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[Roy Johnson <royj157@gmail.com>]

Yes, there was a rule pretty much not to harvest 100% of your fields.  We are probably well advised to do likewise now a days, though it is harder for poor folks to get to the farms now.

People used to live near the crops, but now, it would be a three hour drive from Tacoma to Yakima in order to 'glean' a few apples.

Guess that is the sign of progress.

On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 11:43 AM, Naomi Counides <naomi@oznayim.us> wrote:

Keeping in mind that these trees were young and not bearing heavily and that the poor could glean the fruit.  And there were laws about not harvesting the corners of the fields or gathering the gleanings but to leave those for the poor..  I guess you could call it the biblical food stamp program.

Naomi

 

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From: nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Steven & Barbara Landau
Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 2010 11:30 AM
To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: [NAFEX] Bible Comments on Fruit Trees

 

I know this is non-scientifc, but I was sitting in a service last weekend being bored.  There was a well indexed bible and looked up passages on fruit, agriculture, etc.   Is there any scientific backing to this passage?

"When you come into the land and plant any kind of tree for food, then you shall regard its fruit as forbidden.^b Three years it shall be forbidden to you; it must not be eaten. 24And in the fourth year all its fruit shall be holy, an offering of praise to the Lord. 25But in the fifth year you may eat of its fruit, to increase its yield for you"    Leviticus 19:23

Any reason to leave the fruit on the ground for the first few years?

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Steven

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