Deuteronomy 24:20 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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. ”

• Deuteronomy 24:20 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Compare the marginal references. The motive assigned for these various acts of consideration is one and the same Deuteronomy 24:18 , Deuteronomy 24:22 .

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• Deuteronomy 24:20 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Laws in the interest of the sojourner (see Deuteronomy 1:16 *), the orphan (EV, fatherless because the motherless orphan would be seen to by the father), and the widow ( Deuteronomy 10:18 *), clas...

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• Deuteronomy 24:20 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

  DISCOURSE: 216 GLEANING, A DIVINE ORDINANCE Deuteronomy 24:19-22 . When thou cuttest down thine harvest in thy field, and hast forgot a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go again to fetch it: i...

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• Deuteronomy 24:20 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  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.

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• Deuteronomy 24:20 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  When thou cuttest down thine harvest in thy field, and hast forgot a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go again to fetch it: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow:...

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• Deuteronomy 24:20 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  Laws regarding Divorce, Pledges, Man-stealing, Leprosy, Justice, and Gleaning 1-4. The Law of Divorce. The right of the husband to divorce his wife is here acknowledged but is guarded against abus...

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• Deuteronomy 24:20 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  (17-22) The stranger, the fatherless, and the widow — are the subject of all the laws in these verses. For the first two ( Deuteronomy 24:17-18 ), see Exodus 22:22-24 . As to the harvest, see Lev...

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• Deuteronomy 24:20 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  LAWS OF KINDNESS WITH the commands we now have to consider, we leave altogether the region of strict law, and enter entirely upon that of aspiration and of feeling. Kindness, by its very nature, e...

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• Deuteronomy 24:20 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  All these are additional arguments, to manifest the tender mercies of the LORD. We have a beautiful example, of obedience to these precepts in the instance of Boaz. And, as in that instance, we have...

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• Deuteronomy 24:20 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  When thou beatest thine olive tree ,.... With sticks and staves, to get off the olives when ripe: thou shall not go over the boughs again ; to beat off some few that may remain; they were not nice...

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• Deuteronomy 24:20 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  It shall be for the stranger Moses here exhorts them to be mindful of those provisions made for the poor by this law, ( Leviticus 19:9-10 ; Leviticus 23:22 ,) wherein they are ordered not to be ov...

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• Deuteronomy 24:20 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  DIVORCE AND REMARRIAGE (vs.1-4) Under law there were cases such as often arise similarly at any time. A man may marry a woman and afterwards be thoroughly dissatisfied with her. This is a warning...

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• Deuteronomy 24:20 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Justice and Generosity. B. C. 1451.       14 Thou shalt not oppress a hired servant that is...

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• Deuteronomy 24:20 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  When thou beatest thine olive tree with staves, as they used to do to fetch down the olives.

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• Deuteronomy 24:20 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  The Gleanings Must Be Left For The Poor ( Deuteronomy 24:19-22 ). One of Yahweh's means of ensuring provision for the poor in the land would be that Israelite farmers out of their prosperity were...

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• Deuteronomy 24:20 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL Notes .—In this chapter certain duties social and domestic are chosen to illustrate the general application of the law. Deuteronomy 24:1-5 . Relation of man and wife. Divorce. The verse...

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• Deuteronomy 24:20 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Deuteronomy 24:1 . Some uncleanness; not adultery, but leprosy, secret infirmities, or insupportable wickedness. Moses, says our Saviour; because of the hardness of your hearts, suffered you to pu...

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• Deuteronomy 24:20 - The Biblical Illustrator

  It shall be for the stranger. Care for others This beautiful passage speaks of the harvest, of the olive, and of the grape. You say, “Well, I am not a farmer, I know nothing of the harvest. Oli...

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• Deuteronomy 24:20 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION LAWS RESPECTING DIVORCE , AGAINST MAN - STEALING AND INJUSTICE . Deuteronomy 24:1-5 Of divorce . If a man put away his wife because she did not any longer please...

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• Deuteronomy 24:20 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Kindness Toward the Poor and Needy

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• Deuteronomy 24:20 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Deuteronomy 24:20

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