Leviticus 19:9 (DRB)

Passage

When thou reapest the corn of thy land, thou shalt not cut down all that is on the face of the earth to the very ground: nor shalt thou gather the ears that remain.

Nearby Context

Leviticus 19:7 If after two days any man eat thereof, he shall be profane and guilty of impiety:

Leviticus 19:8 And shall bear his iniquity, because he hath defiled the holy thing of the Lord. And that soul shall perish from among his people.

Leviticus 19:9 When thou reapest the corn of thy land, thou shalt not cut down all that is on the face of the earth to the very ground: nor shalt thou gather the ears that remain.

Leviticus 19:10 Neither shalt thou gather the bunches and grapes that fall down in thy vineyard: but shalt leave them to the poor and the strangers to take. I am the Lord your God.

Leviticus 19:11 You shall not steal. You shall not lie: neither shall any man deceive his neighbour.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "thou", "reapest", "corn", "land", "shalt", "down", and "face". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "thou" and "reapest", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 8's "And shall bear his iniquity because he..." into verse 10's "Neither shalt thou gather the bunches and...", so "thou" and "reapest" 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 "thou" and "reapest" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.