Ruth 2:17

And she gleans in the field until the evening, and beats out that which she has gleaned, and it is about an ephah of barley;

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

So she gleaned in the field until even, and beat out that she had gleaned: and it was about an ephah of barley.

In Context

16and also you surely cast to her of the handfuls—and have left, and she has gleaned, and you do not push against her.”

18and she takes [it] up, and goes into the city, and her mother-in-law sees that which she has gleaned, and she brings out and gives to her that which she left from her satiety.

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Cross References

Exodus 16:36And the omer is a tenth of the ephah.

Ezekiel 45:11The ephah and the bath is of one measure, for the bath to carry a tenth of the homer, and the ephah a tenth of the homer: its measurement is according to the homer.

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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