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class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/leviticus/19.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/leviticus/19.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />&#8220&#8217When you reap the harvest of your land, do not reap to the very edges of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/leviticus/19.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />“When you harvest the crops of your land, do not harvest the grain along the edges of your fields, and do not pick up what the harvesters drop.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/leviticus/19.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />“When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap your field right up to its edge, neither shall you gather the gleanings after your harvest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/leviticus/19.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/leviticus/19.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the gleanings of thy harvest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/leviticus/19.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />‘When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not wholly reap the corners of your field, nor shall you gather the gleanings of your harvest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/leviticus/19.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />‘Now when you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap to the very edges of your field, nor shall you gather the gleanings of your harvest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/leviticus/19.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8216Now when you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap to the very corners of your field, nor shall you gather the gleanings of your harvest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/leviticus/19.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />‘Now when you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap to the very corners of your field, neither shall you gather the gleanings of your harvest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/leviticus/19.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />‘Now when you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap to the very corners of your field, nor shall you gather the gleanings of your harvest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/leviticus/19.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />‘Now when you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap to the very corners of your field, nor shall you gather the gleanings (grain left after reaping) of your harvest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/leviticus/19.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />“When you reap the harvest of your land, you are not to reap to the very edge of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/leviticus/19.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />When you reap the harvest of your land, you are not to reap to the very edge of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/leviticus/19.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/leviticus/19.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />When you harvest your grain, always leave some of it standing along the edges of your fields and don't pick up what falls on the ground. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/leviticus/19.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/leviticus/19.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />"When you harvest the grain in your land, don't harvest the grain in the corners of your fields or gather what is left after you're finished.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/leviticus/19.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />"When you harvest your fields, do not cut the grain at the edges of the fields, and do not go back to cut the heads of grain that were left. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/leviticus/19.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"When you reap the harvest of your land, you are not to completely finish harvesting the corners of the field—that is, you are not to pick what remains after you have reaped your harvest. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/leviticus/19.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/leviticus/19.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />"'When you gather in the harvest of your land, you must not completely harvest the corner of your field, and you must not gather up the gleanings of your harvest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/leviticus/19.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />"'When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not wholly reap the corners of your field, neither shall you gather the gleanings of your harvest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/leviticus/19.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the gleanings of thy harvest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/leviticus/19.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />“‘When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not wholly reap the corners of your field, neither shall you gather the gleanings of your harvest. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/leviticus/19.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And in your reaping the harvest of your land you do not completely reap the corner of your field, and you do not gather the gleaning of your harvest,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/leviticus/19.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 'And in your reaping the harvest of your land ye do not completely reap the corner of thy field, and the gleaning of thy harvest thou dost not gather,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/leviticus/19.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And in your reaping the harvest of your land thou shalt not finish to reap the extremity of thy field, and thou shalt not gather the gleaning of thy harvest.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/leviticus/19.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />When thou reapest the corn of thy land, thou shalt not cut down all that is on the face of the earth to the very ground: nor shalt thou gather the ears that remain. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/leviticus/19.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />When you will have harvested the grain fields of your land, you shall not cut it down to the surface of the land, even to the ground, nor shall you gather the remaining ears of grain.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/leviticus/19.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not be so thorough that you reap the field to its very edge, nor shall you gather the gleanings of your harvest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/leviticus/19.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap to the very edges of your field, or gather the gleanings of your harvest.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/leviticus/19.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And when you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap your field to the very corners, neither shall you gather the gleanings of your harvest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/leviticus/19.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And when you harvest the harvest of your land, you shall not finish harvesting the edges of your fields, and you shall not pile up your harvest to pile it up.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/leviticus/19.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corner of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the gleaning of thy harvest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/leviticus/19.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And when ye reap the harvest of your land, ye shall not complete the reaping of your field with exactness, and thou shalt not gather that which falls from thy reaping.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/leviticus/19-9.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NWs_V1RyMFo?start=5020" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/leviticus/19.htm">Love Your Neighbor</a></span><br> <span class="reftext">9</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/7114.htm" title="7114: ū·ḇə·quṣ·rə·ḵem (Conj-w, Prep-b:: V-Qal-Inf:: 2mp) -- To dock off, curtail, to harvest. A primitive root; to dock off, i.e. Curtail; especially to harvest.">When you reap</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7105.htm" title="7105: qə·ṣîr (N-msc) -- From qatsar; severed, i.e. Harvest, the crop, the time, the reaper, or figuratively; also a limb.">the harvest</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: ’ar·ṣə·ḵem (N-fsc:: 2mp) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">of your land,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">you are not</a> <a href="/hebrew/3615.htm" title="3615: ṯə·ḵal·leh (V-Piel-Imperf-2ms) -- To be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, or spent. A primitive root; to end, whether intransitive or transitived.">to reap</a> <a href="/hebrew/6285.htm" title="6285: pə·’aṯ (N-fsc) -- Corner, side. Feminine of poh; properly, mouth in a figurative sense, i.e. Direction, region, extremity.">to the very edges</a> <a href="/hebrew/7704.htm" title="7704: śā·ḏə·ḵā (N-msc:: 2ms) -- Field, land. Or saday; from an unused root meaning to spread out; a field.">of your field</a> <a href="/hebrew/7114.htm" title="7114: liq·ṣōr (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To dock off, curtail, to harvest. A primitive root; to dock off, i.e. Curtail; especially to harvest."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3950.htm" title="3950: ṯə·laq·qêṭ (V-Piel-Imperf-2ms) -- To pick or gather up, glean. A primitive root; properly, to pick up, i.e. to gather; specifically, to glean.">or gather</a> <a href="/hebrew/3951.htm" title="3951: wə·le·qeṭ (Conj-w:: N-msc) -- A gleaning. From laqat; the gleaning.">the gleanings</a> <a href="/hebrew/7105.htm" title="7105: qə·ṣî·rə·ḵā (N-msc:: 2ms) -- From qatsar; severed, i.e. Harvest, the crop, the time, the reaper, or figuratively; also a limb.">of your harvest.</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles."></a> </span><span class="reftext">10</span>You must not strip your vineyard bare or gather its fallen grapes. Leave them for the poor and the foreigner. I am the LORD your God.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/24-19.htm">Deuteronomy 24:19-21</a></span><br />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. / 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ruth/2-2.htm">Ruth 2:2-3</a></span><br />And Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, “Please let me go into the fields and glean heads of grain after someone in whose sight I may find favor.” “Go ahead, my daughter,” Naomi replied. / So Ruth departed and went out into the field and gleaned after the harvesters. And she happened to come to the part of the field belonging to Boaz, who was from the clan of Elimelech.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/23-10.htm">Exodus 23:10-11</a></span><br />For six years you are to sow your land and gather its produce, / but in the seventh year you must let it rest and lie fallow, so that the poor among your people may eat from the field and the wild animals may consume what they leave. Do the same with your vineyard and olive grove.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/14-28.htm">Deuteronomy 14:28-29</a></span><br />At the end of every three years, bring a tenth of all your produce for that year and lay it up within your gates. / 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/26-12.htm">Deuteronomy 26:12-13</a></span><br />When you have finished laying aside a tenth of all your produce in the third year, the year of the tithe, you are to give it to the Levite, the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, that they may eat and be filled within your gates. / Then you shall declare in the presence of the LORD your God, “I have removed from my house the sacred portion and have given it to the Levite, the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, according to all the commandments You have given me. I have not transgressed or forgotten Your commandments.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/58-6.htm">Isaiah 58:6-7</a></span><br />Isn’t this the fast that I have chosen: to break the chains of wickedness, to untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and tear off every yoke? / Isn’t it to share your bread with the hungry, to bring the poor and homeless into your home, to clothe the naked when you see him, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/8-4.htm">Amos 8:4-6</a></span><br />Hear this, you who trample the needy, who do away with the poor of the land, / asking, “When will the New Moon be over, that we may sell grain? When will the Sabbath end, that we may market wheat? Let us reduce the ephah and increase the shekel; let us cheat with dishonest scales. / Let us buy the poor with silver and the needy for a pair of sandals, selling even the chaff with the wheat!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/25-35.htm">Matthew 25:35-40</a></span><br />For I was hungry and you gave Me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave Me something to drink, I was a stranger and you took Me in, / I was naked and you clothed Me, I was sick and you looked after Me, I was in prison and you visited Me.’ / Then the righteous will answer Him, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry and feed You, or thirsty and give You something to drink? ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/10-30.htm">Luke 10:30-37</a></span><br />Jesus took up this question and said, “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho when he fell into the hands of robbers. They stripped him, beat him, and went away, leaving him half dead. / Now by chance a priest was going down the same road, but when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. / So too, when a Levite came to that spot and saw him, he passed by on the other side. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/1-27.htm">James 1:27</a></span><br />Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/2-14.htm">James 2:14-17</a></span><br />What good is it, my brothers, if someone claims to have faith, but has no deeds? Can such faith save him? / Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food. / If one of you tells him, “Go in peace; stay warm and well fed,” but does not provide for his physical needs, what good is that? ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/galatians/2-10.htm">Galatians 2:10</a></span><br />They only asked us to remember the poor, the very thing I was eager to do.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/2-44.htm">Acts 2:44-45</a></span><br />All the believers were together and had everything in common. / Selling their possessions and goods, they shared with anyone who was in need.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/4-32.htm">Acts 4:32-35</a></span><br />The multitude of believers was one in heart and soul. No one claimed that any of his possessions was his own, but they shared everything they owned. / With great power the apostles continued to give their testimony about the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. And abundant grace was upon them all. / There were no needy ones among them, because those who owned lands or houses would sell their property, bring the proceeds from the sales, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_john/3-17.htm">1 John 3:17-18</a></span><br />If anyone with earthly possessions sees his brother in need, but withholds his compassion from him, how can the love of God abide in him? / Little children, let us love not in word and speech, but in action and truth.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And when you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not wholly reap the corners of your field, neither shall you gather the gleanings of your harvest.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/23-29.htm">Leviticus 23:29</a></b></br> For whatsoever soul <i>it be</i> that shall not be afflicted in that same day, he shall be cut off from among his people.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/24-19.htm">Deuteronomy 24:19-21</a></b></br> 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… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ruth/2-2.htm">Ruth 2:2,15</a></b></br> And Ruth the Moabitess said unto Naomi, Let me now go to the field, and glean ears of corn after <i>him</i> in whose sight I shall find grace. 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The Israelites were an agrarian society, and the harvest was a critical time for ensuring sustenance. The land was seen as a gift from God, and the harvest was a time to acknowledge His provision. This command is part of the Holiness Code, which emphasizes living in a way that reflects God's holiness.<p><b>you are not to reap to the very edges of your field</b><br>This instruction introduces the concept of leaving the edges of the field unharvested. It reflects God's concern for the poor and the foreigner, ensuring they have access to food. This practice is an early form of social welfare, emphasizing community responsibility. It also demonstrates God's justice and mercy, as seen in other scriptures like <a href="/deuteronomy/24-19.htm">Deuteronomy 24:19-21</a>, which reiterates the importance of caring for the marginalized.<p><b>or gather the gleanings of your harvest</b><br>Gleanings refer to the leftover crops that fall during the harvest. The command not to gather these ensures that the poor and the sojourner can collect them. This practice is exemplified in the story of Ruth, where Ruth gleans in Boaz's field (<a href="/ruth/2-2.htm">Ruth 2:2-3</a>). It highlights God's provision and care for the vulnerable and foreshadows the inclusive nature of the Gospel, where all are invited to partake in God's blessings.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a></b><br>The original audience of the Levitical laws, including the commandment in <a href="/leviticus/19-9.htm">Leviticus 19:9</a>, were the Israelites, God's chosen people, who were to live according to His statutes in the Promised Land.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>The prophet and leader through whom God delivered the laws and commandments to the Israelites, including the instructions found in Leviticus.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/p/promised_land.htm">Promised Land</a></b><br>The land of Canaan, which God promised to the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. It is the setting where these agricultural laws were to be practiced.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/g/gleaners.htm">Gleaners</a></b><br>The poor and the foreigners who would benefit from the leftovers of the harvest, as they were allowed to gather what was left in the fields.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/h/harvest.htm">Harvest</a></b><br>The event of gathering crops from the fields, which was a significant time for the agrarian society of ancient Israel.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_provision_for_the_needy.htm">God's Provision for the Needy</a></b><br>The command to leave the edges of the field unharvested demonstrates God's concern for the poor and marginalized. It teaches us to be mindful of those in need and to provide for them in practical ways.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/generosity_and_stewardship.htm">Generosity and Stewardship</a></b><br>This law encourages believers to practice generosity and good stewardship of resources. We are reminded that everything we have is from God, and we are to use it to bless others.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/community_responsibility.htm">Community Responsibility</a></b><br>The instruction to leave gleanings for the poor highlights the responsibility of the community to care for its members. It challenges us to create systems and practices that support those in need.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/o/obedience_to_god's_commands.htm">Obedience to God's Commands</a></b><br>Following God's laws, even in agricultural practices, reflects our obedience and trust in His wisdom. It calls us to live out our faith in every aspect of life.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_leviticus_19.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Leviticus 19</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/could_a_foreign_widow_freely_glean_fields.htm">Ruth 2:2–3 – Is it historically plausible that a foreign widow could freely glean in a stranger’s field with no social or legal barriers? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/ruth_2_14__idealized_meal_or_factual.htm">Ruth 2:14 – Does the abundant meal provided to Ruth suggest an idealized scenario rather than a factual account of limited agricultural resources? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_on_aiding_beggars.htm">What does the Bible advise about helping beggars?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_on_hunger.htm">What does the Bible say about feeding the hungry?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/leviticus/19.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(9) <span class= "bld">And when ye reap.</span>--Benevolent consideration for the poor is another means whereby the Israelite is to attain to that holiness which will enable him to reflect the holiness of God. As the Lord is merciful to all, and provides for the wants of every living creature (<a href="/context/psalms/145-15.htm" title="The eyes of all wait on you; and you give them their meat in due season.">Psalm 145:15-16</a>), the Israelite, too, is to regard the wants of the needy. By this injunction the Law moreover establishes the legal rights of the poor to a portion of the produce of the soul<span class= "ital">, </span>and thus releases him from private charity, which, in its exercise, might have been capricious and tyrannical.<p><span class= "bld">The harvest of your land.</span>--The expression "harvest," which is subject to this law, the administrators of the law during the second Temple defined to consist of the following produce of the soil (1) all edible and nutritious plants, but not those used for dyeing and colouring; (2) plants which are cultivated, but not those which grow wildly; (3) those which strictly belong to the soil, but not mushrooms, sponges, &c, since these are not so much dependent upon the soil for their growth, but upon humidity, and grow also upon wet wood, &c; (4) those which ripen at the same time of the year and are all gathered in at the same time, thus excluding figs and similar fruits of trees which are gathered later and gradually, and (5) the produce which is not for immediate consumption, but is garnered up, thus excluding vegetables.<p><span class= "bld">Thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field.</span>--The extent of the "corner" to be thus left for the poor, like that of filial duty and the study of the Divine law, has designedly been left undefined by the administrators of the law. It is among the things which have "no fixed measures." But though the maximum is not given, the minimum is stated to be no less than the sixtieth part of the field. The corner was generally left at the end of the field, so that the poor could easily get at it. The time when the poor came was morning, noon, and at the evening sacrifice, which was about three o'clock in the afternoon. The morning was intended for the accommodation of those mothers who had young children, who were then asleep; the middle of the day to accommodate the nurses, whilst the evening suited the elderly people.<p><span class= "bld">The gleanings of thy harvest.</span>--The expression "gleaning" is defined by the authorities during the second Temple to be the ears which fall from the hand or from the sickle in the time of reaping, provided that the quantity which has thus dropped from the hand of the plucker or cutter does not exceed one or two ears. When these ears have thus been dropped they belong to the proprietor and not to the gleaner. If a wind arose after the corn had all been cut, and scattered the harvest over the gleanings, the field was measured, and a certain quantity was allotted as gleanings; if the owner had gathered in all the harvest without leaving any gleanings, he was obliged to give a certain portion to the poor, though the corn had been ground into flour and baked; and if the harvest was lost or burnt after he had thus gathered it without leaving the gleanings, he was beaten with stripes.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/leviticus/19.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 9, 10.</span> - The injunction contained in these verses, to <span class="cmt_word">not wholly reap the corners of thy field, neither... gather the gleanings of thy harvest,</span> is twice afterwards repeated (<a href="/leviticus/23-22.htm">Leviticus 23:22</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/24-19.htm">Deuteronomy 24:19-22</a>). In Deuteronomy, the oliveyard is specified together with the harvest-field and the vineyard, and it is added that, if a sheaf be by chance left behind, it is to remain for the benefit of the poor. The object of this law is to inculcate a general spirit of mercy, which is willing to give up its own exact rights in kindness to others suffering from want. The word here used for <span class="cmt_word">vineyard</span> covers also the oliveyard. The expression, <span class="cmt_word">neither shalt thou gather every grape of thy vineyard,</span> would be more literally rendered, <span class="accented">neither shalt thou gather the scattering of thy vineyard</span>, meaning the berries (grapes or olives)which had fallen or which were left singly on the boughs. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/leviticus/19-9.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">When you reap</span><br /><span class="heb">וּֽבְקֻצְרְכֶם֙</span> <span class="translit">(ū·ḇə·quṣ·rə·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7114.htm">Strong's 7114: </a> </span><span class="str2">To dock off, curtail, to harvest</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the harvest</span><br /><span class="heb">קְצִ֣יר</span> <span class="translit">(qə·ṣîr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7105.htm">Strong's 7105: </a> </span><span class="str2">Severed, harvest, the crop, the time, the reaper, a limb</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of your land,</span><br /><span class="heb">אַרְצְכֶ֔ם</span> <span class="translit">(’ar·ṣə·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> </span><span class="str2">Earth, land</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you are not</span><br /><span class="heb">לֹ֧א</span> <span class="translit">(lō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to reap</span><br /><span class="heb">תְכַלֶּ֛ה</span> <span class="translit">(ṯə·ḵal·leh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3615.htm">Strong's 3615: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, or spent</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to the very edges</span><br /><span class="heb">פְּאַ֥ת</span> <span class="translit">(pə·’aṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6285.htm">Strong's 6285: </a> </span><span class="str2">Mouth, direction, region, extremity</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of your field</span><br /><span class="heb">שָׂדְךָ֖</span> <span class="translit">(śā·ḏə·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7704.htm">Strong's 7704: </a> </span><span class="str2">Field, land</span><br /><br /><span class="word">or gather</span><br /><span class="heb">תְלַקֵּֽט׃</span> <span class="translit">(ṯə·laq·qêṭ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3950.htm">Strong's 3950: </a> </span><span class="str2">To pick up, to gather, to glean</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the gleanings</span><br /><span class="heb">וְלֶ֥קֶט</span> <span class="translit">(wə·le·qeṭ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3951.htm">Strong's 3951: </a> </span><span class="str2">The gleaning</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of your harvest.</span><br /><span class="heb">קְצִֽירְךָ֖</span> <span class="translit">(qə·ṣî·rə·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7105.htm">Strong's 7105: </a> </span><span class="str2">Severed, harvest, the crop, the time, the reaper, a limb</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/leviticus/19-9.htm">Leviticus 19:9 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/leviticus/19-9.htm">Leviticus 19:9 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/leviticus/19-9.htm">Leviticus 19:9 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/leviticus/19-9.htm">Leviticus 19:9 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/leviticus/19-9.htm">Leviticus 19:9 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/leviticus/19-9.htm">Leviticus 19:9 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/leviticus/19-9.htm">Leviticus 19:9 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/leviticus/19-9.htm">Leviticus 19:9 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/leviticus/19-9.htm">Leviticus 19:9 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/leviticus/19-9.htm">Leviticus 19:9 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/leviticus/19-9.htm">OT Law: Leviticus 19:9 When you reap the harvest of your (Le Lv Lev.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/leviticus/19-8.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Leviticus 19:8"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Leviticus 19:8" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/leviticus/19-10.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Leviticus 19:10"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Leviticus 19:10" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>