Deuteronomy 24:20

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“When you beat the olives from your trees, you must not go over the branches again. What remains will be for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow.”

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BSBPD

“When you beat the olives from your trees, you must not go over the branches again. What remains will be for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“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.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“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.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“`When thou beatest thine olive, thou dost not examine the branch behind thee; to the sojourner, to the fatherless, and to the widow, it is.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Deuteronomy 24:20 — 1 related verse from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Leviticus 19:10You must not strip your vineyard bare or gather its fallen grapes. Leave them for the poor and the foreigner. I am the LORD your God.

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