In all the laws God gave to Moses for the people, He made provisions of benevolence toward others.  In the custom of gleaning, some remnants are left over for the alien, fatherless, and the widow, but the remnants were not picked and handed to them, they had to go gather them for themselves.  This was God's welfare system of that day. Unlike our welfare system today in which recipients are not required to work.  Our government does not always follow Biblical principles. No surprise there.

2 Thessalonians 3:10
For even when we were with you, we commanded you this, that if anyone would not work, neither should he eat. 
Paul was very clear as he related the practical application of the law.  However, there are those who are incapable of working and of course these are the exceptions.

It was through this custom of gleaning and providing for the alien and widow that Boaz was introduced to Ruth…and we know where that led.
Ruth 4:13
So Boaz took Ruth and she became his wife. Then he went to her, and the LORD enabled her to conceive, and she gave birth to a son.
Ruth 4:17b
And they named him Obed. He was the father of Jesse, the father of David. (ancestor of Jesus)

Again God warns the Israelites about the nations teaching them to follow their detestable ways and not God's ways, the worst of which is the worship of other "gods", a direct violation of the first of the Ten Commandments.

Deuteronomy 23:14
For the LORD your God moves about in your camp to protect you and to deliver your enemies to you. Your camp must be holy, so that he will not see among you anything indecent and turn away from you.

Can we even begin to wrap our minds around this one? The Lord moves about in our "camp" to protect us and deliver our enemies to us, spiritually speaking. But in order for the Lord to do this for us, our "camp" must be holy, containing nothing indecent. When we do anything indecent, He will turn away. Makes a person want to evaluate everything; what we say, what we do, who we hang out with, what we watch on TV, what kinds of movies we watch, what kind of books we read, what kind of music we listen to etc.... Would anything we see, say, or do be considered indecent in the Lord's eyes?