Deuteronomy 24:19

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¹⁷ Do not deny justice to the foreigner or the fatherless, and do not take a widow’s cloak as security.

¹⁸ Remember that you were slaves in Egypt, and the LORD your God redeemed you from that place. Therefore I am commanding you to do this.

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.

²⁰ When you beat the olives from your trees, you must not go over the branches again. What remains will be for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow.

²¹ When you gather the grapes of your vineyard, you must not go over the vines again. What remains will be for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: 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.
KJV: When thou cuttest down thine harvest in thy field, and hast forgot a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go again to fetch it: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow: that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hands.
WEB: 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 the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.
ASV: When thou reapest thy harvest in thy field, and hast forgot a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go again to fetch it: it shall be for the sojourner, for the fatherless, and for the widow; that Jehovah thy God may bless thee in all the work of thy hands.
DARBY: When thou reapest thy harvest in thy field, and forgettest a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not return to fetch it; it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow; that Jehovah thy God may bless thee in all the work of thy hands.
BLB: When you reap your harvest in your field and have forgotten a sheaf in the field, you shall not go back to get it. To the sojourner, to the fatherless, and to the widow it shall be, that YHWH your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.

ÅB: Når du høster inn kornet på din åker, og du glemmer et kornbånd på åkeren, da skal du ikke vende tilbake for å hente det; den fremmede, den farløse og enken skal ha det; så skal Herren din Gud velsigne deg i alt det du tar deg fore.
OTB: Når du høster på din mark og glemmer en kornbånd, må du ikke gå tilbake for å hente det. La det være for den fremmede, den farløse og enken, slik at Herren din Gud kan velsigne deg i alt arbeidet med dine hender.
B1930: Når du høster inn kornet på din aker, og du glemmer et kornbånd på akeren, da skal du ikke vende tilbake for å hente det; den fremmede, den farløse og enken skal ha det; så skal Herren din Gud velsigne dig i alt det du tar dig fore.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Leviticus 23:22
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.’”
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Proverbs 19:17
Kindness to the poor is a loan to the LORD, and He will repay the lender.
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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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Luke 14:13–14
But when you host a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind,
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Deuteronomy 14:29
Then the Levite (because he has no portion or inheritance among you), the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow within your gates may come and eat and be satisfied. And the LORD your God will bless you in all the work of your hands.
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Luke 6:38
Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you.”
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Psalms 41:1–3
Blessed is the one who cares for the poor; the LORD will deliver him in the day of trouble.
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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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