Bible Strands
Deuteronomy 23:24
When you enter your neighbor’s vineyard, you may eat your fill of grapes, but you must not put any in your basket.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Moses addresses the covenant community of Israel on the plains of Moab, delivering legal stipulations for daily conduct before they cross the Jordan.
The words — `תָבֹא (ta.Vo')` literally means "you will go" or "enter," and `שָׂבְעֶ/ךָ (sa.ve.'E./kha)` translates to "your satiety" or "your fill."
The thread — This boundary between permitted need and prohibited accumulation resurfaces in 1 Corinthians 10:26, which grounds human provision in divine ownership, and informs the New Testament directives to practice hospitality in Romans 12:13 and maintain contentment in Hebrews 13:5.
Why it lands — The text explicitly permits eating grapes to satisfaction upon entering a neighbor's vineyard while forbidding the collection of surplus into a basket. A reader must apply this restraint by treating access to another's labor as temporary sustenance rather than a basis for personal accumulation.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
When thou comest into thy neighbour’s vineyard, then thou mayest eat grapes thy fill at thine own pleasure; but thou shalt not put any in thy vessel.
Cross-references
- 1 Corinthians 10:26 for, “The earth is the Lord’s, and the fullness thereof.”
- Romans 12:13 Share with the saints who are in need. Practice hospitality.
- Hebrews 13:5 Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, for God has said: “Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you.”