18 But you are to remember that you were a slave in Egypt, and that the Lord your God redeemed you from there; therefore I am commanding you to do this thing.

19 (A)When you reap your harvest in your field and forget a sheaf in the field, you are not to go back to get it; it shall belong (B)to the stranger, the [a]orphan, and to the widow, in order that the Lord your God (C)may bless you in all the work of your hands. 20 (D)When you beat the olives off your olive tree, you are not to search through the branches [b]again; that shall be left (E)for the stranger, the [c]orphan, and for the widow.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 24:19 Or fatherless
  2. Deuteronomy 24:20 Lit after yourself
  3. Deuteronomy 24:20 Or fatherless

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