26:12 When you finish tithing all 2 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 3 so that they may eat to their satisfaction in your villages. 4
1 sn Concessions were made to the Edomites and Egyptians (as compared to the others listed in vv. 1-6) because the Edomites (i.e., Esauites) were full “brothers” of Israel and the Egyptians had provided security and sustenance for Israel for more than four centuries.
2 tn Heb includes “the tithes of.” This has not been included in the translation to avoid redundancy.
3 tn The terms “Levite, resident foreigner, orphan, and widow” are collective singulars in the Hebrew text (also in v. 13).
4 tn Heb “gates.”