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Gleaning was more about allowing the poor to have inefficient access to the raw materials that with hard work could be made into food. Taking prepared food fro
by danielvf 11y ago
Gleaning was more about allowing the poor to have inefficient access to the raw materials that with hard work could be made into food. Taking prepared food from a merchant would have still been a crime.
For example "People do not despise a thief if he steals to satisfy his appetite when he is hungry, but if he is caught, he will pay esevenfold;
he will give all the goods of his house."
- emodendroket 11y agoI'm not sure that the ancient Israelites had many places you could go get "prepared food," but the Bible also says you should leave behind grapes for the poor which clearly do not need preparation. e: Previously I claimed that olives don't need preparation which is false. Sorry.
- knodi123 11y ago> olives for the poor which clearly do not need preparation Olives cannot be eaten raw.
- emodendroket 11y agoOK, sorry. Nevertheless, grapes do not require arduous preparation to eat.
- mrob 11y agoMost olive varieties are extremely bitter and need to be cured before they're considered edible. However, the bitterness is attributed to oleuropein, which people take in high doses without harm as olive leaf extract, so it seems likely that raw olives are not dangerous. And if you're willing to eat raw olives that's good evidence that you really are starving.