Is the cutting of the corn in harvest
Job 24:6; Leviticus 23:10
The sickle used for
Deuteronomy 16:9; Mark 4:29
Both men and women engaged in
Ruth 2:8,9
THE JEWS NOT TO REAP The corners of their fields
Leviticus 19:9; 23:22
During the Sabbatical year
Leviticus 25:5
During the year of jubilee
Leviticus 25:11
The fields of others
Deuteronomy 23:25
Mode of gathering the corn for, alluded to
Psalm 129:7; Isaiah 17:5
Corn after, was bound up into sheaves
Genesis 37:7; Psalm 129:7
PERSONS ENGAGED IN Under the guidance of a steward
Ruth 2:5,6
Visited by the master
Ruth 2:4; 2 Kings 4:18
Fed by the master who himself presided at their meals
Ruth 2:14
Received wages
John 4:36; James 5:4
A time of great rejoicing
Psalm 126:5,6
The Jews often hindered from, on account of their sins
Micah 6:15
Often unprofitable on account of sin
Jeremiah 12:13
ILLUSTRATIVE OF Receiving the reward of wickedness
Job 4:8; Proverbs 22:8; Hosea 8:7; Galatians 6:8
Receiving the reward of righteousness
Hosea 10:12; Galatians 6:8,9
Ministers receiving temporal provision for spiritual Labours
1 Corinthians 9:11
Gathering in souls to God
John 4:38
The judgments of God on the antichristian world
Revelation 14:14-16
The final judgment
Matthew 13:30,39-43