Holy Scripture

Leviticus 19:10

A church father on this verse
“During the harvest, [the law] forbids owners to gather up the bits which fall from the sheaves and similarly advises that in harvesting something should be left behind unreaped. By this it gives excellent teaching to owners in the practice of generous sharing by leaving some of their property for those in need and pro…”
Clement of Alexandria, 3th c. — The Stromata Book 2

Source: Septuagint

Original

10And thou shalt not go over the gathering of thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather the remaining grapes of thy vineyard: thou shalt leave them for the poor and the stranger: I am the Lord your God.

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In context

8And he that eats it shall bear his iniquity, because he has profaned the holy things of the Lord; and the souls that eat it shall be destroyed from among their people.

9And when ye reap the harvest of your land, ye shall not complete the reaping of your field with exactness, and thou shalt not gather that which falls from thy reaping.

— Leviticus 19:10 —

11Ye shall not steal, ye shall not lie, neither shall one bear false witness as an informer against his neighbor.

12And ye shall not swear unjustly by my name, and ye shall not profane the holy name of your God: I am the Lord your God.

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