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in the third year
The Israelites gave a tenth of their harvest to Yahweh every year. Every 3 years they gave a tenth of the harvest to the poor.
fatherless
children whose parents have both died and do not have relatives to care for them
widow
a woman whose husband has died and has no children to care for her in her old age
eat within your city gates and be filled
AT: "so that those within your towns may have enough food to eat" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche)
I have brought out of
This is the start of another statement that the Israelite was supposed to say. It will continue to the end of 26:15.
neither have I forgotten them
This means that he has not neglected to obey any of God's commandments.