Deuteronomy 24:20 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

²⁰ Yet so, that they exceed not the number of forty: lest thy brother depart shamefully torn before thy eyes.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁰ When thou beatest thine olive tree, thou shalt not go over the boughs again: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁰ When you beat your olive tree, do not go over the boughs again; the leavings shall be for the stranger and the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁰ When thou beatest thine olive-tree, thou shalt not go over the boughs again: it shall be for the sojourner, for the fatherless, and for the widow.

Common English Bible

²⁰ Similarly, when you beat the olives off your olive trees, don’t go back over them twice. Let the leftovers go to the immigrants, the orphans, and the widows.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁰ If you have gathered the fruit of your olive trees, you shall not return in order to gather whatever may remain on the trees. Instead, you shall leave it behind for the new arrival, the orphan, and the widow.

Deuteronomy 24:20 Cross References

Leviticus 19:10

5 Thou shalt not do that which is unjust, nor judge unjustly. Respect not the person of the poor, nor honour the countenance of the mighty. But judge thy neighbour according to justice.

Leviticus 19:9

4 Thou shalt not speak evil of the deaf, nor put a stumblingblock before the blind: but thou shalt fear the Lord thy God, because I am the Lord.

Deuteronomy 24:19

And if they see that the offender be worthy of stripes: they shall lay him down, and shall cause him to be beaten before them. According to the measure of the sin shall the measure also of the stripes be:

Deuteronomy 24:21

Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth out thy corn on the floor.