Deuteronomio 24:21

21 Quando tu avrai vendemmiata la tua vigna, non raspollare i grappoli rimasti dietro a te; sieno per lo forestiere, per l’orfano, e per la vedova.

Deuteronomio 24:21 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 24:21

When thou gatherest the grapes of thy vineyard
Which was done much about the same time that the olives were gathered, and both after wheat harvest, about the latter end of June, or beginning of July; for they were more forward in those hot countries:

thou shall not glean [it] afterwards;
go over the vines a second time, to pick off every berry or bunch that escaped them at first gathering:

it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow;
as the forgotten sheaf, and the olive berries left; these are all supposed to be poor persons, otherwise no doubt there were strangers, and fatherless persons, and widows, in good circumstances; who, as they needed not, so neither would give themselves the trouble, but think it beneath them to go into fields, oliveyards, and vineyards, to gather what was left by the owners. These laws were made in favour of the poor, that mercy and kindness might be showed to them, and that they might have a taste of all the fruits of the earth.

Deuteronomio 24:21 In-Context

19 Quando tu avrai mietuta la tua ricolta nel tuo campo, e avrai dimenticata alcuna menata nel campo, non tornare indietro per prenderla; sia per lo forestiere, per l’orfano, e per la vedova; acciocchè il Signore Iddio tuo ti benedica in tutta l’opera delle tue mani.

20 Quando tu avrai scossi i tuoi ulivi, non ricercare a ramo a ramo ciò che vi sarà rimasto dietro a te; sia per lo forestiere, per l’orfano, e per la vedova.

21 Quando tu avrai vendemmiata la tua vigna, non raspollare i grappoli rimasti dietro a te; sieno per lo forestiere, per l’orfano, e per la vedova.

22 E ricordati che tu sei stato servo nel paese di Egitto; per ciò io ti comando che tu faccia questo.