Deuteronomy 12:17-19
12:17 You will not be allowed to eat in your villages your tithe of grain, new wine, olive oil, the firstborn of your herd and flock, any votive offerings you have vowed, or your freewill and personal offerings.
12:18 Only in the presence of the
Lord your God may you eat these, in the place he
1 chooses. This applies to you, your son, your daughter, your male and female servants, and the Levites
2 in your villages. In that place you will rejoice before the
Lord your God in all the output of your labor.
3
12:19 Be careful not to overlook the Levites as long as you live in the land.
Deuteronomy 16:14
16:14 You are to rejoice in your festival, you, your son, your daughter, your male and female slaves, the Levites, the resident foreigners, the orphans, and the widows who are in your villages.
4
Proverbs 14:21
14:21 The one who despises his neighbor sins,
but whoever is kind to the needy is blessed.
Philippians 4:18-19
4:18 For I have received everything, and I have plenty. I have all I need because I received from Epaphroditus what you sent – a fragrant offering, an acceptable sacrifice, very pleasing to God.
4:19 And my God will supply your every need according to his glorious riches
5 in Christ Jesus.
1 tn Heb “the Lord your God.” See note on “he” in 12:5.
2 tn See note at Deut 12:12.
3 tn Heb “in all the sending forth of your hands.”
4 tn Heb “in your gates.”
5 tn Or “according to the riches of his glory.” The phrase “of his glory” is treated as an attributive genitive in the translation.