Deuternomium 23:25

25 23:26 Wenn du in die Saat deines Nächsten gehst, so magst du mit der Hand Ähren abrupfen; aber mit der Sichel sollst du nicht darin hin und her fahren.

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 23:24 Aber was zu deinen Lippen ausgegangen ist, sollst du halten und darnach tun, wie du dem HERRN, deinem Gott, freiwillig gelobt hast, was du mit deinem Munde geredet hast.
24 23:25 Wenn du in deines Nächsten Weinberg gehst, so magst du Trauben essen nach deinem Willen, bis du satt hast; aber du sollst nichts in dein Gefäß tun
25 23:26 Wenn du in die Saat deines Nächsten gehst, so magst du mit der Hand Ähren abrupfen; aber mit der Sichel sollst du nicht darin hin und her fahren.
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