DEUTERONOMY 23:25 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“When thou comest into the standing corn of thy neighbour, then thou mayest pluck the ears with thine hand; but thou shalt not move a sickle unto thy neighbour’s standing corn.”
If you go into your neighbor's standing grain, you may pluck the ears with your hand, but you shall not put a sickle to your neighbor's standing grain — as in Matthew 12:1 (Jesus' disciples plucking grain on the Sabbath), this law permits gleaning by hand as mercy to the hungry. The sickle would constitute harvesting, crossing from need-based consumption to stealing.
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