[If] a sheaf contains two seahs and he forgot it, it is not shich'chah. [If] two sheaves contain two seahs —- Rabban Gamliel says: [They belong] to the owner; but the Sages say: [They belong] to the poor. Said Rabban Gamliel: From an abundance of sheaves, is the owner's strength enhanced or diminished? They said to him: His strength is enhanced. He said to them: Now if when there is one sheaf and it contains two seahs and he forgot it, it is not shich'chah, then when there are two sheaves and they contain two seahs, should it not follow that they are not shich'chah? They said to him: No. If you say [so] about one sheaf, which is like a stack, will you say [so] about two sheaves, which are like bundles?

Two sheaves are shich'chah, but three are not shich'chah. Two heaps of olives or carobs are shich'chah, but three are not shich'chah. Two stalks of flax are shich'chah, but three are not shich'chah. Two grapes are peret, but three are not peret. Two ears are leket; three are not leket. These [rulings] are in accordance with the opinion of Beis Hillel. But concerning all of them Beis Shammai say: Three [belong] to the poor and four [belong] to the owner.