12-14 Every third year, the year of the tithe, give a tenth of your produce to the Levite, the foreigner, the orphan, and the widow so that they may eat their fill in your cities. And then, in the Presence of God, your God, say this:

    I have brought the sacred share,
    I’ve given it to the Levite, foreigner, orphan, and widow.
    What you commanded, I’ve done.
    I haven’t detoured around your commands,
    I haven’t forgotten a single one.
    I haven’t eaten from the sacred share while mourning,
    I haven’t removed any of it while ritually unclean,
    I haven’t used it in funeral feasts.
    I have listened obediently to the Voice of God, my God,
    I have lived the way you commanded me.

15     Look down from your holy house in Heaven!
    Bless your people Israel and the ground you gave us,
    just as you promised our ancestors you would,
    this land flowing with milk and honey.

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13 Then say to 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 you commanded. I have not turned aside from your commands nor have I forgotten any of them.(A) 14 I have not eaten any of the sacred portion while I was in mourning, nor have I removed any of it while I was unclean,(B) nor have I offered any of it to the dead. I have obeyed the Lord my God; I have done everything you commanded me. 15 Look down from heaven,(C) your holy dwelling place, and bless(D) your people Israel and the land you have given us as you promised on oath to our ancestors, a land flowing with milk and honey.”

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