Deuteronomy 14:26-27

26 Use the silver to buy whatever you like: cattle, sheep, wine or other fermented drink, or anything you wish. Then you and your household shall eat there in the presence of the LORD your God and rejoice.

27 And do not neglect the Levites living in your towns, for they have no allotment or inheritance of their own.

Deuteronomy 14:26-27 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO DEUTERONOMY 14

In this chapter some cautions are given against the use of some rites and ceremonies in mourning for the dead, with the reason thereof, De 14:1,2 and instructions about what are lawful to be eaten, and what not, whether of beasts, fishes, or fowl, De 14:3-21, and concerning eating one sort of tithes both at the place God should choose, and within their own gates, De 14:22-29.

Cross References

• 1. S Leviticus 10:9; Ecclesiastes 10:16-17
• 2. S Leviticus 23:40; S Deuteronomy 12:18; Deuteronomy 12:7-8
• 3. S Deuteronomy 12:19
• 4. S Numbers 18:20; Numbers 26:62; Deuteronomy 18:1-2