Leviticus 19:9 (DBY)

Passage

And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field, and the gleaning of thy harvest thou shalt not gather.

Nearby Context

Leviticus 19:7 And if it be eaten at all on the third day, it is an unclean thing: it shall not be accepted.

Leviticus 19:8 And he that eateth it shall bear his iniquity; for he hath profaned the hallowed thing of Jehovah; and that soul shall be cut off from among his peoples.

Leviticus 19:9 And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field, and the gleaning of thy harvest thou shalt not gather.

Leviticus 19:10 And thy vineyard shalt thou not glean, neither shalt thou gather what hath been left of thy vineyard; thou shalt leave them for the poor and the stranger: I am Jehovah your God.

Leviticus 19:11 Ye shall not steal, and ye shall not deal falsely, and ye shall not lie one to another.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "reap", "harvest", "land", "thou", "shalt", "wholly", and "corners". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "reap" and "harvest", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 8's "And he that eateth it shall bear..." into verse 10's "And thy vineyard shalt thou not glean...", so "reap" and "harvest" belong inside that flow. In Leviticus context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "reap" and "harvest" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.