Discovery BoxDeuteronomy 15:9 
Context15:9 Be careful lest you entertain the wicked thought that the seventh year, the year of cancellation of debts, has almost arrived, and your attitude 1 be wrong toward your impoverished fellow Israelite 2 and you do not lend 3 him anything; he will cry out to the Lord against you and you will be regarded as having sinned. 4
Deuteronomy 26:12
ContextPresentation of the Third-year Tithe
26:12 When you finish tithing all 5 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 6 so that they may eat to their satisfaction in your villages. 7
1 tn Heb “your eye.”
2 tn Heb “your needy brother.”
3 tn Heb “give” (likewise in v. 10).
4 tn Heb “it will be a sin to you.”
5 tn Heb includes “the tithes of.” This has not been included in the translation to avoid redundancy.
6 tn The terms “Levite, resident foreigner, orphan, and widow” are collective singulars in the Hebrew text (also in v. 13).
7 tn Heb “gates.”
