"Whenyou reapyour harvestin your fieldand have forgottena sheafin the field,you shall not gobackto getit; it shall be for the alien,for the orphan,and for the widow,in orderthat the LORDyour Godmay blessyou in allthe workof your hands.
The LORDblessedthe latter[days] of Jobmorethanhis beginning;and he had14000sheepand 6,000camelsand 1,000yokeof oxenand 1,000femaledonkeys.
He has givenfreelyto the poor,His righteousnessenduresforever;His hornwill be exaltedin honor.
He who despiseshis neighborsins,But happyis he who is graciousto the poor.
One who is graciousto a poormanlendsto the LORD,And He will repayhim for his gooddeed.
But the noblemandevisesnobleplans;And by nobleplanshe stands.
When you reapthe harvestof your land,moreover, you shall not reapto the very cornersof your fieldnorgatherthe gleaningof your harvest;you are to leavethem for the needyand the alien.I am the LORDyour God.'"
"But loveyour enemies,and do good,and lend,expectingnothingin return;and your rewardwill be great,and you will be sonsof the Most High;for He Himselfis kindto ungratefuland evil[men].
"Give,and it will be givento you. They will pourinto your lapa goodmeasure--pressed down,shaken together,[and] running over.For by your standardof measureit will be measured to you in return."
"The Levite,becausehe hasnoportionor inheritanceamongyou, and the alien,the orphanand the widowwhoare in your town,shall comeand eatand be satisfied,in orderthat the LORDyour Godmay blessyou in allthe workof your handwhichyou do.
"You shall generouslygiveto him, and your heartshall not be grievedwhen you giveto him, becausefor thisthingthe LORDyour Godwill blessyou in allyour workand in allyour undertakings.
"But you shall rememberthat you were a slavein Egypt,and that the LORDyour Godredeemedyou from there;thereforeI am commandingyou to dothisthing.
"You shall saybeforethe LORDyour God,'I have removedthe sacred[portion] from [my] house,and alsohave givenit to the Leviteand the alien,the orphanand the widow,according to allYour commandmentswhichYou have commandedme; I have not transgressedor forgottenanyof Your commandments.
"Alsoyou shall purposelypullout for her [some grain] from the bundlesand leave[it] that she may glean,and do not rebukeher."
And Ruththe Moabitesssaidto Naomi,"Pleaselet me goto the fieldand gleanamong the earsof grainafterone in whosesightI may findfavor."And she saidto her, "Go,my daughter."
