0?start=4319" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/14.htm">Giving Tithes</a> …28At the end of every three years, bring a tenth of all your produce for that year and lay it up within your gates. 29<a href="/hebrew/3881.htm" title="3881: hal·lê·wî (Art:: N-proper-ms) -- Desc. of Levi. Or Leviy; patronymically from Leviy; a Levite or descendant of Levi.">Then the Levite</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">(because</a> <a href="/hebrew/369.htm" title="369: ’ên- (Adv) -- As if from a primitive root meaning to be nothing or not exist; a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle.">he has no</a> <a href="/hebrew/lōw (Prep:: 3ms) -- "></a> <a href="/hebrew/2506.htm" title="2506: ḥê·leq (N-ms) -- Portion, tract, territory. From chalaq; properly, smoothness; also an allotment.">portion</a> <a href="/hebrew/5159.htm" title="5159: wə·na·ḥă·lāh (Conj-w:: N-fs) -- From nachal; properly, something inherited, i.e. occupancy, or an heirloom; generally an estate, patrimony or portion.">or inheritance</a> <a href="/hebrew/5973.htm" title="5973: ‘im·māḵ (Prep:: 2ms) -- From amam; adverb or preposition, with, in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix.">among you),</a> <a href="/hebrew/1616.htm" title="1616: wə·hag·gêr (Conj-w, Art:: N-ms) -- A sojourner. Or geyr; from guwr; properly, a guest; by implication, a foreigner.">the foreigner,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3490.htm" title="3490: wə·hay·yā·ṯō·wm (Conj-w, Art:: N-ms) -- An orphan. From an unused root meaning to be lonely; a bereaved person.">the fatherless,</a> <a href="/hebrew/490.htm" title="490: wə·hā·’al·mā·nāh (Conj-w, Art:: N-fs) -- A widow. Fem of 'alman; a widow; also a desolate place.">and the widow</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/8179.htm" title="8179: biš·‘ā·re·ḵā (Prep-b:: N-mpc:: 2ms) -- A gate. From sha'ar in its original sense; an opening, i.e. Door or gate.">within your gates</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: ū·ḇā (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3ms) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">may come</a> <a href="/hebrew/398.htm" title="398: wə·’ā·ḵə·lū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3cp) -- To eat. A primitive root; to eat.">and eat</a> <a href="/hebrew/7646.htm" title="7646: wə·śā·ḇê·‘ū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3cp) -- To be sated, satisfied or surfeited. Or sabeay; a primitive root; to sate, i.e. Fill to satisfaction.">and be satisfied.</a> <a href="/hebrew/4616.htm" title="4616: lə·ma·‘an (Conj) -- From anah; properly, heed, i.e. Purpose; used only adverbially, on account of, teleologically, in order that."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">And the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·he·ḵā (N-mpc:: 2ms) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">your God</a> <a href="/hebrew/1288.htm" title="1288: yə·ḇā·reḵ·ḵā (V-Piel-Imperf-3ms:: 2ms) -- To kneel, bless. A primitive root; to kneel; by implication to bless God, and man; also to curse.">will bless</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: bə·ḵāl (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">you in all</a> <a href="/hebrew/4639.htm" title="4639: ma·‘ă·śêh (N-msc) -- A deed, work. From asah; an action; generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product or property.">the work</a> <a href="/hebrew/3027.htm" title="3027: yā·ḏə·ḵā (N-fsc:: 2ms) -- Hand (indicating power, means, direction, etc.)">of your hands.</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: ta·‘ă·śeh (V-Qal-Imperf-2ms) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application."></a> <div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/james/1-27.htm">James 1:27</a> Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world. <a href="/acts/6-1.htm">Acts 6:1-3</a> In those days when the disciples were increasing in number, the Grecian Jews among them began to grumble against the Hebraic Jews because their widows were being overlooked in the daily distribution of food. / So the Twelve summoned all the disciples and said, “It is unacceptable for us to neglect the word of God in order to wait on tables. / Therefore, brothers, select from among you seven men confirmed to be full of the Spirit and wisdom. We will assign this responsibility to them <a href="/galatians/2-10.htm">Galatians 2:10</a> They only asked us to remember the poor, the very thing I was eager to do. <a href="/matthew/25-35.htm">Matthew 25:35-40</a> For I was hungry and you gave Me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave Me something to drink, I was a stranger and you took Me in, / I was naked and you clothed Me, I was sick and you looked after Me, I was in prison and you visited Me.’ / Then the righteous will answer Him, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry and feed You, or thirsty and give You something to drink? ... <a href="/1_timothy/5-3.htm">1 Timothy 5:3-4</a> Honor the widows who are truly widows. / But if a widow has children or grandchildren, they must first learn to show godliness to their own family and repay their parents, for this is pleasing in the sight of God. <a href="/luke/14-13.htm">Luke 14:13-14</a> But when you host a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind, / and you will be blessed. Since they cannot repay you, you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.” <a href="/acts/20-35.htm">Acts 20:35</a> In everything, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words of the Lord Jesus Himself: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’” <a href="/1_john/3-17.htm">1 John 3:17-18</a> If anyone with earthly possessions sees his brother in need, but withholds his compassion from him, how can the love of God abide in him? / Little children, let us love not in word and speech, but in action and truth. <a href="/romans/15-26.htm">Romans 15:26-27</a> For Macedonia and Achaia were pleased to make a contribution for the poor among the saints in Jerusalem. / They were pleased to do it, and indeed they owe it to them. For if the Gentiles have shared in their spiritual blessings, they are obligated to minister to them with material blessings. <a href="/hebrews/13-16.htm">Hebrews 13:16</a> And do not neglect to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased. <a href="/leviticus/19-9.htm">Leviticus 19:9-10</a> When you reap the harvest of your land, you are not to reap to the very edges of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest. / You must not strip your vineyard bare or gather its fallen grapes. Leave them for the poor and the foreigner. I am the LORD your God. <a href="/deuteronomy/26-12.htm">Deuteronomy 26:12-13</a> 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. / Then you shall declare in the presence of the LORD your God, “I have removed from my house the sacred portion and have given it to the Levite, the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, according to all the commandments You have given me. I have not transgressed or forgotten Your commandments. <a href="/exodus/22-22.htm">Exodus 22:22-24</a> You must not mistreat any widow or orphan. / If you do mistreat them, and they cry out to Me in distress, I will surely hear their cry. / My anger will be kindled, and I will kill you with the sword; then your wives will become widows and your children will be fatherless. <a href="/psalms/68-5.htm">Psalm 68:5</a> A father of the fatherless and a defender of widows is God in His holy habitation. <a href="/isaiah/1-17.htm">Isaiah 1:17</a> Learn to do right; seek justice and correct the oppressor. Defend the fatherless and plead the case of the widow.”</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And the Levite, (because he has no part nor inheritance with you,) and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, which 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.he hath<a href="/deuteronomy/14-27.htm">Deuteronomy 14:27</a> And the Levite that is within thy gates; thou shalt not forsake him; for he hath no part nor inheritance with thee.<a href="/deuteronomy/12-12.htm">Deuteronomy 12:12</a> And ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God, ye, and your sons, and your daughters, and your menservants, and your maidservants, and the Levite that is within your gates; forasmuch as he hath no part nor inheritance with you.the stranger<a href="/deuteronomy/16-11.htm">Deuteronomy 16:11,14</a> And thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that is within thy gates, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are among you, in the place which the LORD thy God hath chosen to place his name there… <a href="/deuteronomy/24-19.htm">Deuteronomy 24:19-21</a> When thou cuttest down thine harvest in thy field, and hast forgot a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go again to fetch it: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow: that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hands… <a href="/deuteronomy/26-12.htm">Deuteronomy 26:12,13</a> When thou hast made an end of tithing all the tithes of thine increase the third year, which is the year of tithing, and hast given it unto the Levite, the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, that they may eat within thy gates, and be filled; … that the Lord<a href="/deuteronomy/15-10.htm">Deuteronomy 15:10</a> Thou shalt surely give him, and thine heart shall not be grieved when thou givest unto him: because that for this thing the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all thy works, and in all that thou puttest thine hand unto.<a href="/psalms/41-1.htm">Psalm 41:1</a> To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble.<a href="/proverbs/3-9.htm">Proverbs 3:9,10</a> Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase: … <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/deuteronomy/14-24.htm">Bless</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/14-26.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/14-25.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/14-27.htm">Inheritance</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/14-27.htm">Levite</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/14-28.htm">Part</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/14-27.htm">Portion</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/11-15.htm">Satisfied</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/14-21.htm">Stranger</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/10-18.htm">Widow</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/14-28.htm">Within</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/11-7.htm">Work</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/deuteronomy/15-4.htm">Bless</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/15-20.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/15-3.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/15-4.htm">Inheritance</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/16-11.htm">Levite</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/18-1.htm">Part</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/18-1.htm">Portion</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/23-24.htm">Satisfied</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/16-11.htm">Stranger</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/16-11.htm">Widow</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/15-7.htm">Within</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/15-10.htm">Work</a><div class="vheading2">Deuteronomy 14</div>1. <a href="/deuteronomy/14-1.htm">God's children are not to disfigure themselves in mourning</a> 3. <a href="/deuteronomy/14-3.htm">What may and may not be eaten</a> 4. <a href="/deuteronomy/14-4.htm">of animals</a> 9. <a href="/deuteronomy/14-9.htm">of fishes</a> 11. <a href="/deuteronomy/14-11.htm">of fowls</a> 21. <a href="/deuteronomy/14-21.htm">That which dies of itself may not be eaten</a> 22. <a href="/deuteronomy/14-22.htm">Tithes of Divine Service</a> 23. <a href="/deuteronomy/14-23.htm">Tithes and firstborns to be eaten before the Lord</a> 28. <a href="/deuteronomy/14-28.htm">The third year's tithe of alms and charity</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/deuteronomy/14.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/deuteronomy/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/deuteronomy/14.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>Then the Levite (because he has no portion or inheritance among you), The Levites were set apart for religious duties and did not receive a land inheritance like the other tribes of Israel (<a href="/numbers/18-20.htm">Numbers 18:20-24</a>). Their sustenance depended on the tithes and offerings of the people. This provision underscores the importance of supporting those dedicated to spiritual service, reflecting God's care for those who serve Him.the foreigner, Foreigners, or sojourners, were non-Israelites living among the Israelites. The inclusion of foreigners in this provision highlights God's concern for justice and compassion towards all people, regardless of their ethnic background. This aligns with the broader biblical theme of God's love for all nations (<a href="/isaiah/56-6.htm">Isaiah 56:6-7</a>).the fatherless, The fatherless, or orphans, were particularly vulnerable in ancient society. God's law repeatedly emphasizes care for orphans, reflecting His character as a defender of the defenseless (<a href="/psalms/68-5.htm">Psalm 68:5</a>). This provision ensures that those without a family support system are not neglected.and the widow within your gates Widows often faced economic hardship and social marginalization. The command to care for widows is a recurring theme in Scripture, demonstrating God's compassion and justice (<a href="/james/1-27.htm">James 1:27</a>). This care within the community gates signifies a local responsibility to support those in need.may come and eat and be satisfied. This phrase indicates not just provision but abundance. The community is called to ensure that these groups are not merely surviving but thriving. This reflects the biblical principle of generosity and the idea that God's blessings are meant to be shared (<a href="/2_corinthians/9-8.htm">2 Corinthians 9:8-11</a>).And the LORD your God will bless you in all the work of your hands. This promise of blessing is contingent upon obedience to God's commands, illustrating the principle of sowing and reaping (<a href="/galatians/6-7.htm">Galatians 6:7-9</a>). It emphasizes that God's favor is linked to the community's faithfulness in caring for the marginalized, aligning with the broader biblical narrative of covenant blessings and responsibilities.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/l/levites.htm">Levites</a> A tribe set apart for religious duties and service to God, without a land inheritance like the other tribes of Israel. 2. <a href="/topical/f/foreigners.htm">Foreigners</a> Non-Israelites living among the Israelites, often without the same rights and privileges. 3. <a href="/topical/f/fatherless.htm">Fatherless</a> Orphans who lacked familial support and protection. 4. <a href="/topical/w/widows.htm">Widows</a> Women who had lost their husbands and often faced economic and social vulnerability. 5. <a href="/topical/g/gates.htm">Gates</a> The city gates, which were central places for community gathering, legal matters, and social interaction.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/g/god's_provision_for_the_vulnerable.htm">God's Provision for the Vulnerable</a> God commands His people to care for those who are marginalized, ensuring that they have enough to eat and are satisfied. This reflects God's heart for justice and compassion. <a href="/topical/b/blessing_through_obedience.htm">Blessing Through Obedience</a> The promise of blessing in all the work of one's hands is tied to obedience in caring for the needy. This teaches that God's blessings often follow our faithfulness in fulfilling His commands. <a href="/topical/c/community_responsibility.htm">Community Responsibility</a> The community is called to take collective responsibility for the welfare of the Levites, foreigners, fatherless, and widows. This encourages believers to look beyond individual needs and consider the well-being of the entire community. <a href="/topical/r/reflecting_god's_character.htm">Reflecting God's Character</a> By providing for the vulnerable, believers reflect God's character of love, mercy, and justice. This is a practical demonstration of living out one's faith. <a href="/topical/p/practical_generosity.htm">Practical Generosity</a> The passage encourages practical acts of generosity, such as sharing resources and ensuring that no one in the community is left in need.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_deuteronomy_14.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Deuteronomy 14</a> <a href="/q/should_ezra_abandon_foreign_families.htm">Should Ezra have ordered abandoning foreign wives and children?</a> <a href="/q/what_does_it_profit_to_gain_the_world.htm">Does God show favoritism among people?</a> <a href="/q/what_amount_should_i_tithe.htm">What amount should I tithe?</a> <a href="/q/is_it_possible_for_a_man_to_rob_god.htm">Is it possible for a man to rob God?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/deuteronomy/14.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(29) And the Levite.--Rashi says, "the Levite shall come and take the first tithe (described in Numbers 18), and the stranger and the fatherless and the widow the second tithe." But there is no proof whatever that anything except the second tithe is alluded to in the whole of this passage. The Levite always shared with the poor (see <a href="/deuteronomy/16-11.htm" title="And you shall rejoice before the LORD your God, you, and your son, and your daughter, and your manservant, and your maidservant, and the Levite that is within your gates, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are among you, in the place which the LORD your God has chosen to place his name there.">Deuteronomy 16:11</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/16-14.htm" title="And you shall rejoice in your feast, you, and your son, and your daughter, and your manservant, and your maidservant, and the Levite, the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within your gates.">Deuteronomy 16:14</a>). Rashi's opinion is worth notice chiefly for the following reason. Some modern critics insist that the Law of Deuteronomy is contradictory to that of Numbers in respect of tithe; but if the Jews, who kept the whole Law strictly, not only saw no discrepancy between its several precepts, but actually took the precept in Deuteronomy to imply the precept in Numbers, why should we go out of our way to make difficulties now? If the precepts were harmonious and compatible, why should they be the work of different men? It is hardly likely that a whole nation would consent to pay double tithes, and acknowledge the obligation to do so by perpetual enactment, if the laws that commanded the tithe were contradictory. And the more closely we look at the subject, the more clearly will the distinction between the first and second tithes appear. The first was only an ordinary rate for the support of the Levitical ministry. No sacredness attached to it. The second was a tithe taken for Jehovah, "that thou mayest learn to fear Jehovah thy God always" (<a href="/deuteronomy/14-23.htm" title="And you shall eat before the LORD your God, in the place which he shall choose to place his name there, the tithe of your corn, of your wine, and of your oil, and the firstborn of your herds and of your flocks; that you may learn to fear the LORD your God always.">Deuteronomy 14:23</a>). The tithe was either to be a joyful feast for the family, or a special gift to God's poor. It furnished a table spread by the God of Israel for the entertainment of His guests. Why this should be confused with the ordinary rate for the maintenance of the Levitical ministry, it is not easy to understand. <a href="/commentaries/deuteronomy/14-29.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Then the Levite הַלֵּוִ֡י (hal·lê·wî) Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3881.htm">Strong's 3881: </a> Levites -- descendant of Levi (because כִּ֣י (kî) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> A relative conjunction he has no אֵֽין־ (’ên-) Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_369.htm">Strong's 369: </a> A non-entity, a negative particle portion חֵ֨לֶק (ḥê·leq) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2506.htm">Strong's 2506: </a> Portion, tract, territory or inheritance וְנַחֲלָ֜ה (wə·na·ḥă·lāh) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5159.htm">Strong's 5159: </a> Something inherited, occupancy, an heirloom, an estate, patrimony, portion among you), עִמָּ֗ךְ (‘im·māḵ) Preposition | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5973.htm">Strong's 5973: </a> With, equally with the foreigner, וְ֠הַגֵּר (wə·hag·gêr) Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1616.htm">Strong's 1616: </a> A guest, a foreigner the fatherless, וְהַיָּת֤וֹם (wə·hay·yā·ṯō·wm) Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3490.htm">Strong's 3490: </a> A bereaved person and the widow וְהָֽאַלְמָנָה֙ (wə·hā·’al·mā·nāh) Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_490.htm">Strong's 490: </a> A widow, a desolate place within your gates בִּשְׁעָרֶ֔יךָ (biš·‘ā·re·ḵā) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8179.htm">Strong's 8179: </a> An opening, door, gate may come וּבָ֣א (ū·ḇā) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> To come in, come, go in, go and eat וְאָכְל֖וּ (wə·’ā·ḵə·lū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_398.htm">Strong's 398: </a> To eat and be satisfied. וְשָׂבֵ֑עוּ (wə·śā·ḇê·‘ū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7646.htm">Strong's 7646: </a> To be sated, satisfied or surfeited And the LORD יְהוָ֣ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel your God אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ (’ĕ·lō·he·ḵā) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative will bless יְבָרֶכְךָ֙ (yə·ḇā·reḵ·ḵā) Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1288.htm">Strong's 1288: </a> To kneel, to bless God, man, to curse you in all בְּכָל־ (bə·ḵāl) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every the work מַעֲשֵׂ֥ה (ma·‘ă·śêh) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4639.htm">Strong's 4639: </a> An action, a transaction, activity, a product, property of your hands. יָדְךָ֖ (yā·ḏə·ḵā) Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3027.htm">Strong's 3027: </a> A hand <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/deuteronomy/14-29.htm">Deuteronomy 14:29 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/deuteronomy/14-29.htm">Deuteronomy 14:29 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/deuteronomy/14-29.htm">Deuteronomy 14:29 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/14-29.htm">Deuteronomy 14:29 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/14-29.htm">Deuteronomy 14:29 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/deuteronomy/14-29.htm">Deuteronomy 14:29 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/deuteronomy/14-29.htm">Deuteronomy 14:29 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/deuteronomy/14-29.htm">Deuteronomy 14:29 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/deuteronomy/14-29.htm">Deuteronomy 14:29 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/deuteronomy/14-29.htm">Deuteronomy 14:29 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/14-29.htm">OT Law: Deuteronomy 14:29 And the Levite because he has no (Deut. 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