Sifrei Devarim Paragraph 267
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(דברים כג כו) כִּי תָבֹא בְּקָמַת רֵעֶךָ, יָכוֹל לְעוֹלָם? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: וְחֶרְמֵשׁ לֹא תָנִיף, בְּשָׁעָה שֶׁאַתָּה מֵנִיף חֶרְמֵשׁ עַל קָמַת בַּעַל הַבַּיִת.
(Devarim 23:6) "If you come into the standing corn of your neighbor": I might think (that the verse speaks of) any man (who passes the standing corn); it is, therefore, written (Ibid.) "but you shall not lift a sickle" — when you are lifting a sickle (as a worker) upon your neighbor's standing corn.
רֵעֵהוּ, פְּרָט לַאֲחֵרִים. רֵעֵהוּ, פְּרָט לַגָּבוֹהַּ.
"your neighbor": but not a gentile. "your neighbor": but not the Temple.
וְקָטַפְתָּ מְלִילֹת בְּיָדֶךָ, שֶׁלֹּא תְהֵא קוֹצֵר בְּמַגָּל.
"you may pluck the ears with your hand": but you may not cut them with the sickle.
וְחֶרְמֵשׁ לֹא תָנִיף, בְּשָׁעָה שֶׁאַתָּה מֵנִיף חֶרְמֵשׁ עַל קָמַת בַּעַל הַבַּיִת.
"but you shall not lift a sickle" (for yourself, even) when you lift a sickle upon the standing corn of your neighbor.