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Deuteronomy 24:21

Poverty and the vulnerableGenerosityThe stranger and outcast

19 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.

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.

22 Remember that you were slaves in the land of Egypt. Therefore I am commanding you to do this.

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BSB
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.
KJV
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.
WEB
When you harvest your vineyard, you shall not glean it after yourselves. It shall be for the foreigner, for the fatherless, and for the widow.
ASV
When thou gatherest [the grapes of] thy vineyard, thou shalt not glean it after thee: it shall be for the sojourner, for the fatherless, and for the widow.
DARBY
When thou gatherest the grapes of thy vineyard, thou shalt not glean it afterwards; it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow.
BLB
When you gather the grapes of your vineyard, you shall not glean after yourself; to the sojourner, to the fatherless, and to the widow it shall be.
ÅB
Når du høster din vingård, skal du ikke holde ettersanking; den fremmede, den farløse og enken skal ha det.
OTB
Når du samler druene fra din vingård, må du ikke gå over vinrankene igjen. La det som blir igjen være for den fremmede, den farløse og enken.
B1930
Når du høster din vingård, skal du ikke holde eftersanking; den fremmede, den farløse og enken skal ha det.

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Cross references

  • Deuteronomy 24:19

    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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