Positive Commandment #239 of 613
Leave a corner of the field uncut for the poor
Commandment #239 — a positive obligation from Leviticus 19:10, classified under Providing for the Poor in the 613 commandments of the Torah.
Scripture
“'Nor shall you glean your vineyard, nor shall you gather the fallen fruit of your vineyard; you shall leave them for the needy and for the stranger. I am the LORD your God.”
— Leviticus 19:10
Hebrew
י וְכַרְמְךָ לֹא תְעוֹלֵל, וּפֶרֶט כַּרְמְךָ לֹא תְלַקֵּט: לֶעָנִי וְלַגֵּר תַּעֲזֹב אֹתָם, אֲנִי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם.
Greek (Septuagint)
10 καὶ τὸν ἀμπελῶνά σου οὐκ ἐπανατρυγήσεις οὐδὲ τοὺς ῥῶγας τοῦ ἀμπελῶνός σου συλλέξεις· τῷ πτωχῷ καὶ τῷ προσηλύτῳ καταλείψεις αὐτά· ἐγώ εἰμι κύριος ὁ θεὸς ὑμῶν.
Classification
- Type
- Positive (Thou Shalt)
- Category
- Providing for the Poor
- Book
- leviticus
- Chapter
- 19
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- Kedoshim
- Sefer HaChinuch
- #216
- Mishneh Torah
- SeedsGifts to the Poor
Related Commandments in “Providing for the Poor”
#240: Do not reap the corner of a field left for the poor
Leviticus 19:9
#241: Leave gleanings of a field for the poor
Leviticus 19:9
#242: Do not gather gleanings of a crop but leave them for the poor
Leviticus 19:9
#243: Leave the gleanings of a vineyard for the poor
Leviticus 19:10
#244: Do not gather the gleanings of a vineyard but leave them for the poor
Leviticus 19:10
#245: Leave the unformed clusters of grapes for the poor
Leviticus 19:10
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