Leviticus 19 · Verse 9

Leviticus 19:9

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.

Leviticus 19:9, King James Version

Leviticus 19:9 in other translations

BSB	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.
WEB	“‘When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not wholly reap the corners of your field, neither shall you gather the gleanings of your harvest.
ASV	And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the gleaning of thy harvest.
YLT	‘And in your reaping the harvest of your land ye do not completely reap the corner of thy field, and the gleaning of thy harvest thou dost not gather,
DARBY	And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field, and the gleaning of thy harvest thou shalt not gather.
BBE	And when you get in the grain from your land, do not let all the grain be cut from the edges of the field, or take up what has been dropped on the earth after the getting in of the grain.
Webster	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.

What does Leviticus 19:9 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Leviticus 19:9-10

9-10. And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field--The right of the poor in Israel to glean after reapers, as well as to the unreaped corners of the field, was secured by a positive statute; and this, in addition to other enactments connected with the ceremonial law, formed a beneficial provision for their support. At the same time, proprietors were not obliged to admit them into the field until the grain had been carried off the field; and they seem also to have been left at liberty to choose the poor whom they deemed the most deserving or needful (Ru 2:2, 8). This was the earliest law for the benefit of the poor that we read of in the code of any people; and it combined in admirable union the obligation of a public duty with the exercise of private and voluntary benevolence at a time when the hearts of the rich would be strongly inclined to liberality.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 9 When ye reap the harvest - Liberty for the poor to glean both the corn-fields and vineyards was a Divine institution among the Jews; for the whole of the Mosaic dispensation, like the Christian, breathed love to God and benevolence to man. The poor in Judea were to live by gleanings from the corn-fields and vine yards. To the honor of the public and charitable spirit of the English, this merciful law is in general as much attended to as if it had been incorporated with the Gospel.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Leviticus 19:9 in the original Hebrew

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וּֽבְקֻצְרְכֶם֙u.ve.kutz.re.Khemand when harvest youH7114

אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853

קְצִ֣ירke.Tzir[the] harvest ofH7105

אַרְצְכֶ֔ם'ar.tze.Khemland yourH776

לֹ֧אlo'notH3808

תְכַלֶּ֛הte.kha.Lehyou will finishH3615

פְּאַ֥תpe.'At[the] side ofH6285

שָׂדְךָ֖sa.de.Khafield yourH7704

לִקְצֹ֑רlik.Tzorto harvestH7114

וְלֶ֥קֶטve.Le.ketand [the] remnant ofH3951

קְצִֽירְךָ֖ke.tzi.re.Chaharvest yourH7105

לֹ֥אlo'notH3808

תְלַקֵּֽט\׃te.la.Ketyou will gatherH3950

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Cross references for Leviticus 19:9

Leviticus 23:22
And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not make clean riddance of the corners of thy field when thou reapest, neither shalt thou gather any gleaning of thy harvest: thou shalt leave them unto the poor, and to the stranger: I am the Lord your God.
Deuteronomy 24:19-22
When thou cuttest down thine harvest in thy field, and hast forgot a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go again to fetch it: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow: that the Lord thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hands. 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 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. And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt: therefore I command thee to do this thing.
Ruth 2:15
And when she was risen up to glean, Boaz commanded his young men, saying, Let her glean even among the sheaves, and reproach her not:
Ruth 2:2
And Ruth the Moabitess said unto Naomi, Let me now go to the field, and glean ears of corn after him in whose sight I shall find grace. And she said unto her, Go, my daughter.
Leviticus 23:10
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest unto the priest:

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

ye reap the harvest.In what code of laws merely human, is a requisition to be found so counteracting to selfishness, so encouraging to liberality, and so beneficently considering to the poor and needy? But the Mosaic dispensation, like the Christian, breathed with love to God, and benevolence to man. To the honour of the public and charitable spirit of the English, this merciful law is, in general, as much attended to as if it had been incorporated with the gospel.
23:29; De 24:19-21; Ru 2:2,15

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Context

Leviticus 19:8
Therefore every one that eateth it shall bear his iniquity, because he hath profaned the hallowed thing of the Lord: and that soul shall be cut off from among his people.
Leviticus 19:9
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.
Leviticus 19:10
And thou shalt not glean thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather every grape of thy vineyard; thou shalt leave them for the poor and stranger: I am the Lord your God.

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Leviticus 19:9 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Cuando segareis la mies de vuestra tierra, no acabarás de segar el rincón de tu haza, ni espigarás tu tierra segada.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Et quand vous ferez la moisson de votre terre, tu n’achèveras pas de moissonner les coins de ton champ et tu ne glaneras pas la glanure de ta moisson.
German Elberfelder 1871	Und wenn ihr die Ernte eures Landes erntet, so sollst du den Rand deines Feldes nicht gänzlich abernten und sollst keine Nachlese deiner Ernte halten.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Cumque messueris segetes terræ tuæ, non tondebis usque ad solum superficiem terræ, nec remanentes spicas colliges,