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.

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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)

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