Leviticus 23:22

²⁰ The priest is to wave the lambs as a wave offering before the LORD, together with the bread of the firstfruits. The bread and the two lambs shall be holy to the LORD for the priest.

²¹ On that same day you are to proclaim a sacred assembly, and you must not do any regular work. This is to be a permanent statute wherever you live for the generations to come.

When you reap the harvest of your land, do not reap all the way to the edges of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest. Leave them for the poor and the foreign resident. I am the LORD your God.’”

²³ The LORD also said to Moses,

²⁴ “Speak to the Israelites and say, ‘On the first day of the seventh month you are to have a day of rest, a sacred assembly announced by trumpet blasts.

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: When you reap the harvest of your land, do not reap all the way to the edges of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest. Leave them for the poor and the foreign resident. I am the LORD your God.’”
KJV: 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.
WEB: “‘When you reap the harvest of your land, you must not wholly reap into the corners of your field. You must not gather the gleanings of your harvest. You must leave them for the poor and for the foreigner. I am the LORD your God.’”
ASV: And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the gleaning of thy harvest: thou shalt leave them for the poor, and for the sojourner: I am Jehovah your God.
DARBY: And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not in thy harvest entirely reap the corners of thy field, and the gleaning of thy harvest shalt thou not gather: thou shalt leave them unto the poor and to the stranger: I am Jehovah your God.
BLB: And in your⁺ reaping the harvest of your⁺ land, you shall not wholly reap the corners of your field in your reaping, and you shall not gather the gleaning of your harvest; you shall leave them to the poor and to the sojourner. I [am] YHWH your⁺ God.’”

ÅB: Og når dere høster grøden i deres land, skal du ikke under din innhøsting skjære kornet helt ut til ytterste kant av din åker, og de aks som blir liggende etter innhøstingen, skal du ikke sanke opp; du skal la dem være igjen til den fattige og den fremmede; jeg er Herren deres Gud.
OTB: Når dere høster avlingen i deres land, skal dere ikke høste til de ytterste kantene av åkeren eller samle inn etterhøstene av avlingen. La dem være for de fattige og de fremmede som bor blant dere. Jeg er Herren deres Gud.'"
B1930: Og når I høster grøden i eders land, skal du ikke under din innhøsting skjære kornet helt ut til ytterste kant av din aker, og de aks som blir liggende efter innhøstingen, skal du ikke sanke op; du skal la dem være igjen til den fattige og den fremmede; jeg er Herren eders Gud.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Deuteronomy 24:19–21
If you are harvesting in your field and forget a sheaf there, do not go back to get it. It is to be left for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, so that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.
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Leviticus 19:9–10
When you reap the harvest of your land, you are not to reap to the very edges of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest.
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Isaiah 58:10
and if you give yourself to the hungry and satisfy the afflicted soul, then your light will go forth in the darkness, and your night will be like noonday.
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Proverbs 11:24–25
One gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds what is right, only to become poor.
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2 Corinthians 9:5–12
So I thought it necessary to urge the brothers to visit you beforehand and make arrangements for the bountiful gift you had promised. This way, your gift will be prepared generously and not begrudgingly.
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Ruth 2:15–23
When Ruth got up to glean, Boaz ordered his young men, “Even if she gathers among the sheaves, do not insult her.
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Deuteronomy 16:11–14
and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God in the place He will choose as a dwelling for His Name—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite within your gates, as well as the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widows among you.
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Luke 11:41
But give as alms the things that are within you, and you will see that everything is clean for you.
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