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Deuteronomy 23:25

Generosity

23 Be careful to follow through on what comes from your lips, because you have freely vowed to the LORD your God with your own mouth.

24 When you enter your neighbor’s vineyard, you may eat your fill of grapes, but you must not put any in your basket.

When you enter your neighbor’s grainfield, you may pluck the heads of grain with your hand, but you must not put a sickle to your neighbor’s grain.
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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 enter your neighbor’s grainfield, you may pluck the heads of grain with your hand, but you must not put a sickle to your neighbor’s grain.
KJV
When thou comest into the standing corn of thy neighbour, then thou mayest pluck the ears with thine hand; but thou shalt not move a sickle unto thy neighbour’s standing corn.
WEB
When you come into your neighbor’s standing grain, then you may pluck the ears with your hand; but you shall not use a sickle on your neighbor’s standing grain.
ASV
When thou comest into thy neighbor`s standing grain, then thou mayest pluck the ears with thy hand; but thou shalt not move a sickle unto thy neighbor`s standing grain.
DARBY
When thou comest into the standing corn of thy neighbour, thou mayest pluck ears with thy hand; but thou shalt not wave the sickle against thy neighbour's standing corn.
BLB
When you come into the standing grain of your neighbor, you may pluck the heads with your hand, and a sickle you shall not use on the standing grain of your neighbor.
ÅB
Når du kommer inn i din nestes kornåker, da kan du plukke aks med din hånd; men sigd må du ikke bruke på din nestes kornåker.
[^1]: kongen i Moab.
[^2]: d.e. en som driver utukt til ære for avgudene.
OTB
Hvis du går inn i din nabos kornåker, kan du plukke aksene med hendene, men du må ikke bruke en sigd på deres stående korn.
B1930
Når du kommer inn i din næstes kornaker, da kan du plukke aks med din hånd; men sigd må du ikke bruke på din næstes kornaker.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Mark 2:23

    One Sabbath Jesus was passing through the grainfields, and His disciples began to pick the heads of grain as they walked along.

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  • Matthew 12:1–2

    At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry and began to pick the heads of grain and eat them.

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  • Luke 6:1–2

    One Sabbath Jesus was passing through the grainfields, and His disciples began to pick the heads of grain, rub them in their hands, and eat them.

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