Positive Commandment #241 of 613
Leave gleanings of a field for the poor
Commandment #241 — a positive obligation 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
וּבְקֻצְרְכֶם אֶת־קְצִיר אַרְצְכֶם לֹא תְכַלֶּה פְּאַת שָׂדְךָ לִקְצֹר וְלֶקֶט קְצִירְךָ לֹא תְלַקֵּט׃
Greek (Septuagint)
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
- Positive (Thou Shalt)
- Category
- Providing for the Poor
- Book
- leviticus
- Chapter
- 19
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- Kedoshim
- Sefer HaChinuch
- #218
- 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
#240: Do not reap the corner of a field left 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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