(A)‘When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not wholly reap the corners of your field, nor shall you gather the gleanings of your harvest. 10 And you shall not glean your vineyard, nor shall you gather every grape of your vineyard; you shall leave them for the poor and the stranger: I am the Lord your God.

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19 (A)“When you reap your harvest in your field, and forget a sheaf in the field, you shall not go back to get it; it shall be for the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, that the Lord your God may (B)bless you in all the work of your hands. 20 When you beat your olive trees, you shall not go over the boughs again; it shall be for the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow. 21 When you gather the grapes of your vineyard, you shall not glean it afterward; it shall be for the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow. 22 And you shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt; therefore I command you to do this thing.

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24 “When you come into your neighbor’s vineyard, you may eat your fill of grapes at your pleasure, but you shall not put any in your container. 25 When you come into your neighbor’s standing grain, (A)you may pluck the heads with your hand, but you shall not use a sickle on your neighbor’s standing grain.

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Lending to the Poor

35 ‘If one of your brethren becomes poor, and [a]falls into poverty among you, then you shall (A)help him, like a stranger or a sojourner, that he may live with you. 36 (B)Take no usury or interest from him; but (C)fear your God, that your brother may live with you. 37 You shall not lend him your money for usury, nor lend him your food at a profit. 38 (D)I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, to give you the land of Canaan and to be your God.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 25:35 Lit. his hand fails

16 (A)‘Honor your father and your mother, as the Lord your God has commanded you, (B)that your days may be long, and that it may be well with (C)you in the land which the Lord your God is giving you.

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(A)‘Every one of you shall revere his mother and his father, and (B)keep My Sabbaths: I am the Lord your God.

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‘For (A)everyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death. He has cursed his father or his mother. (B)His blood shall be upon him.

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The Rebellious Son

18 “If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and who, when they have chastened him, will not heed them, 19 then his father and his mother shall take hold of him and bring him out to the elders of his city, to the gate of his city. 20 And they shall say to the elders of his city, ‘This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious; he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton and a drunkard.’ 21 Then all the men of his city shall stone him to death with stones; (A)so you shall put away the evil from among you, (B)and all Israel shall hear and fear.

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32 (A)‘You shall [a]rise before the gray headed and honor the presence of an old man, and (B)fear your God: I am the Lord.

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  1. Leviticus 19:32 rise to give honor

22 (A)“You shall not afflict any widow or fatherless child. 23 If you afflict them in any way, and they (B)cry at all to Me, I will surely (C)hear their cry; 24 and My (D)wrath will become hot, and I will kill you with the sword; (E)your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.

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33 ‘And (A)if a stranger dwells with you in your land, you shall not mistreat him. 34 (B)The stranger who dwells among you shall be to you as [a]one born among you, and (C)you shall love him as yourself; for you were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 19:34 native among you

22 You shall have (A)the[a] same law for the stranger and for one from your own country; for I am the Lord your God.’ ”

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  1. Leviticus 24:22 one standard of judgment

14 You shall not curse the deaf, (A)nor put a stumbling block before the blind, but shall fear your God: I am the Lord.

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