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# glean
## Related Ideas:
pick up
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## Definition:
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The term "glean" means to go through a field or orchard and pick up whatever grain or fruit the harvesters have left behind.
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* God told the Israelites to let the widows, poor people, and foreigners glean the leftover grain in order to provide food for themselves.
* Sometimes the owner of the field would allow the gleaners to go directly behind the harvesters to glean, which enabled them to glean much more of the grain.
* A clear example of how this worked is in the story of Ruth, who was generously allowed to glean among the harvesters in the fields of her relative Boaz.
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* Other ways to translate "glean" can be "pick up" or "gather" or "collect."
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(See also: [Boaz ](../names/boaz.md ), [grain ](../other/grain.md ), [harvest ](../other/harvest.md ), [Ruth ](../names/ruth.md ))
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## Picture of Gleaning:
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## Bible References:
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* [Deuteronomy 24:21-22 ](rc://en/tn/help/deu/24/21 )
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* [Isaiah 17:4-5 ](rc://en/tn/help/isa/17/04 )
* [Job 24:06 ](rc://en/tn/help/job/24/06 )
* [Ruth 02:02 ](rc://en/tn/help/rut/02/02 )
* [Ruth 02:15 ](rc://en/tn/help/rut/02/15 )
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## Word Data:
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* Strong's: H3950, H3951, H5953, H5955
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## Forms Found in the English ULB:
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glean, gleaned, gleanings, gleans, picked up