Deuteronomy 26:12
Hebrew Bible
11 You will celebrate all the good things that the Lord your God has given you and your family, along with the Levites and the resident foreigners among you. 12 When you finish tithing all 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 so that they may eat to their satisfaction in your villages. 13 Then you shall say before the Lord your God, “I have removed the sacred offering from my house and given it to the Levites, the resident foreigners, the orphans, and the widows just as you have commanded me. I have not violated or forgotten your commandments.
Date: 6th Century B.C.E. (Final composition) (based on scholarly estimates)
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LXX Deuteronomy 26:12
Septuagint
11 And you shall rejoice in all the good things that the Lord your God gave you and your house—and the Levites and the sojourner with you. 12 “But if you finished tithing all the tithes of your produce in the third year, you shall give a second tithe to the Levites and the sojourner and the orphan and the widow, and they shall eat in your cities and shall be joyful. 13 And you shall say before the Lord your God, ‘I have cleansed the sacred things from my house and gave them to the Levites and the sojourner and the orphan and the widow, according to all the commands that you commanded me. I have not transgressed your command and have not forgotten,
Date: 3rd Century B.C.E. (based on scholarly estimates)
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Notes and References
"... The rendering of the LXX is based on a wrong grammatical combination of two words, רשעמה תִנֵשׁ, yet the retroversion itself is well-founded. The translator must have known the concept of a “second tithe”, known from rabbinic literature referring to the tithe of Deuteronomy, while this term is not used in Scripture. However, the ungrammatical retroversion is probably based on the combination of two words that were understood wrongly ..."
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