Yale Literary Magazine, Vol. 82: February, 1917 (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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Excerpt from Yale Literary Magazine, Vol. 82: February, 1917

Leviticus, between a regulation regarding peace Offerings and a commandment against stealing and lying, occurs the fol lowing passage: And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the gleanings of thy harvest. And thou shalt not glean thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather every grape of thy vineyard; thou shalt leave them for the poor and stranger; I am the Lord your God. A further study Of the code leads us to the conclusion that it was not the support Of the poor and stranger 'but the effect on the chosen people them selves which primarily interested the divine lawgiver and we are driven to inquire why he should have urged this apparent incompleteness - this doctrine which seems so directly Opposed to our favorite worship of efficiency. No one can read of the construction of the tabernacle and suppose that perfection of detail was a matter of indifference to the Children of Israel. No one can give the greatness of Moses the attention which so exalted a statesman deserves and not be aware that he was not only a man of high spiritual vision but of immense practical capability. That cool and careful assembly must have been conscious Of the economic wastefulness of having the corners Of the field unreaped, the vineyards ungleaned and of the fact.

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