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Deuteronomy 24:21

Deuteronomy 24:21 is verse 21 of Deuteronomy chapter 24, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

When you gather the grapes of your vineyard, you must not go over the vines again. What remains will be for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow.

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King James Version

When thou gatherest the grapes of thy vineyard, thou shalt not glean it afterward: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow.

World English Bible

When you harvest your vineyard, you shall not glean it after yourselves. It shall be for the foreigner, for the fatherless, and for the widow.

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Deuteronomy 24:19–22 · Berean Standard Bible

19 If you are harvesting in your field and forget a sheaf there, do not go back to get it. It is to be left for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, so that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.

20 When you beat the olives from your trees, you must not go over the branches again. What remains will be for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow.

21 When you gather the grapes of your vineyard, you must not go over the vines again. What remains will be for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow.

22 Remember that you were slaves in the land of Egypt. Therefore I am commanding you to do this.

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Hebrew words

כִּ֤יfor תִבְצֹר֙you will gather grapes כַּרְמְךָ֔vineyard your לֹ֥אnot תְעוֹלֵ֖לyou will glean אַחֲרֶ֑יךָbehind you לַגֵּ֛רto the sojourner לַיָּת֥וֹםto the fatherless one וְלָאַלְמָנָ֖הand to the widow יִהְיֶֽהit will belong

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Deuteronomy 24:19
If you are harvesting in your field and forget a sheaf there, do not go back to get it. It is to be left for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, so that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.

Leviticus 19:9
When you reap the harvest of your land, you are not to reap to the very edges of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest.

Leviticus 19:10
You must not strip your vineyard bare or gather its fallen grapes. Leave them for the poor and the foreigner. I am the LORD your God.

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