The hired worker may eat from the unharvested crops where he works
Commandment 520Positive commandmentParashat Ki TetzeHiring
Scripture
"When you enter your neighbor's standing grain, then you may pluck the heads with your hand, but you shall not wield a sickle in your neighbor's standing grain.
Hebrew
כו כִּי תָבֹא בְּקָמַת רֵעֶךָ, וְקָטַפְתָּ מְלִילֹת בְּיָדֶךָ; וְחֶרְמֵשׁ לֹא תָנִיף, עַל קָמַת רֵעֶךָ. {ס}
Greek
(23:26) ἐὰν δὲ εἰσέλθῃς εἰς τὸν ἀμπελῶνα τοῦ πλησίον σου, φάγῃ σταφυλὴν ὅσον ψυχήν σου ἐμπλησθῆναι, εἰς δὲ ἄγγος οὐκ ἐμβαλεῖς.
Classification
- Parashah: Ki Tetze
- Mishneh Torah: Judgments — Hiring
Stated in
Enumeration and classification from BibleData. The Greek is the Septuagint reading of the same verse, carried by the source for comparison.