12 “When you have finished laying aside all the ntithe of your increase in the third year—othe year of tithing—and have given it to the Levite, the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, so that they may eat within your gates and be filled, 13 then you shall say before the Lord your God: ‘I have removed the 4holy tithe from my house, and also have given them to the Levite, the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, according to all Your commandments which You have commanded me; I have not transgressed Your commandments, pnor have I forgotten them. 14 qI have not eaten any of it 5when in mourning, nor have I removed any of it 6for an unclean use, nor given any of it for the dead. I have obeyed the voice of the Lord my God, and have done according to all that You have commanded me. 15 rLook down from Your holy 7habitation, from heaven, and bless Your people Israel and the land which You have given us, just as You swore to our fathers, s“a land flowing with milk and honey.” ’