Deuteronomy 14:28 - Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

Deuteronomy 14:28

26 And you shall spend that money for whatever your heart desires: for oxen or sheep, for wine or similar drink, for whatever your heart desires; you shall eat there before the Lord your God, and you shall ^arejoice, you and your household.

27 You shall not forsake the ^aLevite who is within your gates, for he has no part nor inheritance with you.

28 ^a“At the end of every third year you shall bring out the ^btithe of your produce of that year and store it up within your gates.

29 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.

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Deuteronomy 14:28-29

At the end of three years . . . the Levite . . . shall come, etc.—The Levites having no inheritance like the other tribes, the Israelites were not to forget them, but honestly to tithe their increase [Numbers 18:24]. Besides the tenth of all the land produce, they had forty-eight cities, with the surrounding grounds [Numbers 35:7], "the best of the land," and a certain proportion of the sacrifices as their allotted perquisites. They had, therefore, if not an affluent, yet a comfortable and independent, fund for their support.

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