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20 The priest will then lift them up along with the bread of the firstfruits and the two lambs as a wave offering before Me. These offerings, which are sacred to Me, will become the property of the priest. 21 On this day, you will make a proclamation and hold a sacred assembly. Refrain from doing any ordinary work. This directive stands for all time throughout your generations regardless of where you live.

22 Whenever you harvest the crops in your land, do not harvest all the way to the edges of the fields or pick up what was overlooked during harvest. Leave them for the poor and the strangers living with you. I am the Eternal your God.

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20 The priest is to wave the two lambs before the Lord as a wave offering,(A) together with the bread of the firstfruits. They are a sacred offering to the Lord for the priest. 21 On that same day you are to proclaim a sacred assembly(B) and do no regular work.(C) This is to be a lasting ordinance for the generations to come, wherever you live.

22 “‘When you reap the harvest(D) of your land, do not reap to the very edges of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest.(E) Leave them for the poor and for the foreigner residing among you.(F) I am the Lord your God.’”

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