Negative Commandment #240 of 613
Do not reap the corner of a field left for the poor
Commandment #240 — a prohibition from Leviticus 19:9, classified under Providing for the Poor in the 613 commandments of the Torah.
Scripture
“'Now when you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap to the very corners of your field, nor shall you gather the gleanings of your harvest.”
— Leviticus 19:9
Hebrew
ט וּבְקֻצְרְכֶם אֶת-קְצִיר אַרְצְכֶם, לֹא תְכַלֶּה פְּאַת שָׂדְךָ לִקְצֹר; וְלֶקֶט קְצִירְךָ, לֹא תְלַקֵּט.
Greek (Septuagint)
9 Καὶ ἐκθεριζόντων ὑμῶν τὸν θερισμὸν τῆς γῆς ὑμῶν οὐ συντελέσετε τὸν θερισμὸν ὑμῶν τοῦ ἀγροῦ ἐκθερίσαι καὶ τὰ ἀποπίπτοντα τοῦ θερισμοῦ σου οὐ συλλέξεις
Classification
- Type
- Negative (Thou Shalt Not)
- Category
- Providing for the Poor
- Book
- leviticus
- Chapter
- 19
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- Kedoshim
- Sefer HaChinuch
- #217
- Mishneh Torah
- SeedsGifts to the Poor
Related Commandments in “Providing for the Poor”
#239: Leave a corner of the field uncut for the poor
Leviticus 19:10
#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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