Tithes

^22 (A)“You shall tithe all the yield of your seed that comes from the field year by year. ²³ And before the Lord your God, in the place that he will choose, to make his name dwell there, ^(B)you shall eat the tithe of your grain, of your wine, and of your oil, ^(C)and the firstborn of your herd and flock, ^(D)that you may learn to fear the Lord your God always. ²⁴ And if the way is too long for you, so that you are not able to carry the tithe, when the Lord your God blesses you, because ^(E)the place is too far from you, which the Lord your God chooses, to set his name there, ²⁵ then you shall turn it into money and bind up the money in your hand and go to the place that the Lord your God chooses ²⁶ and spend the money for whatever you desire—oxen or sheep or wine or strong drink, whatever your appetite craves. And ^(F)you shall eat there before the Lord your God and rejoice, you and your household. ²⁷ And you shall not neglect ^(G)the Levite who is within your towns, for ^(H)he has no portion or inheritance with you.

^28 (I)“At the end of every three years you shall bring out all the tithe of your produce in the same year and lay it up within your towns. ²⁹ And the Levite, because ^(J)he has no portion or inheritance with you, and the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow, who are within your towns, shall come and eat and be filled, that ^(K)the Lord your God may bless you in all the work of your hands that you do.

The Sabbatical Year

15 “At the end of ^(L)every seven years you shall grant a release. ² And this is the manner of the release: every creditor shall release what he has lent to his neighbor. He shall not exact it of his neighbor, his brother, because the Lord's release has been proclaimed. ^3 (M)Of a foreigner you may exact it, but whatever of yours is with your brother your hand shall release. ^4 (N)But there will be no poor among you; ^(O)for the Lord will bless you in the land that the Lord your God is giving you for an inheritance to possess— ^5 (P)if only you will strictly obey the voice of the Lord your God, being careful to do all this commandment that I command you today. ⁶ For the Lord your God will bless you, ^(Q)as he promised you, and ^(R)you shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow, and ^(S)you shall rule over many nations, but they shall not rule over you.

⁷ “If among you, one of your brothers should become poor, in any of your towns within your land that the Lord your God is giving you, ^(T)you shall not harden your heart or shut your hand against your poor brother, ⁸ but ^(U)you shall open your hand to him and lend him sufficient for his need, whatever it may be. ⁹ Take care lest there be an unworthy thought in your heart and you say, ‘The seventh year, the year of release is near,’ and your ^(V)eye look grudgingly^[a] on your poor brother, and you give him nothing, and he ^(W)cry to the Lord against you, and ^(X)you be guilty of sin. ¹⁰ You shall give to him freely, and ^(Y)your heart shall not be grudging when you give to him, because ^(Z)for this the Lord your God will bless you in all your work and in all that you undertake. ¹¹ For ^(AA)there will never cease to be poor in the land. Therefore I command you, ^(AB)‘You shall open wide your hand to your brother, to the needy and to the poor, in your land.’