Deuteronomy 23:24 meaning and explanation

When you enter your neighbor’s vineyard, you may eat your fill of grapes, but you must not put any in your basket.

Deuteronomy 23:24, Berean Standard Bible

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Moses is speaking to Israel as they prepare to enter the land, setting out laws for ordinary life together. This verse permits a traveler or worker to eat freely from a neighbor's vineyard, a kindness in a subsistence economy, while forbidding the basket that would turn a meal into a harvest.

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