Ruth 2:17

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

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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

16Also pull out some for her from the bundles, and leave it. Let her glean, and don’t rebuke her.”

18She took it up, and went into the city. Then her mother-in-law saw what she had gleaned; and she brought out and gave to her that which she had left after she had enough.

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Cross References

Exodus 16:36Now an omer is one tenth of an ephah.

Ezekiel 45:11The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure, that the bath may contain one tenth of a homer, and the ephah one tenth of a homer. Its measure shall be the same as 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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