Ruth 2:17

So she gleaned in the field until evening, and 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

16And let fall also some of the handfuls of purpose for her, and leave them , that she may glean them , and rebuke her not.

18And she took it , and went into the city: and her mother-in-law saw what she had gleaned: and she brought forth, and gave to her what she had reserved after she was satisfied.

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Cross References

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

Ezekiel 45:11The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure, that the bath may contain the tenth part of a homer, and the ephah the tenth part of a homer: the measure of it shall be after 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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