glean

The corners of fields were not to be reaped, and the sheaf accidentally left behind was not to be fetched away, according to the law of Moses (Lev. 19:9; 23:22; Deuteronomy 24:21). They were to be left for the poor to glean.

Similar laws were given regarding vineyards and oliveyards. (Compare Ruth 2:2.)

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