Ruth 2:17

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

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

16yea moreover, draw out, for her, from the bundles,—and leave behind that she may glean it, and rebuke her not.

18And she took it up, and came into the city, and, when her mother-in-law had seen what she had gleaned, she brought forth and gave her what had been left remaining, after that she was satisfied.

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Cross References

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

Ezekiel 45:11the ephah and the bath of one fixed measure, shall be, to contain the tenth of a homer, the bath,—and the tenth of a homer, the ephah, unto the homer, shall be the proportion thereof;

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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