Focused Passage

Leviticus 19:9-10

Be Holy Because I Am Holy: Covenant Life Before God and Neighbor

The LORD commands the whole assembly of Israel to be holy because He is holy, then applies that holiness across reverence for parents, Sabbath keeping, rejection of idols, proper fellowship offerings, care for the poor and foreigner, honesty, justice, love of neighbor, sexual and agricultural boundaries, rejection of pagan practices, Sabbath and sanctuary reverence, honoring the elderly, love for the foreigner, and honest weights and measures.

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

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.

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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References and Original Words

Verse 9

Cross-references

Romans 13:8 BSB references Leviticus 23:22 Classic cross-references Deuteronomy 24:19 Classic cross-references Ruth 2:2 Classic cross-references Ruth 2:15 Classic cross-references

Original words

When you reap וּֽבְקֻצְרְכֶם֙ H7114 Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | second person masculine plural - אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker the harvest קְצִ֣יר H7105 Noun - masculine singular construct of your land אַרְצְכֶ֔ם H776 Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine plural you are not לֹ֧א H3808 Adverb - Negative particle to reap תְכַלֶּ֛ה H3615 Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singular to the very edges פְּאַ֥ת H6285 Noun - feminine singular construct of your field שָׂדְךָ֖ H7704 Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular . . . לִקְצֹ֑ר H7114 Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct or gather תְלַקֵּֽט׃ H3950 Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singular the gleanings וְלֶ֥קֶט H3951 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct of your harvest קְצִֽירְךָ֖ H7105 Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular . . . לֹ֥א H3808 Adverb - Negative particle

Verse 10

Cross-references

Deuteronomy 24:20 Classic cross-references Isaiah 17:6 Classic cross-references Isaiah 24:13 Classic cross-references Leviticus 25:6 Classic cross-references

Original words

You must not לֹ֣א H3808 Adverb - Negative particle strip your vineyard וְכַרְמְךָ֙ H3754 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular bare תְעוֹלֵ֔ל H5953 Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singular or gather תְלַקֵּ֑ט H3950 Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singular its כַּרְמְךָ֖ H3754 Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular . . . לֹ֣א H3808 Adverb - Negative particle fallen grapes וּפֶ֥רֶט H6528 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct Leave תַּעֲזֹ֣ב H5800 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular them אֹתָ֔ם H853 Direct object marker | third person masculine plural for the poor לֶֽעָנִ֤י H6041 Preposition-l, Article | Adjective - masculine singular and the foreigner וְלַגֵּר֙ H1616 Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular I אֲנִ֖י H589 Pronoun - first person common singular am the LORD יְהוָ֥ה H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular your God אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃ H430 Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural

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