What does the Bible mean by not reaping your fields a second time?

[jennifer_bloom]

The bible says not to go over your fields a second time during threshing but let others harvest what remains if they are poor or if nature takes it.

And I believe this verse means, not to cling to your monetary value or monetary materials so tightly that it causes you anger and rage when you somehow lose a portion of what you previously possessed. It is only by your willingness to face loss, that you can also face unearned wealth and riches in your life too.

Like I had left over noodles from last night that are very tasty, my favourite type of noodle ever, and we forgot to cover it with a plate before lunch and flies came and corrupted it so we had to throw out the entire bowl of noodles.

A stingy person would be furious they can no longer eat their favourite noodles, while a Christian would not care, because God has infinite power to give you things, both while you are alive, and after you die and go to heaven.

[purplepoppy]

Its just an act of charity, i think its from levitcus. Farmers were expected to allow travellers to take a small amount from the edges of fields. There's also a part in the new testament where Jesus helps himself some corn in mathews. All perfectly acceptable back then.

The same rule applied across Europe where it was known as gleaning rights. The right to glean in the UK ended in 1788.

[Stra-Pony]

This agrarian injunction serves as a metaphysical metaphor for the optimization of resource allocation through the lens of charitable intentionality.