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A few ripe olives remain on a leafy branch above a rough olive-tree trunk.
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Deuteronomy 24:20

Do Not Go Over the Olive Tree Again

Return the Cloak and Leave the Harvest · Deuteronomy 24

Story guide: Olives remain on the tree as the law forbids a second pass and reserves the remainder for those in need.

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20When you beat your olive tree, you shall not go over it again; it shall be for the sojourner, for the fatherless, and for the widow.

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