Ruth 2:23

So she gleaned with the girls of Boaz until the end of the barley and wheat harvest; but she lived with her mother-in-law.

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In The King James Version

So she kept fast by the maidens of Boaz to glean unto the end of barley harvest and of wheat harvest; and dwelt with her mother in law.

In Context

22Naomi said to Ruth, “It is best, my daughter, that you should go out with his girls because you might not be as safe in another field.”

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Cross References

Ruth 1:22So Naomi and Ruth, her Moabite daughter-in-law, returned from Moab. They reached Bethlehem at the beginning of the barley harvest.

1 Corinthians 15:33Do not be deceived. ‘Good character is marred by evil company.’

Matthew Henry on Ruth 2:18-23

Ruth's Report to Naomi. ( b. c. 1312.) 17 So she gleaned in the field until even, and beat out that she had gleaned: and it was about an ephah of barley. 18 And she took it up, and went into the city: and her mother in law saw what she had gleaned: and she brought forth, and gave to her that she had reserved after she was sufficed. 19 And her mother in law said unto her, Where hast thou gleaned to day? and where wroughtest thou? blessed be he that did take knowledge of thee. And she showed her mother in law with… Read the whole commentary →

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