Deuternomium 23:25

25 Wenn du in das Getreidefeld deines Nächsten kommst, so magst du Ähren mit deiner Hand abpflücken; aber die Sichel sollst du nicht über das Getreide deines Nächsten schwingen.

Deuternomium 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.

Deuternomium 23:25 In-Context

23 Was über deine Lippen gegangen ist, sollst du halten und tun, so wie du Jehova, deinem Gott, freiwillig gelobt, was du mit deinem Munde geredet hast.
24 Wenn du in den Weinberg deines Nächsten kommst, so magst du Trauben essen nach deiner Lust, bis du satt bist; aber in dein Gefäß sollst du nichts tun.
25 Wenn du in das Getreidefeld deines Nächsten kommst, so magst du Ähren mit deiner Hand abpflücken; aber die Sichel sollst du nicht über das Getreide deines Nächsten schwingen.
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