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Joseph Benson’s Bible Commentary

Deuteronomy 24:19-22

It shall be for the stranger Moses here exhorts them to be mindful of those provisions made for the poor by this law, (Leviticus 19:9; Leviticus 23:22,) wherein they are ordered not to be over exact in reaping the fruits of their fields and vineyards, but to leave something to be gathered by their poor neighbours. When thou beatest thine olive-tree As they were wont to do, with sticks, to bring down the olives. It shall be for the fatherless, &c. Surely nothing can be more just, humane, or merciful, than all these laws here recited.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Deuteronomy 24:19. _WHEN THOU CUTTEST DOWN THINE HARVEST_] This is an addition to the law, Leviticus 19:9; Leviticus 23:22. The _corners_ of the field, the _gleanings_, and the forgotten she...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    Compare the marginal references. The motive assigned for these various acts of consideration is one and the same Deuteronomy 24:18, Deuteronomy 24:22....

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    20. CONCERNING DIVORCE AND LAWS OF MERCY CHAPTER 24 _ 1. Concerning divorce (Deuteronomy 24:1)_ 2. Concerning pledge and slavery (Deuteronomy 24:6) 3. Concerning leprosy (Deuteronom

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    Laws in the interest of the sojourner (see Deuteronomy 1:16 *), the orphan (EV, fatherless because the motherless orphan would be seen to by the father), and the widow (Deuteronomy 10:18 *), classes f...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    HARVEST, put for "corn" by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct). See App-6. STRANGER... FATHERLESS... WIDOW. Not the tramp, or ne'erdo- well, or the drunkard. And in kind, not money...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Of Generosity to the Landless. To the _gçr_, the orphan and the widow shall be left the gleanings of fields, olive-groves and vineyards. It is interesting that no parallels are found in the earlier le...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Deuteronomy 24:5 to Deuteronomy 25:4. Thirteen Laws of Equity and Humanity Besides the humane temper common to most of them, and a few cue-words, there are no apparent reasons for their being grouped...

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    DISCOURSE: 216 GLEANING, A DIVINE ORDINANCE Deuteronomy 24:19. When thou cuttest down thine harvest in thy field, and hast forgot a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go again to fetch it: it shall be...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    (15) NEEDY TO BE CONSIDERED AT HARVEST TIME (Deuteronomy 24:19-22) 19 When thou reapest thy harvest in thy field, and hast forgot a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go again to fetch it: it shall be...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _WHEN THOU CUTTEST DOWN THINE HARVEST IN THY FIELD, AND HAST FORGOT A SHEAF IN THE FIELD, THOU SHALT NOT GO AGAIN TO FETCH IT: IT SHALL BE FOR THE STRANGER, FOR THE FATHERLESS, AND FOR THE WIDOW: THAT...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    LAWS REGARDING DIVORCE, PLEDGES, MAN-STEALING, LEPROSY, JUSTICE, AND GLEANING 1-4. The Law of Divorce. The right of the husband to divorce his wife is here acknowledged but is guarded against abuse....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    DEUTERONOMY: GOD’S LAW OF LOVE LOVE AND OBEY THE *LORD YOUR GOD DEUTERONOMY _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 24 V1 ‘Suppose that a man marries a woman. Later, he decides that She does not please him. He f...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    (17-22) THE STRANGER, THE FATHERLESS, AND THE WIDOW — are the subject of all the laws in these verses. For the first two (Deuteronomy 24:17), see Exodus 22:22. As to the harvest, see Leviticus 23:22....

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    כִּ֣י תִקְצֹר֩ קְצִֽירְךָ֨ בְ שָׂדֶ֜ךָ וְ שָׁ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    LAWS OF KINDNESS WITH the commands we now have to consider, we leave altogether the region of strict law, and enter entirely upon that of aspiration and of feeling. Kindness, by its very nature, elude...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Forget. The Rabbins say, that both the owner and the labourers must forget the sheaf: but his is a vain subtlety. (Calmet) --- Josephus ([Antiquities?] iv. 8,) is more agreeable to the spirit of the...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    All these are additional arguments, to manifest the tender mercies of the LORD. We have a beautiful example, of obedience to these precepts in the instance of Boaz. And, as in that instance, we have a...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    It is clear that a new division of the statutes and judgments of this book begins with the later verses just read from Deuteronomy 16:1-22. What belonged to the religious life of Israel was closed wit...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    God here inculcates liberality upon the possessors of land, when their fruits are gathered: for, when His bounty is exercised before our eyes, it invites us to imitate Him; and it is a sign of ingrati...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 22, 23, 24, AND 25. Chapter 22 appears to contain ordinances to guard the people from want of benevolence and mercy, and of that which would offend the sensib...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    WHEN THOU CUTTEST DOWN THINE HARVEST IN THY FIELD,.... Whether barley harvest or wheat harvest, when either of them are ripe for cutting, mowing, or reaping, and are cutting down: AND HAST FORGOT A S...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 Of diuorce. 5 A new maried man goeth not to warre. 6.10 Of pledges. 7 Of manstealers. 8 Of leprosie. 14 The hire is to be giuen. 16 Of Iustice. 19 Of Charitie. 1 WHEN [NOTE: Matthew 5:31; Matt...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    When thou cuttest down thine harvest in thy field, and hast forgot a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go again to fetch it; it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow; that...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    KINDNESS TOWARD THE POOR AND NEEDY...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    DIVORCE AND REMARRIAGE (vs.1-4) Under law there were cases such as often arise similarly at any time. A man may marry a woman and afterwards be thoroughly dissatisfied with her. This is a warning to...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    14-22 It is not hard to prove that purity, piety, justice, mercy, fair conduct, kindness to the poor and destitute, consideration for them, and generosity of spirit, are pleasing to God, and becoming...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    No text from Poole on this verse....

  • Notes on the Pentateuch by Charles Henry Mackintosh

    The portion of our book on which we now enter, though not calling for elaborate exposition, yet teaches us two very important practical lessons In the first place, many of the institutions and ordinan...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Deuteronomy 24:19 reap H7114 (H8799) harvest H7105 field H7704 forget H7911 (H8804) sheaf H6016 field H7704

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THE GLEANINGS MUST BE LEFT FOR THE POOR (DEUTERONOMY 24:19). One of Yahweh's means of ensuring provision for the poor in the land would be that Israelite farmers out of their prosperity were to leave...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Law concerning divorce; miscellaneous regulations. CHARACTERS: God, Moses. CONCLUSION: It is of great consequence that love be kept up between husband and wife and that everything be caref...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Deuteronomy 24:1. _Some uncleanness;_ not adultery, but leprosy, secret infirmities, or insupportable wickedness. Moses, says our Saviour; because of the hardness of your hearts, suffered you to put a...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _It shall be for the stranger._ CARE FOR OTHERS This beautiful passage speaks of the harvest, of the olive, and of the grape. You say, “Well, I am not a farmer, I know nothing of the harvest. Olives...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 24:19 The blessings of the land are for the people as a whole to share. Compare Deuteronomy 23:24, and see...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL _Notes_.—In this chapter certain duties social and domestic are chosen to illustrate the general application of the law. DEUTERONOMY 24:1. Relation of man and wife. Divorce. The verses are hy...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION LAWS RESPECTING DIVORCE, AGAINST MAN-STEALING AND INJUSTICE. DEUTERONOMY 24:1 _Of divorce_._ _If a man put away his wife because she did not any longer please him, and she became the wife...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

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  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 John 3:17; 2 Corinthians 9:6; Deuteronomy 14:29; Deuteronomy 15:10;...

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