Leviticus 19:9 (GNV)

Passage

When yee reape the haruest of your land, ye shall not reape euery corner of your field, neither shalt thou gather the glainings of thy haruest.

Nearby Context

Leviticus 19:7 For if it be eaten the third day, it shall be vncleane, it shall not be accepted.

Leviticus 19:8 Therefore he that eateth it, shall beare his iniquitie, because he hath defiled the halowed thing of the Lord, and that person shalbe cut off from his people.

Leviticus 19:9 When yee reape the haruest of your land, ye shall not reape euery corner of your field, neither shalt thou gather the glainings of thy haruest.

Leviticus 19:10 Thou shalt not gather the grapes of thy vineyarde cleane, neyther gather euery grape of thy vineyarde, but thou shalt leaue them for the poore and for the straunger: I am the Lord your God.

Leviticus 19:11 Ye shall not steale, neither deale falsely, neither lie one to another.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "reape", "haruest", "land", "shall", "euery", "corner", and "field". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "reape" and "haruest", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 8's "Therefore he that eateth it shall beare..." into verse 10's "Thou shalt not gather the grapes of...", so "reape" and "haruest" 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 "reape" and "haruest" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.