“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.”

Commentaries

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

These verses contain a distinct command regarding the religious services immediately connected with the grain harvest, given in anticipation of the…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

You shall not make a clean riddance. —Better, you shall not wholly reap, as the Authorized Version translates th…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

And when you reap the harvest of your land
This law is repeated from (Leviticus 19:9[Reference Leviticus…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

The Feast of Weeks was held in remembrance of the giving of the law, fifty days after the departure from Egypt; and looked forward to the outpourin…