Exodus 23:11

23:11 But in the seventh year ¹  you must let it lie fallow and leave it alone so that the poor of your people may eat, and what they leave any animal in the field ²  may eat; you must do likewise with your vineyard and your olive grove.

Acts 2:44

2:44 All who believed were together and held ³  everything in common,

Acts 4:32

Conditions Among the Early Believers

4:32 The group of those who believed were of one heart and mind, ⁴  and no one said that any of his possessions was his own, but everything was held in common. ⁵ 

Acts 4:34-35

4:34 For there was no one needy ⁶  among them, because those who were owners of land or houses were selling ⁷  them ⁸  and bringing the proceeds from the sales 4:35 and placing them at the apostles’ feet. The proceeds ⁹  were distributed to each, as anyone had need.

¹ tn Heb “and the seventh year”; an adverbial accusative with a disjunctive vav (ו).

² tn Heb “living thing/creature/beast of the field.” A general term for animals, usually wild animals, including predators (cf. v. 29; Gen 2:19-20; Lev 26:22; Deut 7:22; 1 Sam 17:46; Job 5:22-23; Ezek 29:5; 34:5).

³ tn Grk “had.”

⁴ tn Grk “soul.”

⁵ tn Grk “but all things were to them in common.”

⁶ tn Or “poor.”

⁷ tn Grk “houses, selling them were bringing.” The participle πωλοῦντες (pwlounte") has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

⁸ tn The word “them” is not in the Greek text, but is implied. Direct objects were often omitted in Greek when clear from the context, but must be supplied for the modern English reader.

⁹ tn Grk “It” (or “They,” plural). The referent of the understood pronoun subject, the proceeds from the sales, of the verb διεδίδετο (diedideto) has been specified in the translation for clarity.