DEUTERONOMY 24:20 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“When thou beatest thine olive tree, thou shalt not go over the boughs again: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow.”
When you beat your olive trees, do not strip the branches after you; what is left shall be for the alien, the orphan, and the widow — the harvest process leaves gleanings: olives remaining after beating are reserved for the poor. The law accepts that complete harvesting would be efficient but requires that efficiency yield to compassion.
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