Deuteronomy 23:24-25
New English Translation
24 When you enter the vineyard of your neighbor you may eat as many grapes as you please,[a] but you must not take away any in a container.[b] 25 When you go into the ripe grain fields of your neighbor you may pluck off the kernels with your hand,[c] but you must not use a sickle on your neighbor’s ripe grain.
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- Deuteronomy 23:24 tn Heb “grapes according to your appetite, your fullness.”
- Deuteronomy 23:24 tn Heb “in your container”; NAB, NIV “your basket.”
- Deuteronomy 23:25 sn For the continuation of these practices into NT times see Matt 12:1-8; Mark 2:23-28; Luke 6:1-5.
Deuteronomy 23:24-25
Lexham English Bible
24 “When[a] you come into the vineyard of your neighbor, then you may eat grapes as you please[b] and until you are full,[c] but you shall not put any into your container.
25 “When[d] you come into the standing grain of your neighbor, then you may pluck ears with your hand, but you may not swing[e] a sickle among the standing grain of your neighbor.”
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- Deuteronomy 23:24 Or “If”
- Deuteronomy 23:24 Literally “according to your desire”
- Deuteronomy 23:24 Literally “to your satiation”
- Deuteronomy 23:25 Or “If”
- Deuteronomy 23:25 Literally “wave”
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