Deutéronome 23:25

25 Quand tu entreras dans les blés de ton prochain, tu pourras arracher des épis avec ta main; mais tu ne mettras point la faucille dans les blés de ton prochain.

Deutéronome 23:25 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 23:25

When thou comest into the standing corn of thy neighbour
Passest through it to go to some other place, the road lying through it, as it often does through standing corn; so Christ and his disciples are said to go through the corn, ( Matthew 12:1 ) ; but Jarchi says this Scripture speaks of a workman also, and so the Targum of Jonathan,

``when thou goest in to take thine hire according to work in thy neighbour's standing corn;''

but the other sense is best, and is confirmed and illustrated by the instance given, as well as best agrees with what follows:

then thou mayest pluck the ears with thine hand;
the ears of wheat, and rub them, to separate the grain from the husk or beard, and eat it, as did the disciples of Christ; ( Luke 6:1 ) ; to satisfy hunger: but thou shall not move a sickle unto thy neighbour's standing corn to cut it down and carry any of it off; which would have been an unjust thing.

Deutéronome 23:25 In-Context

23 Tu prendras garde de faire ce qui sera sorti de tes lèvres, lorsque tu auras fait à l'Éternel ton Dieu un vœu volontaire, que tu auras prononcé de ta bouche.

24 Quand tu entreras dans la vigne de ton prochain, tu pourras manger des raisins selon ton appétit, pour te rassasier, mais tu n'en mettras point dans ton panier.

25 Quand tu entreras dans les blés de ton prochain, tu pourras arracher des épis avec ta main; mais tu ne mettras point la faucille dans les blés de ton prochain.