7 And he gave it to the priests, the sons of Aaron, for the altar: the tithe of all the produce he gave to the sons of Levi who ministered in Jerusalem; he sold the other tithe, and every year he went and spent it in Jerusalem; (Tobit was a “correct” believer).
8 And the third he gave to whomever was due, as Devorah my father’s mother commanded me, when I became an orphan after my father. (Tobit was a “correct” believer).
9 Having reached manhood, I took a wife, Anna, from our father’s family, and begat Tobiah from her. (The line of Tobit continued).
10 When I was taken captive to Nineveh, all my brothers and fellow tribesmen ate pagan food (In captivity, the Israelites ate the “wrong” food).
11 But I kept my soul and did not eat (Tobit was a “correct” believer).
12 For I remembered God with all my soul. (Tobit was a “correct” believer).
13 And the Most High granted me favor and favor with Enemesar, and I was his supplier; (Tobit became a supplier to the Assyrian king. All matters, from a religious point of view, are carried out with the “permission” of the “Almighty”).
14 And he went to Media, and gave [for safekeeping] to Gabriel the brother of Gabriel, in the Ragas of Media, ten talents of silver. (Media is a historical region in the northwestern part of the Iranian plateau, in the 70s of the 7th – mid-6th centuries BC, a kingdom with its capital in Ecbatana (in the southwest of Media), the heyday of Media under Cyaxares, in 550 -549 BC conquered by the Persians. Raga of Media or Raga is a city in Media, in the area of the modern Iranian capital of Tehran, through which the route from Ecbatana to the Caspian Sea passed. It is believed that the talent was approximately 30 kg).
15 When Enemesar died, his son Sennacherib reigned in his place, whose ways were not constant, and I could no longer go to Media. (Historical error. Sargon II became the heir of Enemesar (Shalmaneser V). Sargon II (Sharrukin), reign: 722-705 BC, defeated the Kingdom of Israel in 722 BC, defeated Urartu in 714 BC, but Sennacherib became the heir of Sargon II (705-680 BC), trade with Media ceased).
16 In the days of Enemeser I did many good deeds to my brothers: (Tobit helped his “chosen people”).
17 I gave my bread to the hungry, my clothes to the naked, and if I saw anyone from my tribe dead and thrown beyond the wall of Nineveh, I buried him. (The Assyrians threw the dead Israelites outside the city walls and did not allow them to bury them.)