When you harvest your vineyard, you shall not glean it after yourselves. It shall be for the foreigner, for the fatherless, and for the widow.
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When you harvest your vineyard, you shall not glean it after yourselves. It shall be for the foreigner, for the fatherless, and for the widow.
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When thou gatherest the grapes of thy vineyard, thou shalt not glean it afterward: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow.
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When thou gatherest the grapes of thy vineyard, thou shalt not glean it after thee; it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow.
Cross-references (2)
Passages linked to Deuteronomy 24:21 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Leviticus 19:9-10 “ ‘When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not wholly reap the corners of your field, neither shall you gather the gleanings of your harvest. You shall not glean your vineyard, neither shall you gather the fallen grapes of your vineyard. You shall leave them for the poor and for the foreigner. I am Yahweh your God.
- Deuteronomy 24:19 When you reap your harvest in your field, and have forgotten a sheaf in the field, you shall not go again to get it. It shall be for the foreigner, for the fatherless, and for the widow, that Yahweh your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Or, the grapes of thy vineyard.
Or, the grapes of thy vineyard.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain When thou gatherest the grapes of thy vineyard,.... Which…
When thou gatherest the grapes of thy vineyard,.... Which was done much about the same time that the olives were gathered, and both after wheat harvest, about the latter end of June, or beginning of July; for they were more forward in those hot countries:
thou shall not glean it afterwards; go over the vines a second time, to pick off every berry or bunch that escaped them at first gathering:
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it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow; as the forgotten sheaf, and the olive berries left; these are all supposed to be poor persons, otherwise no doubt there were strangers, and fatherless persons, and widows, in good circumstances; who, as they needed not, so neither would give themselves the trouble, but think it beneath them to go into fields, oliveyards, and vineyards, to gather what was left by the owners. These laws were made in favour of the poor, that mercy and kindness might be showed to them, and that they might have a taste of all the fruits of the earth.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 21. When thou gatherest] Lit. cuttest off, the usual…
21. When thou gatherest] Lit. cuttest off, the usual vb. for harvesting grapes (Jdg_9:27). Ingathering, applied to the vintage feast (see on Deu_16:13), is another vb.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Thou shalt not glean it afterward; literally, Thou shalt…
Thou shalt not glean it afterward; literally, Thou shalt not glean after thee, i.e. after thou hast reaped and gathered for thyself. It is still the custom among the Arabs for the poor to be allowed to gather the berries that may be left on the olive trees after they have been beaten and the main produce carried off by the owner. All the injunctions in this section are adapted to preserve relations of brotherliness and love among the people of the Lord.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 General Information:
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Moses speaks to the Israelites as if they were one man, so the words "you" and "your" here are singular. (See: Forms of You)
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What is left over will be for the foreigner, for the fatherless, and for the widow
"The grapes that you do not pick will be for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow to pick"
for the foreigner, for the fatherless, and for the widow
These refer to groups of people. AT: "for foreigners, for those who are fatherless, and for the widows" (See: Generic Noun Phrases)
call to mind
This is an idiom. AT: "remember" (See: Idiom)
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grape
vineyard
glean
alien
servant
Egypt
obey
command
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