Deuteronomy 26:12

Catholic Public Domain Version

When you will have completed the tithing of all your crops, in the third year of tithes, you shall give it to the Levite, and to the new arrival, and to the orphan, and to the widow, so that they may eat within your gates and be satisfied.

Cross References

Genesis 47:24

so that you may be able to have grain. One fifth part you will give to the king; the remaining four I permit to you, as seed and as food for your families and children.

Genesis 47:26

From that time, even to the present day, in the entire land of Egypt, the fifth part is turned over to the kings, and it has become like a law, except in the land of the priests, which was free from this condition.

Proverbs 14:21

Whoever despises his neighbor, sins. But whoever pities the poor shall be blessed. Whoever trusts in the Lord loves mercy.

Leviticus 27:30

All the tithes of the land, whether from the grain, or from the fruits of trees, are for the Lord and are sanctified to him.

Numbers 18:24

being content with the oblation of tithes, which I have separated for their uses and necessities."

Deuteronomy 16:14

And you shall feast at the time of your festival: you, your son and daughter, your man servant and woman servant, likewise the Levite and the new arrival, the orphan and the widow, who are within your gates.

Hebrews 7:5

And indeed, those who are from the sons of Levi, having received the priesthood, hold a commandment to take tithes from the people in accord with the law, that is, from their brothers, even though they also went forth from the loins of Abraham.

Hebrews 7:9

And so it may be said that even Levi, who received tithes, was himself a tithe through Abraham.