(A)‘When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not wholly reap the corners of your field, nor shall you gather the gleanings of your harvest.

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“‘When you reap the harvest of your land, do not reap to the very edges(A) of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest.(B)

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10 And you shall not glean your vineyard, nor shall you gather every grape of your vineyard; you shall leave them for the poor and the stranger: I am the Lord your God.

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10 Do not go over your vineyard a second time(A) or pick up the grapes that have fallen.(B) Leave them for the poor and the foreigner.(C) I am the Lord your God.

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19 (A)“When you reap your harvest in your field, and forget a sheaf in the field, you shall not go back to get it; it shall be for the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, that the Lord your God may (B)bless you in all the work of your hands. 20 When you beat your olive trees, you shall not go over the boughs again; it shall be for the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow. 21 When you gather the grapes of your vineyard, you shall not glean it afterward; it shall be for the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow. 22 And you shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt; therefore I command you to do this thing.

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19 When you are harvesting in your field and you overlook a sheaf, do not go back to get it.(A) Leave it for the foreigner,(B) the fatherless and the widow,(C) so that the Lord your God may bless(D) you in all the work of your hands. 20 When you beat the olives from your trees, do not go over the branches a second time.(E) Leave what remains for the foreigner, the fatherless and the widow. 21 When you harvest the grapes in your vineyard, do not go over the vines again. Leave what remains for the foreigner, the fatherless and the widow. 22 Remember that you were slaves in Egypt. That is why I command you to do this.(F)

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So Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, “Please let me go to the (A)field, and glean heads of grain after him in whose sight I may find favor.”

And she said to her, “Go, my daughter.”

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And Ruth the Moabite(A) said to Naomi, “Let me go to the fields and pick up the leftover grain(B) behind anyone in whose eyes I find favor.(C)

Naomi said to her, “Go ahead, my daughter.”

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15 And when she rose up to [a]glean, Boaz commanded his young men, saying, “Let her glean even among the sheaves, and do not [b]reproach her.

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Footnotes

  1. Ruth 2:15 Gather after the reapers
  2. Ruth 2:15 rebuke

15 As she got up to glean, Boaz gave orders to his men, “Let her gather among the sheaves(A) and don’t reprimand her.

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