SEV Biblia, Chapter 14:29
Y vendrá el levita, que no tiene parte ni heredad contigo, y el extranjero, y el huérfano, y la viuda, que hubiere en tus poblaciones, y comerán y serán saciados; para que el SEÑOR tu Dios te bendiga en toda obra de tus manos que hicieres.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 14:29
Verse 29. And the Levite (because he hath no part nor inheritance] And hence much of his support depended on the mere freewill-offerings of the people. God chose to make his ministers thus dependent on the people, that they might be induced (among other motives) to labour for their spiritual profiting, that the people, thus blessed under their ministry, might feel it their duty and privilege to support and render them comfortable.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 29. And the Levite, because he hath no part nor inheritance with thee , etc.] Shall come and take the first tithe, according to Jarchi; but though this he was to do, yet is not what is intended here, but he was to partake of the second tithe, or what was in the room of it, the poor’s tithe, with whom he is here joined: and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, which are within thy gates, shall come ; and take the second tithe, as the above writer rightly interprets it, and which he says is the poor’s of this year; (see Deuteronomy 12:12,18), and shall eat and be satisfied ; make a plentiful meal, eat freely as at a feast; and, as the same writer observes, they were not obliged to eat it at Jerusalem, according to the way they were bound to eat the second tithe of the two years, that is, the two preceding this: that the Lord thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hand which thou doest ; as might be expected, when his commands, and particularly those respecting the tithes and firstlings, were obeyed.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 22-29 - A second portion from the produce of their land was required. The whol appointment evidently was against the covetousness, distrust, an selfishness of the human heart. It promoted friendliness, liberality and cheerfulness, and raised a fund for the relief of the poor. The were taught that their worldly portion was most comfortably enjoyed when shared with their brethren who were in want. If we thus serve God and do good with what we have, it is promised that the Lord our God will bless us in all the works of our land. The blessing of God is all to our outward prosperity; and without that blessing, the work of ou hands will bring nothing to pass. The blessing descends upon the working hand. Expect not that God should bless thee in thy idleness an love of ease. And it descends upon the giving hand. He who thu scatters, certainly increases; and to be free and generous in the support of religion, and any good work, is the surest and safest way of thriving __________________________________________________________________
Original Hebrew
ובא 935 הלוי 3881 כי 3588 אין 369 לו חלק 2506 ונחלה 5159 עמך 5973 והגר 1616 והיתום 3490 והאלמנה 490 אשׁר 834 בשׁעריך 8179 ואכלו 398 ושׂבעו 7646 למען 4616 יברכך 1288 יהוה 3068 אלהיך 430 בכל 3605 מעשׂה 4639 ידך 3027 אשׁר 834 תעשׂה׃ 6213
