Ruth 2:16

And when you have tied up the grass, pull some of it out and drop it on the ground so that she can have it. Do not tell her to stop.”

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In The King James Version

And let fall also some of the handfuls of purpose for her, and leave them, that she may glean them, and rebuke her not.

In Context

15When they finished eating, Ruth got up and went back to work. Then Boaz said to the men cutting the grass, “When you tie up the long barley grass, let that young woman pick up the grass on the ground and do not try to stop her.

17Ruth worked hard until the sun went down. She took all the barley grass that she had picked up and then she hit it with a stick to make the seeds fall off. When Ruth had finished hitting the grass, there were so many seeds that she filled up a really big billycan.

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Matthew Henry on Ruth 2:5-17

The Kindness of Boaz to Ruth. ( b. c. 1312.) 4 And, behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said unto the reapers, The Lord be with you. And they answered him, The Lord bless thee. 5 Then said Boaz unto his servant that was set over the reapers, Whose damsel is this? 6 And the servant that was set over the reapers answered and said, It is the Moabitish damsel that came back with Naomi out of the country of Moab: 7 And she said, I pray you, let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves: so she came, and… Read the whole commentary →

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