“And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the gleanings of thy harvest.”
When you reap the harvest of your land, do not reap to the very edges of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest. The gleaning regulations for the harvest — leaving the edges of the field and the fallen grain for the poor and the foreigner — apply the holiness principle to agricultural practice. The harvest that produces wealth is the harvest that must also provide for the vulnerable. Ruth 2 records Boaz's application of this regulation: Ruth gleans in the field that Boaz has left for the poor. The gleaning regulations are the covenant's institutional provision for the economically vulnerable within the covenant community.
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Tobias van der BergNote1mo agoLeaving the Gleanings for the Poor
When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap your field to its very border, nor shall you gather the gleanings of your harvest. You shall leave them for the poor and the alien.
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Alice MorganNote1mo agoGod's faithfulness through history - Leviticus 19
I notice the repetition here is deliberate - the author wants us to feel the emphasis, to let the truth sink deep into our hearts. God is faithful in every circumstance. We bring nothing; He provides ...
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