Deuteronomy 23:24
in Deuteronomy 23When you enter your neighbor’s vineyard, you may eat your fill of grapes, but you must not put any in your basket.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
When thou comest into thy neighbor’s vineyard, then thou mayest eat of grapes thy fill at thine own pleasure; but thou shalt not put any in thy vessel.
KJV
When thou comest into thy neighbour’s vineyard, then thou mayest eat grapes thy fill at thine own pleasure; but thou shalt not put any in thy vessel.
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This verse in Deuteronomy 23
Commentary
6 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
In vine-growing countries grapes are amazingly cheap; and we need not wonder, therefore, that all within reach of a person's arm, was free; the quantity plucked was a loss never felt by the proprietor, and it was a kindly privilege afforded to the poor and wayfaring man.
This site's exposition
When thou comest into thy neighbour's vineyard
on Deuteronomy 23:24-25
A man passing through another man's vineyard may eat his fill and may carry nothing away, and the same line is drawn in the standing corn, where the hand is allowed and the sickle is not. Clarke points out that this is the law the disciples were keeping when they plucked the ears of corn at Matthew 12:1, so the complaint brought against them was about the day and not about the grain. Henry passes on the Jewish reading that the rule was framed for the hired labourer in the harvest, whose mouth is not to be muzzled any more than the ox that treads out the corn.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
Let all the servants of God grant [the monks] permission to enter their fields whenever they wish and to depart when well fed and satisfied. This is according to the law given to the people of Israel that no one should arrest a thief in his fields unless he wished to take something away with him. Rather, the owner of the field should permit him who had touched nothing but what he had eaten to depart free and unpunished.
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
The Jews say, "This law was chiefly intended in favour of labourers, who were employed in gathering in their harvest and vintage; their mouths must not be muzzled any more than that of the ox when he treads out the corn." 3. It teaches us not to insist upon property in a small matter, of which it is easy to say, What is that between me and thee?
When thou comest into thy neighbour's vineyard,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
Thou shalt not put any in thy vessel - Thou shalt carry none away with thee. The old English proverb, Eat thy fill but pocket none, seems to have been founded on this law.
The words behind it
12 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| כִּ֤י | ki | if | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| תָבֹא֙ | tavo' | you will go | H935 → | 2568 times |
| בְּכֶ֣רֶם | bekherem | in [the] vineyard of | H3754 → | 92 times |
| רֵעֶ֔ךָ | reekha | neighbor your | H7453 → | 188 times |
| וְאָכַלְתָּ֧ | veakhalta | and you will eat | H398 → | 810 times |
| עֲנָבִ֛ים | ʾanavim | grapes | H6025 → | 19 times |
| כְּנַפְשְׁךָ֖ | kenafshekha | according to appetite your | H5315 → | 754 times |
| שָׂבְעֶ֑ךָ | saveekha | satiety your | H7648 → | |
| וְאֶֽל־ | veel- | and into | H413 → | 5510 times |
| כֶּלְיְךָ֖ | kelyekha | vessel your | H3627 → | 325 times |
| לֹ֥א | lo' | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| תִתֵּֽן׃ ס | titen | you will put [them] | H5414 → | 2011 times |
כִּ֤יif
kiH3588 →4482 times
תָבֹא֙you will go
tavo'H935 →2568 times
בְּכֶ֣רֶםin [the] vineyard of
bekheremH3754 →92 times
רֵעֶ֔ךָneighbor your
reekhaH7453 →188 times
וְאָכַלְתָּ֧and you will eat
veakhaltaH398 →810 times
עֲנָבִ֛יםgrapes
ʾanavimH6025 →19 times
כְּנַפְשְׁךָ֖according to appetite your
kenafshekhaH5315 →754 times
שָׂבְעֶ֑ךָsatiety your
saveekhaH7648 →
וְאֶֽל־and into
veel-H413 →5510 times
כֶּלְיְךָ֖vessel your
kelyekhaH3627 →325 times
לֹ֥אnot
lo'H3808 →5168 times
תִתֵּֽן׃ סyou will put [them]
titenH5414 →2011 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Hebrews 13:5Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, for God has said: “Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you.”
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 31:8
The LORD Himself goes before you; He will be with you. He will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid or discouraged.”
- Joshua 1:5
No one shall stand against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so will I be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you.
- Deuteronomy 31:6
Be strong and courageous; do not be afraid or terrified of them, for it is the LORD your God who goes with you; He will never leave you nor forsake you.”
- 1 Samuel 12:22
Indeed, for the sake of His great name, the LORD will not abandon His people, because He was pleased to make you His own.
- Isaiah 41:17
The poor and needy seek water, but there is none; their tongues are parched with thirst. I, the LORD, will answer them; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.
- Deuteronomy 31:8
Through
Romans 12:13Share with the saints who are in need. Practice hospitality.
it leads to
- Hebrews 13:16
And do not neglect to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.
- 2 Corinthians 9:12
For this ministry of service is not only supplying the needs of the saints, but is also overflowing in many expressions of thanksgiving to God.
- Hebrews 13:16
Through
1 Corinthians 10:26for, “The earth is the Lord’s, and the fullness thereof.”
it leads to
- Psalms 24:1
The earth is the LORD’s, and the fullness thereof, the world and all who dwell therein.
- Psalms 24:1
Where this verse is studied
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About Deuteronomy
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Augustine of Hippo, On the Work of Monks 23.28; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.