26:12 When you finish tithing all 3 your income in the third year (the year of tithing), you must give it to the Levites, the resident foreigners, the orphans, and the widows 4 so that they may eat to their satisfaction in your villages. 5
1 tn Heb “for he”; the referent (the man who made the accusation) has been specified in the translation to avoid confusion with the young woman’s father, the last-mentioned male.
2 tn Heb “brought forth a bad name.”
3 tn Heb includes “the tithes of.” This has not been included in the translation to avoid redundancy.
4 tn The terms “Levite, resident foreigner, orphan, and widow” are collective singulars in the Hebrew text (also in v. 13).
5 tn Heb “gates.”