He executes justice for the orphan and the widows, loves the foreigner, and gives them food and clothing.”

so the descendants of Levi—who have no tribal allotment as you do—foreigners, orphans, and widows who live in your cities may come, eat, and be satisfied. That way, the Lord your God will bless you in everything you do.”

Rejoice in your festival—you, your son, your daughter, your male and female slaves, the descendants of Levi, and foreigners, orphans, and widows, who live in your cities.

“Don’t deny justice to a foreigner or to an orphan, nor take a widow’s garment as collateral for a loan.

“When you are reaping in the field, and you overlook a sheaf, don’t return to get it. Let it remain for the foreigner, the orphan, or the widow, in order that the Lord your God may bless everything you undertake.

When you harvest the olives from your trees, don’t go back to the branches a second time. What remains is for the foreigner, the orphan, or the widow.

When you harvest the grapes in your vineyard, don’t go back a second time. What remains is for the foreigner, the orphan, or the widow.

Levitical Tithes

“When you have finished your harvest, reserve the tithe in the third year (the year of the tithe), and give the entire tithe to the descendants of Levi, to the foreigners, to the orphans, and to the widows, so they may eat and be satisfied in your cities.

Then declare in the presence of the Lord your God: ‘I’ve removed the holy offering from my house and given it to the descendants of Levi, to the foreigners, to the orphans, and to the widows just as you have commanded me. I haven’t violated or forgotten your commands.

“‘Cursed is the one who perverts justice due the foreigner, the orphan, or the widow.’ “Then all the people are to respond by saying, ‘Amen!’

The wicked kill widows and foreigners; they murder orphans.

They’ve treated mothers and fathers among you with contempt. They’ve oppressed the foreigner among you. They’ve maltreated the orphan and the widow among you.

You are not to wrong the widow, orphans, the foreigner, or the poor, and you are not to plan evil against each other.