Deuteronomy 24:21 BSB

Deuteronomy 24:21

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.

BSB

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ASV

When thou gatherest the grapes of thy vineyard, thou shalt not glean it after thee: it shall be for the sojourner, for the fatherless, and for the widow.

KJV

When thou gatherest the grapes of thy vineyard, thou shalt not glean it afterward: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow.

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Commentary

2 voices

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

When thou cuttest down thine harvest in thy field--The grain, pulled up by the roots or cut down with a sickle, was laid in loose sheaves; the fruit of the olive was obtained by striking the branches with long poles; and the grape clusters, severed by a hook, were gathered in the hands of the vintager. Here is a beneficent provision for the poor.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

"Say not, 'What should the poor do with grapes and olives? It is enough for them to have bread and water;' for, since they have the same senses that the rich have, why should not they have so me little share of the delights of sense?" Boaz ordered handfuls of corn to be left on purpose for Ruth, and God blessed him. All that is left is not lost.

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Original language & word study

10 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
כִּ֤י	ki	for	H3588 →
תִבְצֹר֙	tiv.Tzor	you will gather grapes	H1219 →
כַּרְמְךָ֔	kar.me.Kha	vineyard your	H3754 →
לֹ֥א	lo'	not	H3808 →
תְעוֹלֵ֖ל	te.'o.Lel	you will glean	H5953 →
אַחֲרֶ֑יךָ	'a.cha.Rei.kha	behind you	H310 →
לַגֵּ֛ר	la.Ger	to the sojourner	H1616 →
לַיָּת֥וֹם	lai.ya.Tom	to the fatherless one	H3490 →
וְלָאַלְמָנָ֖ה	ve.la.'al.ma.Nah	and to the widow	H490 →
יִהְיֶֽה׃	yih.Yeh	it will belong	H1961 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

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Deuteronomy 24:19
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…
leads to
- Leviticus 23:22
  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…
- Proverbs 19:17
  Kindness to the poor is a loan to the LORD, and He will repay the lender.
- Deuteronomy 14:29
  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…
- Leviticus 19:9–10
  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.
- Luke 14:13–14
  But when you host a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind,

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

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06About Deuteronomy

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Deuteronomy