Deuteronomy 26:13 meaning and explanation

Then you shall declare in the presence of 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 the commandments You have given me. I have not transgressed or forgotten Your commandments.

Deuteronomy 26:13, Berean Standard Bible

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In context, Moses is instructing Israel on the ceremony for the third-year tithe, once they are settled in the land. The worshipper has set aside a tenth of his produce and distributed it to the Levite, the foreigner, the fatherless and the widow, as verse 12 commands.

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