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Leave them for the poor and for the foreigner residing among you. I am the LORD your God.&#8217&#8221 <a href="/nlt/leviticus/23.htm">New Living Translation</a> “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. Leave it for the poor and the foreigners living among you. I am the LORD your God.” <a href="/esv/leviticus/23.htm">English Standard Version</a> “And when you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap your field right up to its edge, nor shall you gather the gleanings after your harvest. You shall leave them for the poor and for the sojourner: I am the LORD your God.” <a href="/bsb/leviticus/23.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> 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.’” <a href="/kjv/leviticus/23.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/leviticus/23.htm">New King James Version</a> ‘When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not wholly reap the corners of your field when you reap, nor shall you gather any gleaning from your harvest. You shall leave them for the poor and for the stranger: I am the LORD your God.’ ” <a href="/nasb_/leviticus/23.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> ‘When you reap the harvest of your land, moreover, you shall not reap to the very edges of your field nor gather the gleaning of your harvest; you are to leave them for the needy and the stranger. I am the LORD your God.’” <a href="/nasb/leviticus/23.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8216When you reap the harvest of your land, moreover, you shall not reap to the very corners of your field nor gather the gleaning of your harvest; you are to leave them for the needy and the alien. I am the LORD your God.&#8217&#8221 <a href="/nasb77/leviticus/23.htm">NASB 1977 </a> ‘When you reap the harvest of your land, moreover, you shall not reap to the very corners of your field, nor gather the gleaning of your harvest; you are to leave them for the needy and the alien. I am the LORD your God.’” <a href="/lsb/leviticus/23.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> ‘When you reap the harvest of your land, moreover, you shall not reap to the very corners of your field nor gather the gleaning of your harvest; you are to leave them for the afflicted and the sojourner. I am Yahweh your God.’” <a href="/amp/leviticus/23.htm">Amplified Bible</a> ‘When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap to the edges of your field, nor gather the gleaning of your harvest; you are to leave them for the poor and for the stranger. I am the LORD your God.’” <a href="/csb/leviticus/23.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> When you reap the harvest of your land, you are not to reap all the way to the edge of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest. Leave them for the poor and the resident alien; I am the LORD your God.” <a href="/hcsb/leviticus/23.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> When you reap the harvest of your land, you are not to reap all the way to the edge of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest. Leave them for the poor and the foreign resident; I am Yahweh your God.&#8221 <a href="/asv/leviticus/23.htm">American Standard Version</a> 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 soujourner: I am Jehovah your God. <a href="/cev/leviticus/23.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> When you harvest your grain, always leave some of it standing around the edges of your fields and don't pick up what falls on the ground. Leave it for the poor and for those foreigners who live among you. I am the LORD your God! <a href="/erv/leviticus/23.htm">English Revised Version</a> 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 stranger: I am the LORD your God. <a href="/gwt/leviticus/23.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> "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. Leave it for poor people and foreigners. I am the LORD your God." <a href="/gnt/leviticus/23.htm">Good News Translation</a> 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; leave them for poor people and foreigners. The LORD is your God. <a href="/isv/leviticus/23.htm">International Standard Version</a> Furthermore, when you harvest the produce of your land, you are not to harvest all the way to the corners of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest. Leave them for the poor and resident alien. I am the LORD your God." <a href="/msb/leviticus/23.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> 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.?? <a href="/net/leviticus/23.htm">NET Bible</a> 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. You must leave them for the poor and the foreigner. I am the LORD your God.'" <a href="/nheb/leviticus/23.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> "'When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not wholly reap into the corners of your field, neither shall you gather the gleanings of your harvest: you shall leave them for the poor, and for the foreigner. I am the LORD your God.'" <a href="/wbt/leviticus/23.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> 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 to the poor, and to the stranger: I am the LORD your God. <a href="/web/leviticus/23.htm">World English Bible</a> “‘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 Yahweh your God.’” <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/leviticus/23.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And in your reaping the harvest of your land you do not complete the corner of your field in your reaping, and you do not gather the gleaning of your harvest, you leave them for the poor and for the sojourner; I [am] your God YHWH.” <a href="/ylt/leviticus/23.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And in your reaping the harvest of your land thou dost not complete the corner of thy field in thy reaping, and the gleaning of thy harvest thou dost not gather, to the poor and to the sojourner thou dost leave them; I Jehovah am your God.' <a href="/slt/leviticus/23.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And in your reaping the harvest of your land, thou shalt not finish the extremity of thy field in thy reaping, and the gleaning of thy harvest thou shalt not glean: to the poor and to the stranger thou shalt leave them: I Jehovah your God.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/leviticus/23.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And when you reap the corn of your land, you shall not cut it to the very ground: neither shall you gather the ears that remain; but you shall leave them for the poor and for the strangers. I am the Lord your God. <a href="/cpdv/leviticus/23.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And when you will have harvested the grain fields of your land, you shall not cut it down all the way to the ground; neither shall you gather the remnants of the ears of grain, but you shall leave these for paupers and strangers. I am the Lord your God. <a href="/nabre/leviticus/23.htm">New American Bible</a> 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. These things you shall leave for the poor and the alien. I, the LORD, am your God. <a href="/nrsvce/leviticus/23.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> 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; you shall leave them for the poor and for the alien: I am the LORD your God.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/leviticus/23.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And when you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap your fields to their very corners, neither shall you gather any gleaning of your harvest; but you shall leave them to the poor and to the proselytes; I am the LORD your God. <a href="/hpbt/leviticus/23.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And when you harvest the harvest of your land, you shall not finish the edges of your fields in your harvest and you shall not glean the gleaning of your harvest, but leave them for the poor and for those who are converted to me; I AM LORD JEHOVAH your God.'"<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/leviticus/23.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> 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; thou shalt leave them for the poor, and for the stranger: I am the LORD your God. <a href="/sep/leviticus/23.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And when ye shall reap the harvest of your land, ye shall not fully reap the remainder of the harvest of your field when thou reapest, and thou shalt not gather that which falls from thy reaping; thou shalt leave it for the poor and the stranger: I am the Lord your God. <a href="/parallel/leviticus/23-22.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NWs_V1RyMFo?start=6220" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/leviticus/23.htm">The Feast of Pentecost</a> …21On 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. 22<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.">do not</a> <a href="/hebrew/7114.htm" title="7114: bə·quṣ·re·ḵā (Prep-b:: V-Qal-Inf:: 2ms) -- To dock off, curtail, to harvest. A primitive root; to dock off, i.e. Curtail; especially to harvest.">reap</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.">all the way</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 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/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> <a href="/hebrew/5800.htm" title="5800: ta·‘ă·zōḇ (V-Qal-Imperf-2ms) -- To loosen, relinquish, permit. A primitive root; to loosen, i.e. Relinquish, permit, etc.">Leave</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’ō·ṯām (DirObjM:: 3mp) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self.">them</a> <a href="/hebrew/6041.htm" title="6041: le·‘ā·nî (Prep-l, Art:: Adj-ms) -- Poor, afflicted, humble. From anah; depressed, in mind or circumstances.">for the poor</a> <a href="/hebrew/1616.htm" title="1616: wə·lag·gêr (Conj-w, Prep-l, Art:: N-ms) -- A sojourner. Or geyr; from guwr; properly, a guest; by implication, a foreigner.">and the foreign resident.</a> <a href="/hebrew/589.htm" title="589: ’ă·nî (Pro-1cs) -- I. Contracted from 'anokiy; I.">I</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">am the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·hê·ḵem (N-mpc:: 2mp) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">your God.’”</a> <div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/deuteronomy/24-19.htm">Deuteronomy 24:19-21</a> 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. <a href="/ruth/2-2.htm">Ruth 2:2-3</a> 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. <a href="/ruth/2-15.htm">Ruth 2:15-16</a> When Ruth got up to glean, Boaz ordered his young men, “Even if she gathers among the sheaves, do not insult her. / Rather, pull out for her some stalks from the bundles and leave them for her to gather. Do not rebuke her.” <a href="/exodus/23-10.htm">Exodus 23:10-11</a> 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. <a href="/deuteronomy/15-11.htm">Deuteronomy 15:11</a> For there will never cease to be poor in the land; that is why I am commanding you to open wide your hand to your brother and to the poor and needy in your land. <a href="/proverbs/19-17.htm">Proverbs 19:17</a> Kindness to the poor is a loan to the LORD, and He will repay the lender. <a href="/isaiah/58-7.htm">Isaiah 58:7</a> 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? <a href="/matthew/25-35.htm">Matthew 25:35-40</a> 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? ... <a href="/luke/6-38.htm">Luke 6:38</a> 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.” <a href="/acts/20-35.htm">Acts 20:35</a> In everything, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words of the Lord Jesus Himself: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’” <a href="/james/1-27.htm">James 1:27</a> 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. <a href="/james/2-15.htm">James 2:15-16</a> 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? <a href="/galatians/2-10.htm">Galatians 2:10</a> They only asked us to remember the poor, the very thing I was eager to do. <a href="/1_john/3-17.htm">1 John 3:17-18</a> 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. <a href="/2_corinthians/9-6.htm">2 Corinthians 9:6-9</a> Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously. / Each one should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not out of regret or compulsion. For God loves a cheerful giver. / And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in all things, at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work. ...</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And when you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not make clean riddance of the corners of your field when you reap, neither shall you gather any gleaning of your harvest: you shall leave them to the poor, and to the stranger: I am the LORD your God.<a href="/leviticus/19-9.htm">Leviticus 19:9,10</a> 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… <a href="/deuteronomy/16-11.htm">Deuteronomy 16:11-14</a> And thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that is within thy gates, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are among you, in the place which the LORD thy God hath chosen to place his name there… <a href="/deuteronomy/24-19.htm">Deuteronomy 24:19-21</a> 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… <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/leviticus/19-34.htm">Alien</a> <a href="/leviticus/19-9.htm">Border</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-7.htm">Clean</a> <a href="/leviticus/21-5.htm">Corner</a> <a href="/leviticus/21-5.htm">Corners</a> <a href="/leviticus/19-19.htm">Field</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-25.htm">Foreigner</a> <a href="/leviticus/19-10.htm">Gather</a> <a href="/leviticus/19-9.htm">Gleaning</a> <a href="/leviticus/19-9.htm">Gleanings</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-10.htm">Harvest</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-30.htm">Leave</a> <a href="/leviticus/20-23.htm">Moreover</a> <a href="/leviticus/19-10.htm">Needy</a> <a href="/leviticus/19-15.htm">Poor</a> <a href="/luke/19-21.htm">Reapest</a> <a href="/zephaniah/1-18.htm">Riddance</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-10.htm">Sojourner</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-25.htm">Stranger</a> <a href="/leviticus/19-9.htm">Wholly</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/leviticus/24-16.htm">Alien</a> <a href="/numbers/15-38.htm">Border</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-28.htm">Clean</a> <a href="/numbers/15-38.htm">Corner</a> <a href="/numbers/15-38.htm">Corners</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-3.htm">Field</a> <a href="/leviticus/24-16.htm">Foreigner</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-3.htm">Gather</a> <a href="/judges/8-2.htm">Gleaning</a> <a href="/judges/8-2.htm">Gleanings</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-5.htm">Harvest</a> <a href="/numbers/9-12.htm">Leave</a> <a href="/leviticus/24-16.htm">Moreover</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/15-4.htm">Needy</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-25.htm">Poor</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/24-19.htm">Reapest</a> <a href="/zephaniah/1-18.htm">Riddance</a> <a href="/leviticus/24-16.htm">Sojourner</a> <a href="/leviticus/24-16.htm">Stranger</a> <a href="/numbers/3-9.htm">Wholly</a><div class="vheading2">Leviticus 23</div>1. <a href="/leviticus/23-1.htm">The feasts of the Lord</a> 3. <a href="/leviticus/23-3.htm">the Sabbath</a> 4. <a href="/leviticus/23-4.htm">The Passover</a> 9. <a href="/leviticus/23-9.htm">The sheaf of firstfruits</a> 15. <a href="/leviticus/23-15.htm">The feast of Pentecost</a> 22. <a href="/leviticus/23-22.htm">Gleanings to be left for the poor</a> 23. <a href="/leviticus/23-23.htm">The feast of trumpets</a> 26. <a href="/leviticus/23-26.htm">The day of atonement</a> 33. <a href="/leviticus/23-33.htm">The feast of tabernacles</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The land was seen as a gift from God, and the Israelites were stewards of this divine provision. The harvest was a time of joy and thanksgiving, as seen in festivals like the Feast of Weeks (Pentecost) and the Feast of Tabernacles, which celebrated God's provision.do not reap all the way to the edges of your field This command emphasizes the principle of generosity and provision for those in need. By not harvesting the edges, landowners were instructed to leave a portion of their produce for the less fortunate. This practice is an early form of social welfare, ensuring that the community cared for its vulnerable members. It reflects God's heart for justice and compassion, as seen in other scriptures like <a href="/deuteronomy/24-19.htm">Deuteronomy 24:19-21</a>.or gather the gleanings of your harvest Gleanings refer to the leftover crops that were not collected during the initial harvest. The practice of leaving gleanings was a way to provide for the poor and the foreigner, allowing them to gather food with dignity. This is exemplified in the story of Ruth, who gleaned in the fields of Boaz (<a href="/ruth/2-2.htm">Ruth 2:2-3</a>), highlighting the kindness and provision extended to her as a foreigner and widow.Leave them for the poor and the foreign resident This directive underscores the inclusivity of God's care, extending beyond the Israelites to include foreigners residing among them. It reflects the broader biblical theme of God's concern for the marginalized, as seen in passages like <a href="/isaiah/58-6.htm">Isaiah 58:6-7</a>. The inclusion of foreigners also points to the future inclusion of Gentiles in God's redemptive plan, as seen in the New Testament.I am the LORD your God.’” This concluding phrase serves as a divine seal of authority, reminding the Israelites of their covenant relationship with God. It reinforces that these commands are not merely social or ethical guidelines but are rooted in the character and authority of God Himself. This phrase is a recurring motif in Leviticus, emphasizing obedience to God's laws as an expression of faith and reverence.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a> The original audience of the Levitical laws, including the command to leave gleanings for the poor and foreigners. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_poor.htm">The Poor</a> Individuals within the Israelite community who lacked sufficient resources and were dependent on the generosity of others. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_foreigner.htm">The Foreigner</a> Non-Israelites living among the Israelites, often without land or means of support. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_land.htm">The Land</a> The agricultural fields of the Israelites, which were a primary source of sustenance and economic activity. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a> The covenant God of Israel, who commands His people to act justly and with compassion.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/c/compassionate_provision.htm">Compassionate Provision</a> God commands His people to provide for the needy, reflecting His own compassionate nature. <a href="/topical/c/community_responsibility.htm">Community Responsibility</a> The well-being of the community is a shared responsibility, and God's people are called to ensure that no one is left without support. <a href="/topical/g/generosity_as_worship.htm">Generosity as Worship</a> Obeying God's command to leave gleanings is an act of worship, acknowledging His lordship and provision. <a href="/topical/i/inclusivity_and_justice.htm">Inclusivity and Justice</a> God's law includes provisions for foreigners, demonstrating His inclusive love and call for justice. <a href="/topical/t/trust_in_god's_provision.htm">Trust in God's Provision</a> By not harvesting to the edges, Israelites were to trust in God's provision, knowing He would supply their needs.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_leviticus_23.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Leviticus 23</a> <a href="/q/would_a_landowner_protect_a_moabite_gleaner.htm">Ruth 2:8–9 – Would a landowner of that era realistically grant such personal protection and privileges to a gleaner, especially a Moabite? </a> <a href="/q/what_is_denominationalism.htm">What is gleaning in the Bible?</a> <a href="/q/how_should_foreigners_be_treated_biblically.htm">What does the Bible say about treating foreigners?</a> <a href="/q/what_does_'give_it_all_away'_mean.htm">What does "give it all away" mean?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/leviticus/23.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(22) Thou shalt not make a clean riddance.--Better, thou shalt not wholly reap, as the Authorised version translates the same phrase in <a href="/leviticus/19-9.htm" title="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.">Leviticus 19:9</a>. In the midst of rejoicing and thankfulness to God for a bountiful harvest, the Lawgiver again inculcates the duty of remembering the poor, and reminds the proprietors of the land that the needy have legally a share in the produce, as has been enacted in <a href="/leviticus/19-9.htm" title="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.">Leviticus 19:9</a>.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/leviticus/23.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 22. - When ye reap the harvest of your land. The legislator pauses in his enunciation of the festivals to add the rule of charity, already laid down in the nineteenth chapter, as to leaving the gleanings unto the poor, and to the stranger. <a href="/commentaries/leviticus/23-22.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>When you reap וּֽבְקֻצְרְכֶ֞ם (ū·ḇə·quṣ·rə·ḵem) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7114.htm">Strong's 7114: </a> To dock off, curtail, to harvest the harvest קְצִ֣יר (qə·ṣîr) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7105.htm">Strong's 7105: </a> Severed, harvest, the crop, the time, the reaper, a limb of your land, אַרְצְכֶ֗ם (’ar·ṣə·ḵem) Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> Earth, land do not לֹֽא־ (lō-) Adverb - Negative particle <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> Not, no reap בְּקֻצְרֶ֔ךָ (bə·quṣ·re·ḵā) Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7114.htm">Strong's 7114: </a> To dock off, curtail, to harvest all the way תְכַלֶּ֞ה (ṯə·ḵal·leh) Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3615.htm">Strong's 3615: </a> To be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, or spent to the edges פְּאַ֤ת (pə·’aṯ) Noun - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6285.htm">Strong's 6285: </a> Mouth, direction, region, extremity of your field שָֽׂדְךָ֙ (śā·ḏə·ḵā) Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7704.htm">Strong's 7704: </a> Field, land or gather תְלַקֵּ֑ט (ṯə·laq·qêṭ) Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3950.htm">Strong's 3950: </a> To pick up, to gather, to glean the gleanings וְלֶ֥קֶט (wə·le·qeṭ) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3951.htm">Strong's 3951: </a> The gleaning of your harvest. קְצִירְךָ֖ (qə·ṣî·rə·ḵā) Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7105.htm">Strong's 7105: </a> Severed, harvest, the crop, the time, the reaper, a limb Leave תַּעֲזֹ֣ב (ta·‘ă·zōḇ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5800.htm">Strong's 5800: </a> To loosen, relinquish, permit them for the poor לֶֽעָנִ֤י (le·‘ā·nî) Preposition-l, Article | Adjective - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6041.htm">Strong's 6041: </a> Poor, afflicted, humble and the foreign resident. וְלַגֵּר֙ (wə·lag·gêr) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1616.htm">Strong's 1616: </a> A guest, a foreigner I אֲנִ֖י (’ă·nî) Pronoun - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_589.htm">Strong's 589: </a> I am the LORD יְהוָ֥ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel your God.’” אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃ (’ĕ·lō·hê·ḵem) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/leviticus/23-22.htm">Leviticus 23:22 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/leviticus/23-22.htm">Leviticus 23:22 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/leviticus/23-22.htm">Leviticus 23:22 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/leviticus/23-22.htm">Leviticus 23:22 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/leviticus/23-22.htm">Leviticus 23:22 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/leviticus/23-22.htm">Leviticus 23:22 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/leviticus/23-22.htm">Leviticus 23:22 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/leviticus/23-22.htm">Leviticus 23:22 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/leviticus/23-22.htm">Leviticus 23:22 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/leviticus/23-22.htm">Leviticus 23:22 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-22.htm">OT Law: Leviticus 23:22 When you reap the harvest of your (Le Lv Lev.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/leviticus/23-21.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Leviticus 23:21"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Leviticus 23:21" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/leviticus/23-23.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Leviticus 23:23"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Leviticus 23:23" /></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>