Leviticus 19:9 (YLT)

Passage

`And in your reaping the harvest of your land ye do not completely reap the corner of thy field, and the gleaning of thy harvest thou dost not gather,

Nearby Context

Leviticus 19:7 and if it be really eaten on the third day, it <FI>is<Fi> an abomination, it is not pleasing,

Leviticus 19:8 and he who is eating it his iniquity doth bear, for the holy thing of Jehovah he hath polluted, and that person hath been cut off from his people.

Leviticus 19:9 `And in your reaping the harvest of your land ye do not completely reap the corner of thy field, and the gleaning of thy harvest thou dost not gather,

Leviticus 19:10 and thy vineyard thou dost not glean, even the omitted part of thy vineyard thou dost not gather, to the poor and to the sojourner thou dost leave them; I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah your God.

Leviticus 19:11 `Ye do not steal, nor feign, nor lie one against his fellow.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "reaping", "harvest", "land", "completely", "corner", "field", and "gleaning". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "reaping" 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 who is eating it his..." into verse 10's "and thy vineyard thou dost not glean...", so "reaping" 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 "reaping" and "harvest" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.