1 When a man taketh a wife, and marrieth her, then it shall be, if she find no favor in his eyes, because he hath found some unseemly thing in her, that he shall write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- When a man H376 (אִישׁ) — a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
- hath taken H3947 (לָקַח) — to take (in the widest variety of applications)
- a wife H802 (אִשָּׁה) — a woman
- and married H1166 (בָּעַל) — to be master; hence, to marry
- her, and it come to pass that she find H4672 (מָצָא) — properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
- no favour H2580 (חֵן) — graciousness, i.e. subjective (kindness, favor) or objective (beauty)
- in his eyes H5869 (עַיִן) — an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
- because he hath found H4672 (מָצָא) — properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
- some H1697 (דָּבָר) — a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
- uncleanness H6172 (עֶרְוָה) — nudity, literally (especially the pudenda) or figuratively (disgrace, blemish)
- in her: then let him write H3789 (כָּתַב) — to grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe)
- her a bill H5612 (סֵפֶר) — properly, writing (the art or a document); by implication, a book
- of divorcement H3748 (כְּרִיתוּת) — a cutting (of the matrimonial bond), i.e. divorce
- and give H5414 (נָתַן) — to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
- in her hand H3027 (יָד) — a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from 3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of a…
- and send H7971 (שָׁלַח) — to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
- her out of his house H1004 (בַּיִת) — a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
2 And when she is departed out of his house, she may go and be another man’s wife.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- And when she is departed out H3318 (יָצָא) — to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.
- of his house H1004 (בַּיִת) — a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
- she may go H1980 (הָלַךְ) — to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
- and be another H312 (אַחֵר) — properly, hinder; generally, next, other, etc.
- man’s H376 (אִישׁ) — a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
3 And if the latter husband hate her, and write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house; or if the latter husband die, who took her to be his wife;Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- the latter H314 (אַחֲרוֹן) — hinder; generally, late or last; specifically (as facing the east) western
- husband H376 (אִישׁ) — a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
- hate H8130 (שָׂנֵא) — to hate (personally)
- her, and write H3789 (כָּתַב) — to grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe)
- her a bill H5612 (סֵפֶר) — properly, writing (the art or a document); by implication, a book
- of divorcement H3748 (כְּרִיתוּת) — a cutting (of the matrimonial bond), i.e. divorce
- and giveth H5414 (נָתַן) — to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
- in her hand H3027 (יָד) — a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from 3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of a…
- and sendeth H7971 (שָׁלַח) — to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
- her out of his house H1004 (בַּיִת) — a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
- or if the latter H314 (אַחֲרוֹן) — hinder; generally, late or last; specifically (as facing the east) western
- die H4191 (מוּת) — to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
- which took H3947 (לָקַח) — to take (in the widest variety of applications)
- his wife H802 (אִשָּׁה) — a woman
4 her former husband, who sent her away, may not take her again to be his wife, after that she is defiled; for that is abomination before Jehovah: and thou shalt not cause the land to sin, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- Her former H7223 (רִאשׁוֹן) — first, in place, time or rank (as adjective or noun)
- husband H1167 (בַּעַל) — a master; hence, a husband, or (figuratively) owner (often used with another noun in modifications of this latter sense)
- which sent her away H7971 (שָׁלַח) — to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
- may H3201 (יָכֹל) — to be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might)
- not take H3947 (לָקַח) — to take (in the widest variety of applications)
- her again H7725 (שׁוּב) — to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally…
- to be his wife H802 (אִשָּׁה) — a woman
- after H310 (אַחַר) — properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
- that she is defiled H2930 (טָמֵא) — to be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral sense (contaminated)
- abomination H8441 (תּוֹעֵבַה) — properly, something disgusting (morally), i.e. (as noun) an abhorrence; especially idolatry or (concretely) an idol
- before H6440 (פָּנִים) — the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (befo…
- Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
- and thou shalt not cause the land H776 (אֶרֶץ) — the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
- to sin H2398 (חָטָא) — properly, to miss; hence (figuratively and generally) to sin; by inference, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, (causatively) lead astray, condemn
- which Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
- thy God H430 (אֱלֹהִים) — gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference…
- giveth H5414 (נָתַן) — to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
- an inheritance H5159 (נַחֲלָה) — properly, something inherited, i.e. (abstractly) occupancy, or (concretely) an heirloom; generally an estate, patrimony or portion
5 When a man taketh a new wife, he shall not go out in the host, neither shall he be charged with any business: he shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer his wife whom he hath taken.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- When a man H376 (אִישׁ) — a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
- hath taken H3947 (לָקַח) — to take (in the widest variety of applications)
- a new H2319 (חָדָשׁ) — new
- wife H802 (אִשָּׁה) — a woman
- he shall not go out H3318 (יָצָא) — to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.
- to war H6635 (צָבָא) — a mass of persons (or figuratively, things), especially reg. organized for war (an army); by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively (specifically, h…
- neither shall he be charged H5674 (עָבַר) — to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation…
- with any business H1697 (דָּבָר) — a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
- he shall be free H5355 (נָקִי) — innocent
- at home H1004 (בַּיִת) — a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
- one H259 (אֶחָד) — properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
- year H8141 (שָׁנֶה) — a year (as a revolution of time)
- and shall cheer up H8055 (שָׂמַח) — probably to brighten up, i.e. (figuratively) be (causatively, make) blithe or gleesome
- his wife H802 (אִשָּׁה) — a woman
- which he hath taken H3947 (לָקַח) — to take (in the widest variety of applications)
6 No man shall take the mill or the upper millstone to pledge; for he taketh a man’s life to pledge.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- No man shall take H2254 (חָבַל) — to wind tightly (as a rope), i.e. to bind; specifically, by a pledge; figuratively, to pervert, destroy; also to writhe in pain (especially of parturition)
- the nether H7347 (רֵחֶה) — a mill-stone
- or the upper millstone H7393 (רֶכֶב) — a vehicle; by implication, a team; by extension, cavalry; by analogy a rider, i.e. the upper millstone
- to pledge H2254 (חָבַל) — to wind tightly (as a rope), i.e. to bind; specifically, by a pledge; figuratively, to pervert, destroy; also to writhe in pain (especially of parturition)
- for he taketh H2254 (חָבַל) — to wind tightly (as a rope), i.e. to bind; specifically, by a pledge; figuratively, to pervert, destroy; also to writhe in pain (especially of parturition)
- life H5315 (נֶפֶשׁ) — properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
7 If a man be found stealing any of his brethren of the children of Israel, and he deal with him as a slave, or sell him; then that thief shall die: so shalt thou put away the evil from the midst of thee.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- If a man H376 (אִישׁ) — a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
- be found H4672 (מָצָא) — properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
- stealing H1589 (גָּנַב) — to thieve (literally or figuratively); by implication, to deceive
- any H5315 (נֶפֶשׁ) — properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
- of his brethren H251 (אָח) — a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance [like 1])
- of the children H1121 (בֵּן) — a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition,…
- of Israel H3478 (יִשְׂרָאֵל) — he will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
- and maketh merchandise H6014 (עָמַר) — properly, apparently to heap; figuratively, to chastise (as if piling blows); to gather grain
- of him, or selleth H4376 (מָכַר) — to sell, literally (as merchandise, a daughter in marriage, into slavery), or figuratively (to surrender)
- him; then that thief H1590 (גַּנָּב) — a stealer
- shall die H4191 (מוּת) — to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
- and thou shalt put H1197 (בָּעַר) — to kindle, i.e. consume (by fire or by eating); to be (-come) brutish
- evil H7451 (רַע) — bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
- away H1197 (בָּעַר) — to kindle, i.e. consume (by fire or by eating); to be (-come) brutish
- from among H7130 (קֶרֶב) — properly, the nearest part, i.e. the center, whether literal, figurative or adverbial (especially with preposition)
8 Take heed in the plague of leprosy, that thou observe diligently, and do according to all that the priests the Levites shall teach you: as I commanded them, so ye shall observe to do.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- Take heed H8104 (שָׁמַר) — properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
- in the plague H5061 (נֶגַע) — a blow (figuratively, infliction); also (by implication) a spot (concretely, a leprous person or dress)
- of leprosy H6883 (צָרַעַת) — leprosy
- that thou observe H8104 (שָׁמַר) — properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
- diligently H3966 (מְאֹד) — properly, vehemence, i.e. (with or without preposition) vehemently; by implication, wholly, speedily, etc. (often with other words as an intensive or superlativ…
- and do H6213 (עָשָׂה) — to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
- according to all that the priests H3548 (כֹּהֵן) — literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)
- the Levites H3881 (לֵוִיִּי) — a Levite or descendant of Levi
- shall teach H3384 (יָרָה) — properly, to flow as water (i.e. to rain); transitively, to lay or throw (especially an arrow, i.e. to shoot); figuratively, to point out (as if by aiming the f…
- you: as I commanded H6680 (צָוָה) — (intensively) to constitute, enjoin
- ye shall observe H8104 (שָׁמַר) — properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
- to do H6213 (עָשָׂה) — to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
9 Remember what Jehovah thy God did unto Miriam, by the way as ye came forth out of Egypt.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- Remember H2142 (זָכַר) — properly, to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e. to remember; by implication, to mention; to be male
- what Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
- thy God H430 (אֱלֹהִים) — gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference…
- did H6213 (עָשָׂה) — to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
- unto Miriam H4813 (מִרְיָם) — Mirjam, the name of two Israelitesses
- by the way H1870 (דֶּרֶךְ) — a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
- after that ye were come forth H3318 (יָצָא) — to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.
- out of Egypt H4714 (מִצְרַיִם) — Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt
10 When thou dost lend thy neighbor any manner of loan, thou shalt not go into his house to fetch his pledge.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- When thou dost lend H5383 (נָשָׁה) — to lend or (by reciprocity) borrow on security or interest
- thy brother H7453 (רֵעַ) — an associate (more or less close)
- any H3972 (מְאוּמָה) — properly, a speck or point, i.e. (by implication) something; with negative, nothing
- thing H4859 (מַשָּׁאָה) — a loan
- thou shalt not go H935 (בּוֹא) — to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
- into his house H1004 (בַּיִת) — a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
- to fetch H5670 (עָבַט) — to pawn; causatively, to lend (on security); figuratively, to entangle
- his pledge H5667 (עֲבוֹט) — a pawn
11 Thou shalt stand without, and the man to whom thou dost lend shall bring forth the pledge without unto thee.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- Thou shalt stand H5975 (עָמַד) — to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
- abroad H2351 (חוּץ) — properly, separate by a wall, i.e. outside, outdoors
- and the man H376 (אִישׁ) — a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
- to whom thou dost lend H5383 (נָשָׁה) — to lend or (by reciprocity) borrow on security or interest
- shall bring out H3318 (יָצָא) — to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.
- the pledge H5667 (עֲבוֹט) — a pawn
12 And if he be a poor man, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge;Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- And if the man H376 (אִישׁ) — a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
- poor H6041 (עָנִי) — depressed, in mind or circumstances
- thou shalt not sleep H7901 (שָׁכַב) — to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose)
- with his pledge H5667 (עֲבוֹט) — a pawn
13 thou shalt surely restore to him the pledge when the sun goeth down, that he may sleep in his garment, and bless thee: and it shall be righteousness unto thee before Jehovah thy God.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- In any case H7725 (שׁוּב) — to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally…
- thou shalt deliver H7725 (שׁוּב) — to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally…
- him the pledge H5667 (עֲבוֹט) — a pawn
- again H7725 (שׁוּב) — to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally…
- when the sun H8121 (שֶׁמֶשׁ) — the sun; by implication, the east; figuratively, a ray, i.e. (architectural) a notched battlement
- goeth down H935 (בּוֹא) — to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
- that he may sleep H7901 (שָׁכַב) — to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose)
- in his own raiment H8008 (שַׂלְמָה) — a dress
- and bless H1288 (בָּרַךְ) — to kneel; by implication to bless God (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (God or the king, as treason)
- thee: and it shall be righteousness H6666 (צְדָקָה) — rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity)
- unto thee before H6440 (פָּנִים) — the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (befo…
- Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
- thy God H430 (אֱלֹהִים) — gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference…
14 Thou shalt not oppress a hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy sojourners that are in thy land within thy gates:Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- Thou shalt not oppress H6231 (עָשַׁק) — to press upon, i.e. oppress, defraud, violate, overflow
- an hired servant H7916 (שָׂכִיר) — a man at wages by the day or year
- poor H6041 (עָנִי) — depressed, in mind or circumstances
- and needy H34 (אֶבְיוֹן) — destitute
- of thy brethren H251 (אָח) — a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance [like 1])
- or of thy strangers H1616 (גֵּר) — properly, a guest; by implication, a foreigner
- in thy land H776 (אֶרֶץ) — the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
- within thy gates H8179 (שַׁעַר) — an opening, i.e. door or gate
15 in his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it (for he is poor, and setteth his heart upon it); lest he cry against thee unto Jehovah, and it be sin unto thee.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- At his day H3117 (יוֹם) — a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated ter…
- thou shalt give H5414 (נָתַן) — to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
- his hire H7939 (שָׂכָר) — payment of contract; concretely, salary, fare, maintenance; by implication, compensation, benefit
- neither shall the sun H8121 (שֶׁמֶשׁ) — the sun; by implication, the east; figuratively, a ray, i.e. (architectural) a notched battlement
- go down H935 (בּוֹא) — to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
- poor H6041 (עָנִי) — depressed, in mind or circumstances
- and setteth H5375 (נָשָׂא) — to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
- his heart H5315 (נֶפֶשׁ) — properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
- upon it: lest he cry H7121 (קָרָא) — to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
- against thee unto Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
- and it be sin H2399 (חֵטְא) — a crime or its penalty
16 The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be put to death for his own sin.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- The fathers H1 (אָב) — father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
- shall not be put to death H4191 (מוּת) — to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
- for the children H1121 (בֵּן) — a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition,…
- neither shall the children H1121 (בֵּן) — a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition,…
- be put to death H4191 (מוּת) — to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
- for the fathers H1 (אָב) — father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
- every man H376 (אִישׁ) — a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
- shall be put to death H4191 (מוּת) — to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
- for his own sin H2399 (חֵטְא) — a crime or its penalty
17 Thou shalt not wrest the justice due to the sojourner, or to the fatherless, nor take the widow’s raiment to pledge;Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- Thou shalt not pervert H5186 (נָטָה) — to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application (as follows)
- the judgment H4941 (מִשְׁפָּט) — properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or…
- of the stranger H1616 (גֵּר) — properly, a guest; by implication, a foreigner
- of the fatherless H3490 (יָתוֹם) — a bereaved person
- nor take H2254 (חָבַל) — to wind tightly (as a rope), i.e. to bind; specifically, by a pledge; figuratively, to pervert, destroy; also to writhe in pain (especially of parturition)
- a widow’s H490 (אַלְמָנָה) — a widow; also a desolate place
- raiment H899 (בֶּגֶד) — a covering, i.e. clothing; also treachery or pillage
- to pledge H2254 (חָבַל) — to wind tightly (as a rope), i.e. to bind; specifically, by a pledge; figuratively, to pervert, destroy; also to writhe in pain (especially of parturition)
18 but thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt, and Jehovah thy God redeemed thee thence: therefore I command thee to do this thing.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- But thou shalt remember H2142 (זָכַר) — properly, to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e. to remember; by implication, to mention; to be male
- that thou wast a bondman H5650 (עֶבֶד) — a servant
- in Egypt H4714 (מִצְרַיִם) — Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt
- And Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
- thy God H430 (אֱלֹהִים) — gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference…
- redeemed H6299 (פָּדָה) — to sever, i.e. ransom; generally to release, preserve
- thee thence: therefore I command H6680 (צָוָה) — (intensively) to constitute, enjoin
- thee to do H6213 (עָשָׂה) — to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
- this thing H1697 (דָּבָר) — a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
19 When thou reapest thy 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 sojourner, for the fatherless, and for the widow; that Jehovah thy God may bless thee in all the work of thy hands.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- When thou cuttest down H7114 (קָצַר) — to dock off, i.e. curtail (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative); especially to harvest (grass or grain)
- thine harvest H7105 (קָצִיר) — severed, i.e. harvest (as reaped), the crop, the time, the reaper, or figuratively; also a limb (of a tree, or simply foliage)
- in thy field H7704 (שָׂדֶה) — a field (as flat)
- and hast forgot H7911 (שָׁכַח) — to mislay, i.e. to be oblivious of, from want of memory or attention
- a sheaf H6016 (עֹמֶר) — properly, a heap, i.e. a sheaf; also an omer, as a dry measure
- in the field H7704 (שָׂדֶה) — a field (as flat)
- thou shalt not go again H7725 (שׁוּב) — to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally…
- to fetch H3947 (לָקַח) — to take (in the widest variety of applications)
- it: it shall be for the stranger H1616 (גֵּר) — properly, a guest; by implication, a foreigner
- for the fatherless H3490 (יָתוֹם) — a bereaved person
- and for the widow H490 (אַלְמָנָה) — a widow; also a desolate place
- that Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
- thy God H430 (אֱלֹהִים) — gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference…
- may bless H1288 (בָּרַךְ) — to kneel; by implication to bless God (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (God or the king, as treason)
- thee in all the work H4639 (מַעֲשֶׂה) — an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property
- of thine hands H3027 (יָד) — a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from 3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of a…
20 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.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- When thou beatest H2251 (חָבַט) — to knock out or off
- thine olive tree H2132 (זַיִת) — an olive (as yielding illuminating oil), the tree, the branch or the berry
- thou shalt not go over the boughs H6286 (פָּאַר) — to gleam, i.e. (causatively) embellish; figuratively, to boast; also to explain (i.e. make clear) oneself; to shake a tree
- again H310 (אַחַר) — properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
- it shall be for the stranger H1616 (גֵּר) — properly, a guest; by implication, a foreigner
- for the fatherless H3490 (יָתוֹם) — a bereaved person
- and for the widow H490 (אַלְמָנָה) — a widow; also a desolate place
21 When thou gatherest the grapes of thy vineyard, thou shalt not glean it after thee: it shall be for the sojourner, for the fatherless, and for the widow.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- When thou gatherest H1219 (בָּצַר) — to gather grapes; also to be isolated (i.e. inaccessible by height or fortification)
- the grapes of thy vineyard H3754 (כֶּרֶם) — a garden or vineyard
- thou shalt not glean H5953 (עָלַל) — to effect thoroughly; specifically, to glean (also figuratively); by implication (in a bad sense) to overdo, i.e. maltreat, be saucy to, pain, impose (also lite…
- afterward H310 (אַחַר) — properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
- it shall be for the stranger H1616 (גֵּר) — properly, a guest; by implication, a foreigner
- for the fatherless H3490 (יָתוֹם) — a bereaved person
- and for the widow H490 (אַלְמָנָה) — a widow; also a desolate place
22 And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt: therefore I command thee to do this thing.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- And thou shalt remember H2142 (זָכַר) — properly, to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e. to remember; by implication, to mention; to be male
- that thou wast a bondman H5650 (עֶבֶד) — a servant
- in the land H776 (אֶרֶץ) — the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
- of Egypt H4714 (מִצְרַיִם) — Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt
- therefore I command H6680 (צָוָה) — (intensively) to constitute, enjoin
- thee to do H6213 (עָשָׂה) — to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
- this thing H1697 (דָּבָר) — a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause