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The Bible |
Verses Related Generally to the Harvest and Gleaning
Exodus 23:10-11
10 For six years you shall sow your land and gather in its yield; but the seventh year you
shall let it rest and lie fallow, so that the poor of your people may eat; and what they leave the
wild animals may eat.
11 You shall do the same with your vineyard, and with your olive orchard.
Deuteronomy 24:19-21
19 When thou reapest thy harvest in thy field, and hast forgot a sheaf in the field,
thou shalt not go back 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 thy hands.
20 When thou beatest thine olive-tree, thou shalt not go over the boughs again;
it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow.
21 When thou gatherest the grapes of thy vineyard, thou shalt not glean it after thee;
it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow.
Deuteronomy 14:28-29
28 At the end of every three years, even in the same year, thou shalt bring forth all the
tithe of thine increase, and shall lay it up within thy gates.
29 And the Levite, because he hath no portion nor inheritance with thee, and the stranger,
and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within thy gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied;
that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thy hand which thou doest.
Verses Related to "Corners" of the Field (Pe'ah)
The tradition of the pe'ah is old and there is much Jewish scholarship on this way of setting aside parts of a field that a farmer would plant but not harvest. It is another mandate to allow gleaning.
Wikipedia article on Pe'ah:
Jewish Encyclopedia article on
gleaning
Leviticus 19:9-10
9 And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corner of thy field,
neither shalt thou gather the gleaning of thy harvest.
10 And thou shalt not glean thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather the fallen fruit of thy
vineyard; thou shalt leave them for the poor and for the stranger: I am the LORD your God.
Leviticus 23:22
22 And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corner of thy
field, neither shalt thou gather the gleaning of thy harvest; thou shalt leave them for the poor,
and for the stranger: I am the LORD your God.
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The Koran |
Verses on the Harvest and Waste
6:141
He is the One who established gardens, trellised and untrellised, and palm trees, and
crops with different tastes, and olives, and pomegranate - fruits that are similar,
yet dissimilar. Eat from their fruits, and give the due alms on the day of harvest*,
and do not waste anything. He does not love the wasters.
*6:141 Commentary Zakat charity (obligatory charity) is so important, the Most Merciful has restricted His mercy to those who give it (7:156). Yet, the corrupted Muslims have lost this most important commandment; they give Zakat only once a year. We see here that Zakat must be given away "On the day we receive income." The proportion that came to us through Abraham is 2.5% of our net income.
Koran on Mary as a Gleaner: from the Hadith
Mary remained in Egypt twelve years, spinning cotton and gleaning after the reapers. And she was gleaning after the reapers, and when she gleaned, she carried Jesus on one of her shoulders and her gleaning basket on the other.
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