Sundry Laws

(A)Now when you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap to the very corners of your field, nor shall you gather the gleanings of your harvest. 10 Nor shall you glean your vineyard, nor shall you gather the fallen fruit of your vineyard; you shall leave them for the needy and for the stranger. I am the Lord your God.

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24 “When you enter your neighbor’s vineyard, then you may eat grapes [a]until you are fully satisfied, but you shall not put any in your [b]basket.

25 (A)When you enter your neighbor’s standing grain, then you may pluck the heads with your hand, but you shall not wield a sickle in your neighbor’s standing grain.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 23:24 Lit according to your satisfaction of your soul
  2. Deuteronomy 23:24 Or vessel

19 (A)When you reap your harvest in your field and have forgotten a sheaf in the field, you shall not go back to get it; it shall be (B)for the alien, for the [a]orphan, and for the widow, in order that the Lord your God (C)may bless you in all the work of your hands. 20 (D)When you beat your olive tree, you shall not go over the boughs [b]again; it shall be (E)for the alien, for the [c]orphan, and for the widow.

21 “When you gather the grapes of your vineyard, you shall not [d]go over it again; it shall be for the alien, for the [e]orphan, and for the widow. 22 You shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt; therefore I am commanding you to do this thing.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 24:19 Or fatherless
  2. Deuteronomy 24:20 Lit after yourself
  3. Deuteronomy 24:20 Or fatherless
  4. Deuteronomy 24:21 Lit glean it after yourself
  5. Deuteronomy 24:21 Or fatherless