²²“Each year you are to set aside a tenth of all the produce grown in your fields. ²³You are to eat a tenth of your grain, new wine, and fresh oil, and the firstborn of your herd and flock, in the presence of the Lord your God at the place where he chooses to have his name dwell,^h so that you will always learn to fearⁱ the Lord your God. ²⁴But if the distance is too great for you to carry it, since the place where the Lord your God chooses to put his name is too far away from you and since the Lord your God has blessed you, ²⁵then exchange it for silver, take the silver in your hand, and go to the place the Lord your God chooses. ²⁶You may spend the silver on anything you want: cattle, sheep, goats, wine, beer, or anything you desire. You are to feast there in the presence of the Lord your God and rejoice with your family. ²⁷Do not neglect the Levite within your city gates, since he has no portion or inheritance among you.^j

²⁸“At the end of every three years, bring a tenth of all your produce for that year and store it within your city gates. ²⁹Then the Levite, who has no portion or inheritance among you, the resident alien, the fatherless, and the widow within your city gates may come, eat, and be satisfied.^k And the Lord your God will bless you in all the work of your hands that you do.^l

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Cross references

h Dt 12:11
i Dt 4:10; 6:2; 10:12; 17:19; 31:12–13; Jos 4:24; 24:14; 1Sm 12:14; 2Kg 17:25; Ps 15:4
j Dt 12:12,18–19
k Dt 26:12
l Dt 30:9