Leviticus 19:9-11

Cp. Leviticus 23:22. The law of gleaning: a portion of the produce of the soil is to be left for the poor. A similar law is found in Deuteronomy 24:19-21. The word translated - the fallen fruit" (-every grape," A.V.) occurs only here in O.T., but is of common occurrence in Mishnaic Heb. to denote a particularobject as distinguished from the generalname of the class to which it belongs. The traditional interpretation is that the grapes were to be gathered in bunches, but a single grape was to be left, as well as those that fell to the ground during the gathering. The law is expressed in 2nd pers. sing. and in Leviticus 23:22.