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10 You must not pick your vineyard bare,[a] and you must not gather up the fallen grapes of your vineyard. You must leave them for the poor and the resident foreigner.[b] I am the Lord your God.

Dealing Honestly

11 “‘You must not steal, you must not tell lies, and you must not deal falsely with your fellow citizen.[c] 12 You must not swear falsely[d] in my name, so that you do not profane[e] the name of your God. I am the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 19:10 tn Heb “And you shall not deal severely with your vineyard.”
  2. Leviticus 19:10 sn On the Hebrew ger (גֵּר) “resident foreigner” see notes at Exod 12:19 and Deut 29:11. On the privilege of gleaning see also Lev 23:22; Deut 14:29; 24:19-21.
  3. Leviticus 19:11 tn Heb “you shall not deal falsely a man with his fellow citizen.”
  4. Leviticus 19:12 tn Heb “And you shall not swear to the falsehood.”
  5. Leviticus 19:12 tn Heb “and you shall not profane”; NAB “thus profaning.”