Focused Passage

Deuteronomy 24:19-22

Justice for the Vulnerable and the Limits of Covenant Law

Divorce regulation (vv. 1–4) → protection of the new household (v. 5) → prohibition against seizing livelihood pledges (vv. 6, 10–13) → kidnapping law (vv. 7) → skin disease and Miriam's warning (vv. 8–9) → wage and pledge justice for the poor (vv. 14–15) → individual accountability (v. 16) → justice for the sojourner and widow (v. 17) → redemption memory as motive (vv. 18, 22) → gleaning laws for the threefold vulnerable (vv. 19–22)

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

19If 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.

20When 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.

21When 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.

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

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References and Original Words

Verse 19

Cross-references

Leviticus 23:22Classic cross-references Proverbs 19:17Classic cross-references Deuteronomy 14:29Classic cross-references Leviticus 19:9Classic cross-references Luke 14:13Classic cross-references

Original words

Ifכִּ֣יH3588Conjunctionyou are harvestingתִקְצֹר֩H7114Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular. . .קְצִֽירְךָ֨H7105Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singularin your fieldבְשָׂדֶ֜ךָH7704Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singularand forgetוְשָֽׁכַחְתָּ֧H7911Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singulara sheafעֹ֣מֶרH6016Noun - masculine singular[there]בַּשָּׂדֶ֗הH7704Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singulardo notלֹ֤אH3808Adverb - Negative particlego backתָשׁוּב֙H7725Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singularto get itלְקַחְתּ֔וֹH3947Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person masculine singularIt isיִהְיֶ֑הH1961Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singularto be left for the foreignerלַגֵּ֛רH1616Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singularthe fatherlessלַיָּת֥וֹםH3490Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singularand the widowוְלָאַלְמָנָ֖הH490Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Article | Noun - feminine singularso thatלְמַ֤עַןH4616Conjunctionthe LORDיְהוָ֣הH3068Noun - proper - masculine singularyour Godאֱלֹהֶ֔יךָH430Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singularmay blessיְבָרֶכְךָ֙H1288Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | second person masculine singularyou in allבְּכֹ֖לH3605Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular constructthe workמַעֲשֵׂ֥הH4639Noun - masculine singular constructof your handsיָדֶֽיךָ׃H3027Noun - feminine dual construct | second person masculine singular

Verse 20

Cross-references

Deuteronomy 24:19Classic cross-references Leviticus 19:10Classic cross-references

Original words

Whenכִּ֤יH3588Conjunctionyou beatתַחְבֹּט֙H2251Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singularthe olives from your treesזֵֽיתְךָ֔H2132Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singularyou must notלֹ֥אH3808Adverb - Negative particlego overתְפָאֵ֖רH6286Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singularthe branches againאַחֲרֶ֑יךָH310Preposition | second person masculine singularWhat remains will beיִהְיֶֽה׃סH1961Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singularfor the foreignerלַגֵּ֛רH1616Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singularthe fatherlessלַיָּת֥וֹםH3490Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singularand the widowוְלָאַלְמָנָ֖הH490Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Article | Noun - feminine singular

Verse 21

Cross-references

Obadiah 1:5Classic cross-references

Original words

Whenכִּ֤יH3588Conjunctionyou gather the grapesתִבְצֹר֙H1219Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singularof your vineyardכַּרְמְךָ֔H3754Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singularyou must notלֹ֥אH3808Adverb - Negative particlego over [the vines]תְעוֹלֵ֖לH5953Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singularagainאַחֲרֶ֑יךָH310Preposition | second person masculine singularWhat remains will beיִהְיֶֽה׃H1961Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singularfor the foreignerלַגֵּ֛רH1616Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singularthe fatherlessלַיָּת֥וֹםH3490Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singularand the widowוְלָאַלְמָנָ֖הH490Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Article | Noun - feminine singular

Verse 22

Cross-references

Exodus 13:3Classic cross-references Deuteronomy 24:18Classic cross-references

Original words

Rememberוְזָ֣כַרְתָּ֔H2142Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singularthatכִּי־H3588Conjunctionyou wereהָיִ֖יתָH1961Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singularslavesעֶ֥בֶדH5650Noun - masculine singularin the landבְּאֶ֣רֶץH776Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular constructof Egyptמִצְרָ֑יִםH4714Noun - proper - feminine singularThereforeעַל־H5921Preposition. . .כֵּ֞ןH3651AdverbIאָנֹכִ֤יH595Pronoun - first person common singularam commandingמְצַוְּךָ֙H6680Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singularyou to doלַעֲשׂ֔וֹתH6213Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct-אֶת־H853Direct object marker-הַדָּבָ֖רH1697Article | Noun - masculine singularthisהַזֶּֽה׃סH2088Article | Pronoun - masculine singular

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