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Leviticus 19:9-10: 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. 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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One of the most looked over items of the Law of Moses
are the commands teaching charity. This is a good example of that. A
person automatically leaves a portion of their field to the feeding of the
poor and the stranger.
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Leviticus 19:23-25: And when ye shall come into the land, and shall have
planted all manner of trees for food, then ye shall count the fruit
thereof as uncircumcised: three years shall it be as uncircumcised unto
you: it shall not be eaten of. 24. But in the fourth year all the fruit
thereof shall be holy to praise the LORD withal. And in the fifth year
shall ye eat of the fruit thereof, that it may yield unto you the increase
thereof: I am the LORD your God.
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Deuteronomy 23:24-25: When thou comest into thy neighbour's vineyard, then
thou mayest eat grapes thy fill at thine own pleasure; but thou shalt not
put any in thy vessel. 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.
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Another place where charity is being taught.
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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.
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Basically, the harvester only goes through the field
once - anything left behind belongs to the poor. An example of this is in
the story of Ruth - who gleaned Boaz's field behind the harvesters.
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Deuteronomy 25:4. Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the
corn.
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Even charity to the beasts is taught
within the Law! |
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