Leviticus 19:9

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.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
reap	וּֽבְקֻצְרְכֶם֙ u.ve.kutz.re.Khem	H7114	to dock off · conjunction + preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine plural
harvest	קְצִ֣יר ke.Tzir	H7105	severed · noun, common masculine singular construct
land	אַרְצְכֶ֔ם 'ar.tze.Khem	H776	the earth (at large · noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine plural
reap	תְכַלֶּ֛ה te.kha.Leh	H3615	to end · verb, piel imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular
corners	פְּאַ֥ת pe.'At	H6285	properly · noun, common feminine singular construct
field	שָׂדְךָ֖ sa.de.Kha	H7704	a field (as flat) · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
gather	תְלַקֵּֽט te.la.Ket	H3950	properly · verb, piel imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular
gleanings	וְלֶ֥קֶט ve.Le.ket	H3951	the gleaning · conjunction + noun, common masculine singular construct
harvest	קְצִֽירְךָ֖ ke.tzi.re.Cha	H7105	severed · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular

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Cross-references

Leviticus 23:22 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 t…
Deuteronomy 24:19-22 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 fo…
Ruth 2:2 And Ruth the Moabitess said unto Naomi, Let me now go to the field, and glean ears of corn after him in whose sight I shall find grace. And…
Ruth 2:15 And when she was risen up to glean, Boaz commanded his young men, saying, Let her glean even among the sheaves, and reproach her not:
Leviticus 23:10 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereo…
Leviticus 23:29 For whatsoever soul it be that shall not be afflicted in that same day, he shall be cut off from among his people.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 19:1-10

Moses is ordered to deliver the summary of the laws to all the congregation of the children of Israel (Lev 19:2); not to Aaron and his sons only, but to all the people, for they were all concerned to know their duty. Even in the darker ages of the law, that religion could not be of God which boasted of ignorance as its mother. Moses must make known God's statutes to all the congregation, and proclaim them through the camp. These laws, it is probable, he delivered himself to as many of the people as could be within hearing at once, and so by degrees at several times to them all. Many of the precepts here given they had received before, but it was requisite that they should be repeated, that t…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Leviticus 19:9

And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field--The right of the poor in Israel to glean after reapers, as well as to the unreaped corners of the field, was secured by a positive statute; and this, in addition to other enactments connected with the ceremonial law, formed a beneficial provision for their support. At the same time, proprietors were not obliged to admit them into the field until the grain had been carried off the field; and they seem also to have been left at liberty to choose the poor whom they deemed the most deserving or needful (Rut 2:2, Rut 2:8). This was the earliest law for the benefit of the poor that we read of in the cod…

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Adam Clarke on Leviticus 19:9

When ye reap the harvest - Liberty for the poor to glean both the corn-fields and vineyards was a Divine institution among the Jews; for the whole of the Mosaic dispensation, like the Christian, breathed love to God and benevolence to man. The poor in Judea were to live by gleanings from the corn-fields and vine yards. To the honor of the public and charitable spirit of the English, this merciful law is in general as much attended to as if it had been incorporated with the Gospel.

John Gill

The Church Fathers

During the harvest, [the law] forbids owners to gather up the bits which fall from the sheaves and similarly advises that in harvesting something should be left behind unreaped. By this it gives excellent teaching to owners in the practice of generous sharing by leaving some of their property for those in need and providing the poor with a chance for food.
— Clement of Alexandria, The Stromata Book 2

Do you see how the law proclaims simultaneously the justice and goodness of God, who provides food unstintingly for all? Again, in the grape harvest the harvesters are forbidden to go back and cut anything that has been left over or to collect fallen grapes. The same rules are applied to olive gatherers. In fact the principle of tithing crops and flocks was an education in honoring the divine. We are not to be totally absorbed by profit but to share humanely with the neighbor as well.
— Clement of Alexandria, The Stromata Book 2

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Dictionary and topics

Agriculture — Tilling the ground (Gen. 2:15; 4:2, 3, 12) and rearing cattle were the chief employments in ancient times. The Egyptians excelled in agriculture. And after the Israelites entered into the possession…
Alms — Not found in the Old Testament, but repeatedly in the New. The Mosaic legislation (Lev. 25:35; Deut. 15:7) tended to promote a spirit of charity, and to prevent the occurrence of destitution among…
Corner — The angle of a house (Job 1:19) or a street (Prov. 7:8). “Corners” in Neh. 9:22 denotes the various districts of the promised land allotted to the Israelites. In Num. 24:17, the “corners of Moab”…
Glean — The corners of fields were not to be reaped, and the sheaf accidentally left behind was not to be fetched away, according to the law of Moses (Lev. 19:9; 23:22; Deut. 24:21). They were to be left for…
Law of Moses — Is the whole body of the Mosaic legislation (1 Kings 2:3; 2 Kings 23:25; Ezra 3:2). It is called by way of eminence simply “the Law” (Heb. Torah, Deut. 1:5; 4:8, 44; 17:18, 19; 27:3, 8). As a written…
Poor — The Mosaic legislation regarding the poor is specially important. (1.) They had the right of gleaning the fields (Lev. 19:9, 10; Deut. 24:19, 21). (2.) In the sabbatical year they were to have their…
Agriculture · LAWS CONCERNING — LAWS CONCERNING
Agriculture Or Husbandry · Operations in: Gleaning — Operations in: Gleaning
Gleaning · Laws concerning — Laws concerning
Harvest, The · Legal provision for the poor during — Legal provision for the poor during
Poor · DUTY TO — DUTY TO

Leviticus 19:9

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 19:1-10

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Leviticus 19:9

Adam Clarke on Leviticus 19:9

John Gill

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Leviticus 19:9

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 19:1-10

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Leviticus 19:9

Adam Clarke on Leviticus 19:9

John Gill

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Leviticus 19:9-10

Keil & Delitzsch on Leviticus 19:9-18

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Leviticus 19:9-10

Rashi on Leviticus 19:9