Deuteronomy 23:24-25

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Deuteronomy 23:15-25

Orders are here given about five several things which have no relation one to another:? I. The land of Israel is here made a sanctuary, or city of refuge, for servants that were wronged and abused by their masters, and fled thither for shelter from the neighbouring countries, Deut. 23:15, 16. We cannot suppose that they were hereby obliged to give entertainment to all the unprincipled men that ran from service; Israel needed not (as Rome at first did) to be thus peopled. But, 1. They must not... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 23:24

When thou comest into thy neighbour's vineyard ,.... To take a walk in it for recreation, and to see how the vines flourish, and what sort of fruit and what quantity of it they bear; being invited thither by the owner, or occasionally passing that way stepped in, and even it may be on purpose to taste the fruits of the vine and quench thirst and satisfy appetite: then thou mayest eat grapes thy fill, at thine own pleasure ; as many as they would, till nature was satisfied: but thou... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 23:25

When thou comest into the standing corn of thy neighbour ,.... Passest through it to go to some other place, the road lying through it, as it often does through standing corn; so Christ and his disciples are said to go through the corn, Matthew 12:1 ; but Jarchi says this Scripture speaks of a workman also, and so the Targum of Jonathan,"when thou goest in to take thine hire according to work in thy neighbour's standing corn;'but the other sense is best, and is confirmed and illustrated by... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 23:24

Thou shalt not put any in thy vessel - Thou shalt carry none away with thee. The old English proverb, Eat thy fill but pocket none, seems to have been founded on this law. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 23:25

Thou mayest pluck the ears with thine hand - It was on the permission granted by this law that the disciples plucked the ears of corn, as related Matthew 12:1 . This was both a considerate and humane law, and is no dishonor to the Jewish code. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 23:24

Verse 24 Since God here concedes a great indulgence to the poor, some restrict it to the laborers in the harvest and vintage, (142) as if He permitted them to pluck the ears of corn and grapes with their hands for food alone, and not to carry away. I have no doubt, however, that it refers to all persons, and that no greater license is given than humanity demands. For we must not strain the words too precisely, but look to the intention of the Lawgiver. God forbids men to introduce a sickle into... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 23:17-25

Money-making must be above suspicion. We have in these verses an excellent lesson upon mercantile morality. There are too many people in this world who are not at all particular how money is made, if only it be made. "The wages of iniquity" are as welcome to them as to Balaam. But it is plain from these verses that the Lord does regard the way money is won, and will not handle what has come licentiously himself, nor give any countenance to his people in doing so. I. MONEY MADE BY ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 23:19-25

Certain civil rights and duties are here prescribed. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 23:24-25

In the vineyard or cornfield of a neighbor they might eat to appease hunger, but no store of grapes or of grain might be carried away. At thine own pleasure ; literally, according to thy soul , i . e . desire or appetite (cf. Deuteronomy 14:26 ). Pluck the ears with thine hand (cf. Matthew 12:1 ; Luke 6:1 ). Among the Arabs of the present day the right of a hungry person to pluck ears of corn in a field and eat the grains is still recognized (Robinson, 'Bib. Res.,' 2:192;... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 23:24-25

Kindliness to neighbors a duty of the holders of property. This is a very instructive precept. "In vine-growing countries grapes are amazingly cheap; and we need not wonder, therefore, that all within the reach of a passenger's arm were free. The quantity plucked was a loss never felt by the proprietor, and it was a kindly privilege afforded to the poor and wayfaring man" (Jameson). "Thou mayest take for necessity, not for superfluity" (Trapp). HOMILIES BY J. ORR read more

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