Leviticus 23:22

“‘When you reap the harvest of your land, you must not wholly reap into the corners of your field, and you must not gather the gleanings of your harvest. You must leave them for the poor, and for the foreigner. I am Adonai your God.’” (5)

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In The King James Version

And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not make clean riddance of the corners of thy field when thou reapest, neither shalt thou gather any gleaning of thy harvest: thou shalt leave them unto the poor, and to the stranger: I am the LORD your God.

In Context

21+ 23:21. Lev 23:21 (Lev 23:15-21) (#4.303): T. To rest on the fiftieth day of counting the Omer ·Sheath of grain· / R. To rest on Shavu'ot ·Weeks· / Note: The 50th day of the Omer ·Sheath of grain· is Shavu'ot ·Weeks· in Hebrew or in Greek it is called Pentacost ·50· You shall make proclamation on the same day: there shall be a holy convocation to you; + 23:21. Lev 23:21 (Lev 23:15-21) (#4.304): T. Not to do work on the Festival of Shavu'ot ·Weeks· / Pentacost ·50· / R. Not to do prohibited labor on Shavu'ot ·Weeks· / Pentacost ·50· you shall do no regular aboda ·service·. This is a regulation forever in all your dwellings throughout all your generations.

23Adonai spoke to Moses [Drawn out], saying,

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Cross References

Leviticus 19:9+ 19:9. Lev 19:9 (Lev 19:9-10, 23:22) (#8.493): To leave the corner of the field unharvested “‘When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not wholly reap the corners of your field, + 19:9. Lev 19:9 (Lev 19:9-10) (#8.494): Not to gather the stalks that have fallen while reaping your field + 19:9. Lev 19:9 (Lev 19:9-10, 23:22) (#8.495): T. This is not found in the straight forward text, it is implied / R. To leave the gleanings of the harvest, that is the corners of your field neither shall you gather the gleanings of your harvest.

Deuteronomy 16:11You shall rejoice before Adonai your God: you, your son, your daughter, your male servant, your female servant, the Levite [Descendant of United with] who is within your gates, the foreigner, the orphan, and the widow, who are among you, in the place which Adonai your God shall choose to cause his name to dwell there.

Psalms 112:9פּ He has dispersed, he has given to the poor. 2 צ His righteousness endures forever. + 112:9. Quoted in 2 Cor 9:9 2 ק His horn will be exalted with kavod ·weighty glory·. 1

Isaiah 58:7Is not it to distribute your bread to the hungry, 2 and that you bring the poor who are cast out to your house? 1 When you see the naked, 2 that you cover him; 2 and that you not hide yourself from your own flesh? 1

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 23:16-23

15 And ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the sabbath, from the day that ye brought the sheaf of the wave offering; seven sabbaths shall be complete: 16 Even unto the morrow after the seventh sabbath shall ye number fifty days; and ye shall offer a new meat offering unto the Lord . 17 Ye shall bring out of your habitations two wave loaves of two tenth deals: they shall be of fine flour; they shall be baken with leaven; they are the firstfruits unto the Lord . 18 And ye shall offer with the bread seven… Read the whole commentary →

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