However, at the end of every third and sixth year of the seven - year sabbatical cycle, this tithe was deposited at the gate for the benefit of the poor as well as the Levites.
وَلِمَ كَانَ ٱللَّاوِيُّونَ بَيْنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱسْتَفَادُوا مِنْ هذَا ٱلتَّرْتِيبِ ؟‏