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cording to (xxra) the will of God, him shall God make ruler
over ten cities (KO^IS) in heaven, in the place
of this one
pound ((Avx), which is the riches of this world (KOC^CC); and
he shall use (#p3) also those of God as he will and shall be
satisfied as his soul tyuM) desireth. Again, the cleric (xhypiitos)
B. XIII. whose is the life l
(/>/$-:) of this world (xco-ftos) [ ]
with the tongue, [but] in truth. [And (Sf) he, when he is] about
to gather his grapes, the first-fruits (XTT.) of [his] vine and the
first-fruits (XTT.) of [his] wine-vat 2 shall he carry in unto the
Lord his God, ere he taste them, he and his wife and his chil
dren and his household. And if he gather, 3 he shall not gather
of his whole vineyard into the wine-press; 4 but (#AA#) he
shall leave behind a remnant of grapes hanging upon the
vines and shall leave them for the poor and the foreigner
(7rpo<ryhvTO<;) and the stranger that hath gone forth 5 and the
orphan (op$avd$) and the widow (%yp&)
him. [
that are akin unto
shall be] born unto thee [and shall multiply],
because that the poor hath [eaten from] thy labours. Also
thou shalt not turn thee back to glean the vine. But (jsAAa)
the clusters also that thou shalt pass by (? Trapaya) and see
hanging, having been left by the reapers, them shalt thou
not cut; for the poor and the friendless shalt thou leave
them. And the blessing shall come upon the whole vineyard
and the wine-vat shall run the more over with wine; 7 and
it shall not be spoiled neither (ov$s) turned to vinegar nor
shall that (ov$s) putrify which thou shalt draw from thy vat;
H. XIV. because the blessing of God hath come thereon. [
their | wines
shall
[ ] and shall become vinegar,
[because there is no] ordinance (IvTohy) of God [in] them.
Like him [whose] land (%upx) hath borne richly [and who
hath put his] corn into [his] graneries (xTrcOvxy) (and) said not,
1 Not in the life. 2 = i/TeAtfv/ov.
* = A>fv^.
8 Cf. ? Deut. XVI. II, y ol<rae ev vfj.lv.
3 cf, Deut. XXIV. 21.
5 r for 7rpo<r7ropev6nevo<;. But v. Sa c
idic of Lev. XIX. 34.
1
Cf. Prov. III. 10.