Deuteronomy 26:13

“then you shall say before YHWH your Elohim, “I have removed the holy portion from the house, and I have also given it to the Levite and to the resident alien, to the orphan, and to the widow, according to all your commandment that you commanded me. I have not transgressed any of your commandments, nor have I forgotten.”

Deuteronomy 26:13 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Deuteronomy 26:13, word by word

then you shall sayאָמַרְתָּamarta

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

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beforeפְנֵיfene

before

Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.

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YHWHיְהוָהyehva

YHWH

The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.

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your Elohimאֱלֹהֶיelohe

Elohim

The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.

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“I have removedבִּעַרְתִּיbiarti

sweep away

To wipe out completely: "purge the evil".

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the holy portionקֹּדֶשׁkodesh

holy thing

Something set apart for God: a day, an offering.

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the houseבַּיִתbayit

house

A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.

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given itנְתַתִּיnetati

give

To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.

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to the Leviteלֵּוִיlevi

Levite

Levite: of the tribe of Levi.

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and to the resident alienגֵּרger

resident alien

Foreigner who lives in a land that is not his own, without the rights of those who belong to the place.

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to the orphanיָּתוֹםyatom

fatherless

Orphan; above all one who has lost his father.

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and to the widowאַלְמָנָהalmana

widow

Widow.

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your commandmentמִצְוָתְmitsvat

commandment

An order of God that must be kept.

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you commanded meצִוִּיתָtsivita

command

To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".

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transgressed anyעָבַרְתִּיavarti

transgress

To break a covenant or command.

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have I forgottenשָׁכָחְתִּיshachachti

forget

Forget.

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The context

12When you have finished tithing all the tithe of your produce in the third year, the year of the tithe, and have given it to the Levite, to the resident alien, to the orphan, and to the widow, so that they may eat within your gates and be satisfied,

13 · This verse (above)

14I have not eaten of it in my mourning, nor have I removed any of it while unclean, nor have I given any of it for the dead. I have listened to the voice of YHWH my Elohim; I have done according to all that you commanded me.

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