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10 So now, look! I have brought the first of the ground’s produce that you, Lord, have given me.” Then you must set it down before the Lord your God and worship before him.[a] 11 You will celebrate all the good things that the Lord your God has given you and your family,[b] along with the Levites and the resident foreigners among you.

Presentation of the Third-year Tithe

12 When you finish tithing all[c] your income in the third year (the year of tithing), you must give it to the Levites, the resident foreigners, the orphans, and the widows[d] so that they may eat to their satisfaction in your villages.[e]

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 26:10 tn Heb “the Lord your God.” See note on “he” in 26:2.
  2. Deuteronomy 26:11 tn Or “household” (so NASB, NIV, NLT); Heb “house” (so KJV, NRSV).
  3. Deuteronomy 26:12 tn Heb includes “the tithes of.” This has not been included in the translation to avoid redundancy.
  4. Deuteronomy 26:12 tn The terms “Levite, resident foreigner, orphan, and widow” are collective singulars in the Hebrew text (also in v. 13).
  5. Deuteronomy 26:12 tn Heb “gates.”