1 Ye are the children of Jehovah your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- the children H1121 (בֵּן) — a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition,…
- of Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
- your God H430 (אֱלֹהִים) — gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference…
- ye shall not cut H1413 (גָּדַד) — to crowd; also to gash (as if by pressing into)
- yourselves, nor make H7760 (שׂוּם) — to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
- any baldness H7144 (קׇרְחָה) — baldness
- between your eyes H5869 (עַיִן) — an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
- for the dead H4191 (מוּת) — to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
2 For thou art a holy people unto Jehovah thy God, and Jehovah hath chosen thee to be a people for his own possession, above all peoples that are upon the face of the earth.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- an holy H6918 (קָדוֹשׁ) — sacred (ceremonially or morally); (as noun) God (by eminence), an angel, a saint, a sanctuary
- people H5971 (עַם) — a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
- unto Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
- thy God H430 (אֱלֹהִים) — gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference…
- And Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
- hath chosen H977 (בָּחַר) — properly, to try, i.e. (by implication) select
- thee to be a peculiar H5459 (סְגֻלָּה) — wealth (as closely shut up)
- unto himself, above all the nations H5971 (עַם) — a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
- upon H6440 (פָּנִים) — the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (befo…
- the earth H127 (אֲדָמָה) — soil (from its general redness)
3 Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- Thou shalt not eat H398 (אָכַל) — to eat (literally or figuratively)
- any abominable thing H8441 (תּוֹעֵבַה) — properly, something disgusting (morally), i.e. (as noun) an abhorrence; especially idolatry or (concretely) an idol
4 These are the beasts which ye may eat: the ox, the sheep, and the goat,Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- the beasts H929 (בְּהֵמָה) — properly, a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal (often collective)
- which ye shall eat H398 (אָכַל) — to eat (literally or figuratively)
- the ox H7794 (שׁוֹר) — a bullock (as a traveller)
- the sheep H3775 (כֶּשֶׂב) — a young sheep
- the sheep H7716 (שֶׂה) — a member of a flock, i.e. a sheep or goat
- and the goat H5795 (עֵז) — a she-goat (as strong), but masculine in plural (which also is used elliptically for goat's hair)
5 the hart, and the gazelle, and the roebuck, and the wild goat, and the pygarg, and the antelope, and the chamois.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- The hart H354 (אַיָּל) — a stag or male deer
- and the roebuck H6643 (צְבִי) — splendor (as conspicuous)
- and the fallow deer H3180 (יַחְמוּר) — a kind of deer
- and the wild goat H689 (אַקּוֹ) — slender, i.e. the ibex
- and the pygarg H1788 (דִּישֹׁן) — the leaper, i.e. an antelope
- and the wild ox H8377 (תְּאוֹ) — a species of antelope (probably from the white stripe on the cheek)
- and the chamois H2169 (זֶמֶר) — a gazelle (from its lightly touching the ground)
6 And every beast that parteth the hoof, and hath the hoof cloven in two, and cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that may ye eat.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- And every beast H929 (בְּהֵמָה) — properly, a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal (often collective)
- that parteth H6536 (פָּרַס) — to break in pieces, i.e. (usually without violence) to split, distribute
- the hoof H6541 (פַּרְסָה) — a claw or split hoof
- and cleaveth H8157 (שֶׁסַע) — a fissure
- the cleft H8156 (שָׁסַע) — to split or tear; figuratively, to upbraid
- into two H8147 (שְׁנַיִם) — two; also (as ordinal) twofold
- claws H6541 (פַּרְסָה) — a claw or split hoof
- cheweth H5927 (עָלָה) — to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
- the cud H1625 (גֵּרָה) — the cud (as scraping the throat)
- among the beasts H929 (בְּהֵמָה) — properly, a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal (often collective)
- that ye shall eat H398 (אָכַל) — to eat (literally or figuratively)
7 Nevertheless these ye shall not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that have the hoof cloven: the camel, and the hare, and the coney; because they chew the cud but part not the hoof, they are unclean unto you.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- Nevertheless these ye shall not eat H398 (אָכַל) — to eat (literally or figuratively)
- of them that chew H5927 (עָלָה) — to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
- the cud H1625 (גֵּרָה) — the cud (as scraping the throat)
- or of them that divide H6536 (פָּרַס) — to break in pieces, i.e. (usually without violence) to split, distribute
- the cloven H8156 (שָׁסַע) — to split or tear; figuratively, to upbraid
- hoof H6541 (פַּרְסָה) — a claw or split hoof
- the camel H1581 (גָּמָל) — a camel
- and the hare H768 (אַרְנֶבֶת) — the hare
- and the coney H8227 (שָׁפָן) — a species of rock-rabbit (from its hiding), i.e. probably the hyrax
- for they chew H5927 (עָלָה) — to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
- but divide H6536 (פָּרַס) — to break in pieces, i.e. (usually without violence) to split, distribute
- not the hoof H6541 (פַּרְסָה) — a claw or split hoof
- unclean H2931 (טָמֵא) — foul in a religious sense
8 And the swine, because he parteth the hoof but cheweth not the cud, he is unclean unto you: of their flesh ye shall not eat, and their carcasses ye shall not touch.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- And the swine H2386 (חֲזִיר) — a hog (perhaps as penned)
- because it divideth H6536 (פָּרַס) — to break in pieces, i.e. (usually without violence) to split, distribute
- the hoof H6541 (פַּרְסָה) — a claw or split hoof
- yet cheweth not the cud H1625 (גֵּרָה) — the cud (as scraping the throat)
- unclean H2931 (טָמֵא) — foul in a religious sense
- unto you: ye shall not eat H398 (אָכַל) — to eat (literally or figuratively)
- of their flesh H1320 (בָּשָׂר) — flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of a man
- nor touch H5060 (נָגַע) — properly, to touch, i.e. lay the hand upon (for any purpose; euphemistically, to lie with a woman); by implication, to reach (figuratively, to arrive, acquire);…
- their dead carcase H5038 (נְבֵלָה) — a flabby thing, i.e. a carcase or carrion (human or bestial, often collectively); figuratively, an idol
9 These ye may eat of all that are in the waters: whatsoever hath fins and scales may ye eat;Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- These ye shall eat H398 (אָכַל) — to eat (literally or figuratively)
- in the waters H4325 (מַיִם) — water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
- all that have fins H5579 (סְנַפִּיר) — a fin (collectively)
- and scales H7193 (קַשְׂקֶשֶׂת) — a scale (of a fish); hence a coat of mail (as composed of or covered with jointed plates of metal)
- shall ye eat H398 (אָכַל) — to eat (literally or figuratively)
10 and whatsoever hath not fins and scales ye shall not eat; it is unclean unto you.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- And whatsoever hath not fins H5579 (סְנַפִּיר) — a fin (collectively)
- and scales H7193 (קַשְׂקֶשֶׂת) — a scale (of a fish); hence a coat of mail (as composed of or covered with jointed plates of metal)
- ye may not eat H398 (אָכַל) — to eat (literally or figuratively)
- unclean H2931 (טָמֵא) — foul in a religious sense
11 Of all clean birds ye may eat.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- all clean H2889 (טָהוֹר) — pure (in a physical, chemical, ceremonial or moral sense)
- birds H6833 (צִפּוֹר) — a little bird (as hopping)
- ye shall eat H398 (אָכַל) — to eat (literally or figuratively)
12 But these are they of which ye shall not eat: the eagle, and the gier-eagle, and the ospray,Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- of which ye shall not eat H398 (אָכַל) — to eat (literally or figuratively)
- the eagle H5404 (נֶשֶׁר) — the eagle (or other large bird of prey)
- and the ossifrage H6538 (פֶּרֶס) — a claw; also a kind of eagle
- and the ospray H5822 (עׇזְנִיָּה) — probably the sea-eagle (from its strength)
13 and the glede, and the falcon, and the kite after its kind,Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- And the glede H7201 (רָאָה) — a bird of prey (probably the vulture, from its sharp sight)
- and the kite H344 (אַיָּה) — the screamer, i.e. a hawk
- and the vulture H1772 (דַּיָּה) — a falcon (from its rapid flight)
- after his kind H4327 (מִין) — a sort, i.e. species
14 and every raven after its kind,Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- And every raven H6158 (עֹרֵב) — a raven (from its dusky hue)
- after his kind H4327 (מִין) — a sort, i.e. species
15 and the ostrich, and the night-hawk, and the sea-mew, and the hawk after its kind,Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- And the owl H3284 (יַעֲנָה)
- And the owl H1323 (בַּת) — a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
- and the night hawk H8464 (תַּחְמָס) — a species of unclean bird (from its violence), perhaps an owl
- and the cuckow H7828 (שַׁחַף) — the gull (as thin)
- and the hawk H5322 (נֵץ) — a flower (from its brilliancy); also a hawk (from it flashing speed)
- after his kind H4327 (מִין) — a sort, i.e. species
16 the little owl, and the great owl, and the horned owl,Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- The little owl H3563 (כּוֹס) — a cup (as a container), often figuratively, a lot (as if a potion); also some unclean bird, probably an owl (perhaps from the cup-like cavity of its eye)
- and the great owl H3244 (יַנְשׁוּף) — an unclean (acquatic) bird; probably the heron (perhaps from its blowing cry, or because the nightheron is meant)
- and the swan H8580 (תַּנְשֶׁמֶת) — properly, a hard breather, i.e. the name of two unclean creatures, a lizard and a bird (both perhaps from changing color through their irascibility), probably t…
17 and the pelican, and the vulture, and the cormorant,Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- And the pelican H6893 (קָאַת) — probably the pelican (from vomiting)
- and the gier eagle H7360 (רָחָם) — a kind of vulture (supposed to be tender towards its young)
- and the cormorant H7994 (שָׁלָךְ) — bird of prey, usually thought to be the pelican (from casting itself into the sea)
18 and the stork, and the heron after its kind, and the hoopoe, and the bat.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- And the stork H2624 (חֲסִידָה) — the kind (maternal) bird, i.e. a stork
- and the heron H601 (אֲנָפָה) — an unclean bird, perhaps the parrot (from its irascibility)
- after her kind H4327 (מִין) — a sort, i.e. species
- and the lapwing H1744 (דּוּכִיפַת) — the hoopoe or else the grouse
- and the bat H5847 (עֲטַלֵּף) — a bat
19 And all winged creeping things are unclean unto you: they shall not be eaten.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- And every creeping thing H8318 (שֶׁרֶץ) — a swarm, i.e. active mass of minute animals
- that flieth H5775 (עוֹף) — a bird (as covered with feathers, or rather as covering with wings), often collectively
- unclean H2931 (טָמֵא) — foul in a religious sense
- unto you: they shall not be eaten H398 (אָכַל) — to eat (literally or figuratively)
20 Of all clean birds ye may eat.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- all clean H2889 (טָהוֹר) — pure (in a physical, chemical, ceremonial or moral sense)
- fowls H5775 (עוֹף) — a bird (as covered with feathers, or rather as covering with wings), often collectively
- ye may eat H398 (אָכַל) — to eat (literally or figuratively)
21 Ye shall not eat of anything that dieth of itself: thou mayest give it unto the sojourner that is within thy gates, that he may eat it; or thou mayest sell it unto a foreigner: for thou art a holy people unto Jehovah thy God. Thou shalt not boil a kid in its mother’s milk.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- Ye shall not eat H398 (אָכַל) — to eat (literally or figuratively)
- any thing that dieth of itself H5038 (נְבֵלָה) — a flabby thing, i.e. a carcase or carrion (human or bestial, often collectively); figuratively, an idol
- thou shalt give H5414 (נָתַן) — to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
- it unto the stranger H1616 (גֵּר) — properly, a guest; by implication, a foreigner
- in thy gates H8179 (שַׁעַר) — an opening, i.e. door or gate
- that he may eat H398 (אָכַל) — to eat (literally or figuratively)
- it; or thou mayest sell H4376 (מָכַר) — to sell, literally (as merchandise, a daughter in marriage, into slavery), or figuratively (to surrender)
- it unto an alien H5237 (נׇכְרִי) — strange, in a variety of degrees and applications (foreign, non-relative, adulterous, different, wonderful)
- an holy H6918 (קָדוֹשׁ) — sacred (ceremonially or morally); (as noun) God (by eminence), an angel, a saint, a sanctuary
- people H5971 (עַם) — a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
- unto Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
- thy God H430 (אֱלֹהִים) — gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference…
- Thou shalt not seethe H1310 (בָּשַׁל) — properly, to boil up; hence, to be done in cooking; figuratively to ripen
- a kid H1423 (גְּדִי) — a young goat (from browsing)
- in his mother’s H517 (אֵם) — a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively [like father])
- milk H2461 (חָלָב) — milk (as the richness of kine)
22 Thou shalt surely tithe all the increase of thy seed, that which cometh forth from the field year by year.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- Thou shalt truly H6237 (עָשַׂר) — to tithe, i.e. to take or give a tenth
- tithe H6237 (עָשַׂר) — to tithe, i.e. to take or give a tenth
- all the increase H8393 (תְּבוּאָה) — income, i.e. produce (literally or figuratively)
- of thy seed H2233 (זֶרַע) — seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity
- that the field H7704 (שָׂדֶה) — a field (as flat)
- bringeth forth H3318 (יָצָא) — to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.
- year H8141 (שָׁנֶה) — a year (as a revolution of time)
- by year H8141 (שָׁנֶה) — a year (as a revolution of time)
23 And thou shalt eat before Jehovah thy God, in the place which he shall choose, to cause his name to dwell there, the tithe of thy grain, of thy new wine, and of thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herd and of thy flock; that thou mayest learn to fear Jehovah thy God always.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- And thou shalt eat H398 (אָכַל) — to eat (literally or figuratively)
- before H6440 (פָּנִים) — the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (befo…
- Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
- thy God H430 (אֱלֹהִים) — gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference…
- in the place H4725 (מָקוֹם) — properly, a standing, i.e. a spot; but used widely of a locality (general or specific); also (figuratively) of a condition (of body or mind)
- which he shall choose H977 (בָּחַר) — properly, to try, i.e. (by implication) select
- to place H7931 (שָׁכַן) — to reside or permanently stay (literally or figuratively)
- his name H8034 (שֵׁם) — an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
- there, the tithe H4643 (מַעֲשֵׂר) — a tenth; especially a tithe
- of thy grain H1715 (דָּגָן) — properly, increase, i.e. grain
- of thy wine H8492 (תִּירוֹשׁ) — must or fresh grape-juice (as just squeezed out); by implication (rarely) fermented wine
- and of thine oil H3323 (יִצְהָר) — oil (as producing light); figuratively, anointing
- and the firstlings H1062 (בְּכוֹרָה) — the firstling of man or beast; abstractly primogeniture
- of thy herds H1241 (בָּקָר) — a beeve or an animal of the ox family of either gender (as used for plowing); collectively, a herd
- and of thy flocks H6629 (צֹאן) — a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)
- that thou mayest learn H3925 (לָמַד) — properly, to goad, i.e. (by implication) to teach (the rod being an Oriental incentive)
- to fear H3372 (יָרֵא) — to fear; morally to revere; causatively to frighten
- always H3117 (יוֹם) — a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated ter…
24 And if the way be too long for thee, so that thou art not able to carry it, because the place is too far from thee, which Jehovah thy God shall choose, to set his name there, when Jehovah thy God shall bless thee;Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- And if the way H1870 (דֶּרֶךְ) — a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
- be too long H7235 (רָבָה) — to increase (in whatever respect)
- for thee, so that H3588 (כִּי) — (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
- thou art not able H3201 (יָכֹל) — to be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might)
- to carry H5375 (נָשָׂא) — to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
- if the place H4725 (מָקוֹם) — properly, a standing, i.e. a spot; but used widely of a locality (general or specific); also (figuratively) of a condition (of body or mind)
- be too far H7368 (רָחַק) — to widen (in any direction), i.e. (intransitively) recede or (transitively) remove (literally or figuratively, of place or relation)
- from thee, which Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
- thy God H430 (אֱלֹהִים) — gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference…
- shall choose H977 (בָּחַר) — properly, to try, i.e. (by implication) select
- to set H7760 (שׂוּם) — to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
- his name H8034 (שֵׁם) — an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
- there, when Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
- hath blessed H1288 (בָּרַךְ) — to kneel; by implication to bless God (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (God or the king, as treason)
25 then shalt thou turn it into money, and bind up the money in thy hand, and shalt go unto the place which Jehovah thy God shall choose:Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- Then shalt thou turn H5414 (נָתַן) — to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
- into money H3701 (כֶּסֶף) — silver (from its pale color); by implication, money
- and bind up H6696 (צוּר) — to cramp, i.e. confine (in many applications, literally and figuratively, formative or hostile)
- the money H3701 (כֶּסֶף) — silver (from its pale color); by implication, money
- in thine hand H3027 (יָד) — a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from 3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of a…
- and shalt go H1980 (הָלַךְ) — to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
- unto the place H4725 (מָקוֹם) — properly, a standing, i.e. a spot; but used widely of a locality (general or specific); also (figuratively) of a condition (of body or mind)
- which Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
- thy God H430 (אֱלֹהִים) — gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference…
- shall choose H977 (בָּחַר) — properly, to try, i.e. (by implication) select
26 and thou shalt bestow the money for whatsoever thy soul desireth, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatsoever thy soul asketh of thee; and thou shalt eat there before Jehovah thy God, and thou shalt rejoice, thou and thy household.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- And thou shalt bestow H5414 (נָתַן) — to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
- that money H3701 (כֶּסֶף) — silver (from its pale color); by implication, money
- for whatsoever thy soul H5315 (נֶפֶשׁ) — properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
- desires H183 (אָוָה) — to wish for
- for oxen H1241 (בָּקָר) — a beeve or an animal of the ox family of either gender (as used for plowing); collectively, a herd
- or for sheep H6629 (צֹאן) — a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)
- or for wine H3196 (יַיִן) — wine (as fermented); by implication, intoxication
- or for strong drink H7941 (שֵׁכָר) — an intoxicant, i.e. intensely alcoholic liquor
- or for whatsoever thy soul H5315 (נֶפֶשׁ) — properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
- desireth H7592 (שָׁאַל) — to inquire; by implication, to request; by extension, to demand
- and thou shalt eat H398 (אָכַל) — to eat (literally or figuratively)
- there before H6440 (פָּנִים) — the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (befo…
- Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
- thy God H430 (אֱלֹהִים) — gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference…
- and thou shalt rejoice H8055 (שָׂמַח) — probably to brighten up, i.e. (figuratively) be (causatively, make) blithe or gleesome
- thou, and thine household H1004 (בַּיִת) — a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
27 And the Levite that is within thy gates, thou shalt not forsake him; for he hath no portion nor inheritance with thee.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- And the Levite H3881 (לֵוִיִּי) — a Levite or descendant of Levi
- within thy gates H8179 (שַׁעַר) — an opening, i.e. door or gate
- thou shalt not forsake H5800 (עָזַב) — to loosen, i.e. relinquish, permit, etc.
- him; for he hath no part H2506 (חֵלֶק) — properly, smoothness (of the tongue); also an allotment
- nor inheritance H5159 (נַחֲלָה) — properly, something inherited, i.e. (abstractly) occupancy, or (concretely) an heirloom; generally an estate, patrimony or portion
28 At the end of every three years thou shalt bring forth all the tithe of thine increase in the same year, and shalt lay it up within thy gates:Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- At the end H7097 (קָצֶה) — an extremity
- of three H7969 (שָׁלוֹשׁ) — three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multiple) thrice
- years H8141 (שָׁנֶה) — a year (as a revolution of time)
- thou shalt bring forth H3318 (יָצָא) — to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.
- all the tithe H4643 (מַעֲשֵׂר) — a tenth; especially a tithe
- of thine increase H8393 (תְּבוּאָה) — income, i.e. produce (literally or figuratively)
- the same year H8141 (שָׁנֶה) — a year (as a revolution of time)
- up H3240 (יָנַח) — to deposit; by implication, to allow to stay
- within thy gates H8179 (שַׁעַר) — an opening, i.e. door or gate
29 and the Levite, because he hath no portion nor inheritance with thee, and the sojourner, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within thy gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that Jehovah thy God may bless thee in all the work of thy hand which thou doest.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- And the Levite H3881 (לֵוִיִּי) — a Levite or descendant of Levi
- because he hath no part H2506 (חֵלֶק) — properly, smoothness (of the tongue); also an allotment
- nor inheritance H5159 (נַחֲלָה) — properly, something inherited, i.e. (abstractly) occupancy, or (concretely) an heirloom; generally an estate, patrimony or portion
- with thee,) and the stranger H1616 (גֵּר) — properly, a guest; by implication, a foreigner
- and the fatherless H3490 (יָתוֹם) — a bereaved person
- and the widow H490 (אַלְמָנָה) — a widow; also a desolate place
- within thy gates H8179 (שַׁעַר) — an opening, i.e. door or gate
- shall come H935 (בּוֹא) — to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
- and shall eat H398 (אָכַל) — to eat (literally or figuratively)
- and be satisfied H7646 (שָׂבַע) — to sate, i.e. fill to satisfaction (literally or figuratively)
- that Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
- thy God H430 (אֱלֹהִים) — gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference…
- may bless H1288 (בָּרַךְ) — to kneel; by implication to bless God (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (God or the king, as treason)
- thee in all the work H4639 (מַעֲשֶׂה) — an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property
- of thine hand H3027 (יָד) — a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from 3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of a…
- which thou doest H6213 (עָשָׂה) — to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application