as thou hast freely vowed unto the Lord thy God LXX to God.

which thou hast promised, etc.] Attached awkwardly to preceding, and probably a gloss.

24, 25 ( 25, 26). Of Use at Need of Others" Corn and Fruits. Grapes may be eaten on the spot but none carried away; ears of corn may be plucked with the hand but no sickle shall be used. Sg. with neighbour(not brother). LXX transposes the two vv. Peculiar to D; cp. Deuteronomy 24:19-21. The Pharisees flagrantly contradicted not only the spirit of this law, but its very letter, by interpreting pluckingas reaping, and because this was work(Deuteronomy 33:13) they held it unlawful on the Sabbath (Matthew 12:1 ff., Mark 2:23 f., Luke 6:1 ff.). The licence sanctioned here is frequently taken in Syria to-day, and the refusal to grant it regarded as impiety; for Arabia see Doughty, Ar. Des.i. 520 f., ii. 152.

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