Leviticus 23:22
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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.

Leviticus 19:9,10 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. . . .

Deuteronomy 16:11-14 And thou shalt feast 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, who abide with you: in the place which the Lord thy God shall choose, that his name may dwell there: . . .

Deuteronomy 24:19-21 When thou hast reaped the corn in thy field, and hast forgot and left a sheaf, thou shalt not return to take it away: but thou shalt suffer the stranger, and the fatherless and the widow to take it away: that the Lord thy God may bless thee in all the works of thy hands. . . .

Ruth 2:3-7,15,16 She went, therefore, and gleaned the ears of corn after the reapers. And it happened that the owner of that field was Booz, who was of the kindred of Elimelech. . . .

Job 31:16-21 If I have denied to the poor what they desired, and have made the eyes of the widow wait: . . .

Psalm 41:1-3 Unto the end, a psalm for David himself. [2] Blessed is he that understandeth concerning the needy and the poor: the Lord will deliver him in the evil day. . . .

Psalm 112:9 He hath distributed, he hath given to the poor: his justice remaineth for ever and ever: his horn shall be exalted in glory.

Proverbs 11:24,25 The soul that blesseth, shall be made fat: and he that inebriateth, shall be inebriated also himself. . . .

Isaiah 58:7,8,10 Deal thy bread to the hungry, and bring the needy and the harbourless into thy house: when thou shalt see one naked, cover him, and despise not thy own flesh. . . .

Luke 11:41 But yet that which remaineth, give alms: and behold, all things are clean unto you.

2 Corinthians 9:5-12 Therefore I thought it necessary to desire the brethren that they would go to you before and prepare this blessing before promised, to be ready, so as a blessing, not as covetousness. . . .

Context
The Feast of Pentecost
21And you shall call this day most solemn, and most holy. You shall do no servile work therein. It shall be an everlasting ordinance in all your dwellings and generations. 22And 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.
Cross References
Leviticus 19:9
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.

Leviticus 19:10
Neither shalt thou gather the bunches and grapes that fall down in thy vineyard: but shalt leave them to the poor and the strangers to take. I am the Lord your God.

Leviticus 23:23
And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

Deuteronomy 24:19
When thou hast reaped the corn in thy field, and hast forgot and left a sheaf, thou shalt not return to take it away: but thou shalt suffer the stranger, and the fatherless and the widow to take it away: that the Lord thy God may bless thee in all the works of thy hands.

Ruth 2:2
And Ruth, the Moabitess, said to her mother in law: If thou wilt, I will go into the field, and glean the ears of corn that escape the hands of the reapers, wheresoever I shall find grace with a householder, that will be favourable to me. And she answered her: Go, my daughter.

Ruth 2:15
And she arose from thence, to glean the ears of corn as before. And Booz commanded his servants, saying: If she would even reap with you, hinder her not:

Lexicon
When you reap
וּֽבְקֻצְרְכֶ֞ם (ū·ḇə·quṣ·rə·ḵem)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7114: To dock off, curtail, to harvest

the harvest
קְצִ֣יר (qə·ṣîr)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 7105: 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
Strong's Hebrew 776: Earth, land

do not
לֹֽא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

reap
בְּקֻצְרֶ֔ךָ (bə·quṣ·re·ḵā)
Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7114: To dock off, curtail, to harvest

all the way
תְכַלֶּ֞ה (ṯə·ḵal·leh)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3615: To be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, or spent

to the edges
פְּאַ֤ת (pə·’aṯ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 6285: Mouth, direction, region, extremity

of your field
שָֽׂדְךָ֙ (śā·ḏə·ḵā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7704: Field, land

or gather
תְלַקֵּ֑ט (ṯə·laq·qêṭ)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3950: To pick up, to gather, to glean

the gleanings
וְלֶ֥קֶט (wə·le·qeṭ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3951: The gleaning

of your harvest.
קְצִירְךָ֖ (qə·ṣî·rə·ḵā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7105: Severed, harvest, the crop, the time, the reaper, a limb

Leave
תַּעֲזֹ֣ב (ta·‘ă·zōḇ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5800: To loosen, relinquish, permit

them for the poor
לֶֽעָנִ֤י (le·‘ā·nî)
Preposition-l, Article | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6041: Poor, afflicted, humble

and the foreign resident.
וְלַגֵּר֙ (wə·lag·gêr)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1616: A guest, a foreigner

I
אֲנִ֖י (’ă·nî)
Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 589: I

am the LORD
יְהוָ֥ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

your God.’”
אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃ (’ĕ·lō·hê·ḵem)
Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative


Additional Translations
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.’”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.

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 sojourner: I am Jehovah your God.

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.

And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not in thy harvest entirely reap the corners of thy field, and the gleaning of thy harvest shalt thou not gather: thou shalt leave them unto the poor and to the stranger: I am Jehovah your God.

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.

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.

"'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 Yahweh your God.'"

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.'
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