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# harvest, reap
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## Definition:
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The term “harvest” refers to the gather the ripe fruits, vegetables, seeds, or grains from the plants on which they were growing. The term “reap” means to harvest crops.
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* The harvest time normally happens at the end of a growing season.
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* The Israelites held a “Festival of Harvest” or “Festival of Ingathering” to celebrate the reaping of the food crops. God commanded them to offer the first fruits of these crops as a sacrifice to him.
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* In biblical times, reapers usually harvested crops by hand, either pulling up the plants or cutting them with a sharp cutting tool.
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## Translation Suggestions:
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* It is best to translate the concept with the word that is commonly used in the language to refer to the harvesting of crops.
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* The event of harvesting could be translated as, “time of gathering in” or “crop gathering time” or “fruit picking time.”
* The verb to “harvest” could be translated as, to “gather in” or to “pick up” or to “collect.”
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(See also: [firstfruits ](../other/firstfruit.md ), [festival ](../other/festival.md ), [good news ](../kt/goodnews.md ))
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## Bible References:
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* [1 Corinthians 09:9-11 ](rc://en/tn/help/1co/09/09 )
* [2 Samuel 21:7-9 ](rc://en/tn/help/2sa/21/07 )
* [Galatians 06:9-10 ](rc://en/tn/help/gal/06/09 )
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* [Isaiah 17:11 ](rc://en/tn/help/isa/17/11 )
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* [James 05:7-8 ](rc://en/tn/help/jas/05/07 )
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* [Leviticus 19:09 ](rc://en/tn/help/lev/19/09 )
* [Matthew 09:38 ](rc://en/tn/help/mat/09/38 )
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* [Ruth 01:22 ](rc://en/tn/help/rut/01/22 )
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* [Galatians 06:9-10 ](rc://en/tn/help/gal/06/09 )
* [Matthew 06:25-26 ](rc://en/tn/help/mat/06/25 )
* [Matthew 13:30 ](rc://en/tn/help/mat/13/30 )
* [Matthew 13:36-39 ](rc://en/tn/help/mat/13/36 )
* [Matthew 25:24 ](rc://en/tn/help/mat/25/24 )
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## Word Data:
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* Strong’ s: H2758, H4395, H4672 H7105, H7114, H7938, G270, G2325, G2326, G2327