Leviticus 19:9-10 KJV

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 19:9-10

The law of kindness is a necessary complement to the other laws, to make up the perfect character. A stern, just man is not the Christian ideal. The mercy and loving-kindness of God must be our model, as well as his other qualities. "The quality of mercy … is twice blessed: It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes." The man who leaves something for others that he might have taken for himself, such as the gleanings of his field, rises from the level of justice to that of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 19:9-14

Kindliness. In the earlier portion of this chapter purity of worship, with its associated reverence for the authority of God, in his representatives, viz. natural parents, and his institutions, as the sabbath, are enjoined. In the verses following our duties towards our fellows come more prominently before us, and in the text that class of those duties whose spirit is kindliness. Charity is sister to piety. We have here enjoined— I. A GENEROUS CONSIDERATION FOR THE POOR . ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 19:9-34

Considerateness. We gather from these verse— I. THAT THE FEAR OF GOD WILL SURELY LEAD TO THE LOVE OF MAN . That piety which begins and ends in acts of devotion is one that may be reasonably suspected: it is not of the scriptural order. True piety is in consulting the will of the heavenly Father ( Matthew 7:21 ), and his will is that we should love and be kind to one another ( Ephesians 4:32 ). Philanthropy is a word which may not have its synonym in the... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Leviticus 19:9-10

See Deuteronomy 24:19-21. “Grape” signifies fallen fruit of any kind; and “vineyard” a fruit garden of any kind. Compare Deuteronomy 23:24.The poor - is the poor Israelite - “the stranger” is properly the foreigner, who could possess no land of his own in the land of Israel. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Leviticus 19:9-10

Leviticus 19:9-10. Thou shalt not gather the gleanings of thy harvest They were not to be exact in carrying all off, but were to leave some part to be gleaned and reaped by their poor neighbours, whether Israelites or Gentiles. And thou shall not glean thy vineyard When they had cut off the great bunches, they were not to examine the vine over again for the scattered grapes or small clusters, but leave them for the poor and stranger. Strangers are joined with the poor, because they... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Leviticus 19:1-37

Miscellaneous matters (19:1-37)Probably the miscellaneous laws collected here were decisions or warnings given by Moses in cases where there was some doubt about what was right or wrong. Often all that was needed was a reminder of existing laws; for example, those concerning respect for parents, Sabbath-keeping, worship of idols and eating of sacrificial food (19:1-8).When harvesting, farmers were always to leave something for the poor (9-10). Employers had to pay wages promptly, and judges had... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Leviticus 19:9

GLEANINGS . (Compare Ruth 2:14-16 .) read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Leviticus 19:9

Leviticus 19:9. When ye reap the harvest of your land— Those who consider this humane law, and several others of the same sort in the Mosaic dispensation, will evidently discern that the great Author of them endeavoured to inculcate a high spirit of humanity and benevolence; and consequently that those professors of this law, who acted upon narrow and selfish principles, as much mistook its genius, as they did discredit to the Divine Lawgiver, even that Lord God, who, in rich bounty, giving... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Leviticus 19:9

9, 10. And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field—The right of the poor in Israel to glean after reapers, as well as to the unreaped corners of the field, was secured by a positive statute; and this, in addition to other enactments connected with the ceremonial law, formed a beneficial provision for their support. At the same time, proprietors were not obliged to admit them into the field until the grain had been carried off the field; and... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Leviticus 19:1-10

Respect for parents and Sabbath observance (Leviticus 19:3) were the foundations for moral government and social wellbeing respectively. Compare the fourth and fifth commandments.Idolatry and image making (Leviticus 19:4) broke the first and second commandments. This verse recalls the golden calf incident (Exodus 32).Regarding the sacrifices, the main expression of worship, as holy (Leviticus 19:5-8), revealed true loyalty to God contrasted with the idolatry of Leviticus 19:4.The preceding... read more