Deuteronomy 24:21

When you cut your vineyard, you do not glean behind you; it is for the sojourner, for the fatherless, and for the widow;

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

20When you beat your olive, you do not examine the branch behind you; it is for the sojourner, for the fatherless, and for the widow.

22and you have remembered that you have been a servant in the land of Egypt; therefore I am commanding you to do this thing.”

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Cross References

Leviticus 19:10and you do not glean your vineyard, even the omitted part of your vineyard you do not gather, you leave them for the poor and for the sojourner; I [am] your God YHWH.

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 24:15-22

Justice and Generosity. ( b. c. 1451.) 14 Thou shalt not oppress a hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that are in thy land within thy gates: 15 At his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and setteth his heart upon it: lest he cry against thee unto the Lord , and it be sin unto thee. 16 The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers: every man… Read the whole commentary →

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