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239. Gleaning
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James M. Freeman
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Ruth 2:3
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And she went, and came, and gleaned in the field after the reapers: and her hap was to light on a part of the field belonging unto Boaz, who was of the kindred of Elimelech. (Ruth 2:3)
. She went, and came, and gleaned in the field after the reapers.
The Israelites were commanded by their law to be merciful to the poor. The corners of the fields were not to be reaped (
Lev. 19:9
9
And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the gleanings of thy harvest. (Leviticus 19:9)
;
Lev. 23:22
22
And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not make clean riddance of the corners of thy field when thou reapest, neither shalt thou gather any gleaning of thy harvest: thou shalt leave them unto the poor, and to the stranger: I am the Lord your God. (Leviticus 23:22)
). If a sheaf should be accidentally left in the field it was to be allowed to remain there (
Deut. 24:19
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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 the Lord thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hands. (Deuteronomy 24:19)
). This grain in the corners, and these odd sheaves in the field, were for the poor. The story of Ruth is a most beautiful illustration of this law. Reference is supposed to be made to this custom in
Job 24:10
10
They cause him to go naked without clothing, and they take away the sheaf from the hungry; (Job 24:10)
, “They take away the sheaf from the hungry.”
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