Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

Go over the boughs again

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Bible References

Go over the boughs again

Deuteronomy 24:20
When thou beatest down thine olive trees thou shalt not make clean riddance after thee: but it shall be for the stranger, the fatherless and the widow.

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Leviticus 23:22
"'When ye reap down your harvest, thou shalt not make clean riddance of thy field, neither shalt thou make any after gathering of thy harvest: but shalt leave them unto the poor and the stranger. I am the LORD your God.'"
Ruth 2:16
And thereto pull out of the sheaves for her and let it lie, that she may gather it up, and rebuke her not."