Jewish Heritage Revival - Torah Cross Reference - 613 Mitzvot Listed by Category: The Poor and Unfortunate

The challenge for believers in Yeshua today is knowing what instructions apply. Many have been taught that Torah is no longer valid for believers. What many fail to realize is that the New Covenant writtings don't contradict Torah but affirms it. Messiah Himself provides us with proper instruction in how we are to live. The basis of His teaching is Torah. Below is a key that will help to understand what instructions are valid today, what can't be done, what applies to the Jewish people only, whether in the land or not. There are some instructions that are open for debate.

Number	Type	Description	Commandment	Scripture
40	Negative	Not to afflict an orphan or a widow	"You are not to abuse any widow or orphan."	Exodus 22:21
41	Negative	Not to reap the entire field	" 'When you harvest the ripe crops produced in your land, don't harvest all the way to corners of your field, and don't gather the ears of grain left by the harvesters. " 'When you harvest the ripe crops produced in your land, don't harvest all the way to the corners of your field, and don't gather the ears of grain left by the harvesters; leave them for the poor and the foreigner; I am Adonai your God.' "	Leviticus 19:9; 23:22
42	Positive	To leave the unreaped corner of the field or orchard for the poor	" 'When you harvest the ripe crops produced in your land, don't harvest all the way to corners of your field, and don't gather the ears of grain left by the harvesters.	Leviticus 19:9
43	Negative	Not to gather gleanings	" 'When you harvest the ripe crops produced in your land, don't harvest all the way to corners of your field, and don't gather the ears of grain left by the harvesters.	Leviticus 19:9
44	Positive	To leave the gleanings for the poor	" 'When you harvest the ripe crops produced in your land, don't harvest all the way to corners of your field, and don't gather the ears of grain left by the harvesters.	Leviticus 19:9
45	Negative	Not to gather ol'loth (the imperfect clusters) of the vineyard	Likewise, don't gather the grapes left on the vine or fallen on the ground after harvest; leave them for the poor and the foreigner; I am Adonai your God.	Leviticus 19:10
46	Positive	To leave ol'loth (the imperfect clusters) of the vineyard for the poor	Likewise, don't gather the grapes left on the vine or fallen on the ground after harvest; leave them for the poor and the foreigner; I am Adonai your God. When you gather the grapes from your vineyard, you are not to return and pick grapes a second time; what is left will be for the foreigner, the orphan and the widow.	Leviticus 19:10; Deuteronomy 24:21
47	Negative	Not to gather the peret (grapes) that have fallen to the ground	Likewise, don't gather the grapes left on the vine or fallen on the ground after harvest; leave them for the poor and the foreigner; I am Adonai your God.	Leviticus 19:10
48	Positive	To leave peret (the single grapes) of the vineyard for the poor	Likewise, don't gather the grapes left on the vine or fallen on the ground after harvest; leave them for the poor and the foreigner; I am Adonai your God.	Leviticus 19:10
49	Negative	Not to return to take a forgotten sheaf	"When harvesting the grain in your field, if you forgot a sheaf of grain there, you are not to go back and get it; it will remain there for the foreigner, the orphan and the widow, so that Adonai your God will bless you in all the work you do. When you beat your olive tree, you are not to go back over the branches again; the olives that are left will be for the foreigner, the orphan and the widow.	Deuteronomy 24:19 - 20
50	Positive	To leave the forgotten sheaves for the poor	"When harvesting the grain in your field, if you forgot a sheaf of grain there, you are not to go back and get it; it will remain there for the foreigner, the orphan and the widow, so that Adonai your God will bless you in all the work you do. When you beat your olive tree, you are not to go back over the branches again; the olives that are left will be for the foreigner, the orphan and the widow.	Deuteronomy 24:19 - 20
51	Negative	Not to refrain from maintaining a poor man and giving him what he needs	\rtf1\fbidis\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang1033{\fonttbl{\f0\fnil\fprq2\fcharset0 Georgia;}} {\*\generator Riched20 5.40.11.2210;}\viewkind4\uc1\pard\ltrpar\fi-360\li360\f0\fs22 "If someone among you is needy, one of your brothers, in any of your towns in your land which Adonai your God is giving you, you are not to harden your heart or shut your hand from giving to your needy brother. \par }	Deuteronomy 15:7
52	Positive	To give charity according to one's means	\rtf1\fbidis\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang1033{\fonttbl{\f0\fnil\fprq2\fcharset0 Georgia;}} {\*\generator Riched20 5.40.11.2210;}\viewkind4\uc1\pard\ltrpar\fi-360\li360\f0\fs22 for there will always be poor people in the land. That is why I am giving you this order, 'You must open your hand to your poor and needy brother in your land.' \par }	Deuteronomy 15:11