Deuteronomy 14:29

29 and the Leuite shall come because he harh nether parte nor enheritaunce with the, and the straunger and the fatherlesse and the wedowe which are whithin thy citie and shall eate and fyll them selues: that the Lorde thy God maye blesse the in all the workes of thine hond which thou doest.

Deuteronomy 14:29 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 14:29

And the Levite, because he hath no part nor inheritance with
thee
Shall come and take the first tithe, according to Jarchi; but though this he was to do, yet is not what is intended here, but he was to partake of the second tithe, or what was in the room of it, the poor's tithe, with whom he is here joined:

and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, which are within
thy gates, shall come;
and take the second tithe, as the above writer rightly interprets it, and which he says is the poor's of this year; see ( Deuteronomy 12:12 Deuteronomy 12:18 ) ,

and shall eat and be satisfied;
make a plentiful meal, eat freely as at a feast; and, as the same writer observes, they were not obliged to eat it at Jerusalem, according to the way they were bound to eat the second tithe of the two years, that is, the two preceding this:

that the Lord thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hand
which thou doest;
as might be expected, when his commands, and particularly those respecting the tithes and firstlings, were obeyed.

Deuteronomy 14:29 In-Context

27 and the Leuite that is in thy cytye. Se thou forsake not the Leuite, for he hath nether parte nor enheritaunce with the.
28 At the ende of thre yere, thou shalt brynge forth all the tithes of thine encrease the same yere and laye it vpp whitin thyne awne cytye,
29 and the Leuite shall come because he harh nether parte nor enheritaunce with the, and the straunger and the fatherlesse and the wedowe which are whithin thy citie and shall eate and fyll them selues: that the Lorde thy God maye blesse the in all the workes of thine hond which thou doest.
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