Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible
Ruth 2:17
Beat out. — That is, she threshed it herself, so as to save the labour of carrying away the straw. She then found she had an ephah, that is, rather more than four pecks.
Beat out. — That is, she threshed it herself, so as to save the labour of carrying away the straw. She then found she had an ephah, that is, rather more than four pecks.
Verse Ruth 2:17. _AN EPHAH OF BARLEY._] Not less than _seven gallons and a_ _half_; a good day's work. On Hebrew measures of capacity, Exodus 16:16....
AND BEAT OUT THAT SHE HAD GLEANED - Namely, with a stick, as the word implies (compare Deuteronomy 24:20; Isaiah 27:12). This method is still commonly practiced. Ruth gleaned enough to support herself...
CHAPTER 2 GLEANING IN THE FIELD _ 1. Ruth gleaning in the field of Boaz (Ruth 2:1)_ 2. Grace shown to Ruth by Boaz (Ruth 2:4) 3. Ruth hears concerning Boaz (Ruth 2:18) Boaz comes now upon the scene...
THE MEETING OF BOAZ AND RUTH. Naomi's kinsman quite a different word from the near kinsman (goë l) of Ruth 2:20 is introduced in Heb. words which sometimes denoted a wealthy man, and sometimes a valia...
EPHAH. See App-51....
_she beat out_ Cf. Judges 6:11. _an ephah_ Approximately equivalent to our bushel....
SO SHE GLEANED IN THE FIELD—AND BEAT OUT THAT SHE HAD GLEANED— Ruth availed herself of the goodness of Boaz. She gleaned all the day; and then, according to the custom of those times, _she beat out,_...
_Ruth Returns to Naomi Ruth 2:17-23_ 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: a...
_SO SHE GLEANED IN THE FIELD UNTIL EVEN, AND BEAT OUT THAT SHE HAD GLEANED: AND IT WAS ABOUT AN EPHAH OF BARLEY._ And beat out that she had gleaned. When the quantity of grain was small, it was beat...
RUTH THE GLEANER 1. Boaz] ('quickness') was a kinsman of Elimelech's. We are not informed of the precise degree of relationship. Here and at Ruth 3:2 he is designated an 'acquaintance.' It is by no me...
THERE IS A *REDEEMER BOOK OF RUTH _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ Words in boxes are notes on the Bible text. CHAPTER 2 V1 Elimelech had been Naomi’s husband. Boaz was a *relation of Elimelech. Boaz was a...
וַ תְּלַקֵּ֥ט בַּ † שָּׂדֶ֖ה עַד ־הָ...
KINDNESS TO THE STRANGER Ruth 2:14 From the time of the Exodus, kind and thoughtful references are made to the strangers within the gates, Deuteronomy 5:14; Deuteronomy 10:19. These injunctions found...
The women went home to poverty, where the practical problems of life faced them. These were, of course, rendered the more difficult by the fact that Ruth was a Moabitess. Yet she it was who faced the...
_Rod, as Gedeon had done, Judges vi. 11. --- That is, &c., an explanation of the Vulgate. (Calmet)-The ephi contained three pecks and three pints. (Arbuthnot) --- Alcazar and Cornelius a Lapide say 96...
So she gleaned in the field until even, and beat out that she had gleaned: and it was about an ephah of barley. So do all laborers in the vineyard remain in their employment until.the evening of their...
FROM: LECTURES INTRODUCTORY TO THE EARLIER HISTORICAL BOOKS OF THE OLD TESTAMENT. W. Kelly. That the book of Ruth stands most fitly in the place where it is actually found must have been felt by the...
_THE DILIGENT GLEANER_ ‘So she gleaned in the field until even, and beat out that she had gleaned: and it was about an ephah of barley.’ Ruth 2:17 I. NOTICE, FIRST, THE GOOD PROVIDENCE OF GOD AS IL...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 1 THROUGH 4. The Book of Ruth tells us also of the days of the judges, when there was no king in Israel; but it shews us the fair side of those days, in the o...
SO SHE GLEANED IN THE FIELD UNTIL EVEN,.... An instance of her great diligence and industry, attending to this mean employment constantly from morning tonight: AND BEAT OUT THAT SHE HAD GLEANED: she...
_So she gleaned in the field until even, and beat out that she had gleaned: and it was about an ephah of barley._ Ver. 17. _Until even._] Strengthening herself to her labour, as that good housewife,...
_An ephah_ About a bushel of our measure. _Gave to her what she had reserved_ At dinner, after she had eaten, and _was sufficed _ Or satisfied. This shows Ruth's care of her mother-in-law, whom she ha...
1 Ruth gleaneth in the fields of Boaz. 4 Boaz taking knowledge of her, 8 sheweth her great fauour. 18 That which she got, shee carieth to Naomi. 1 AND Naomi had a kinseman of her husbands, a might...
IN THE FIELD OF BOAZ...
So she gleaned in the field until even, and beat out that she had gleaned, separating the kernels from the husks; AND IT WAS ABOUT AN EPHAH OF BARLEY, over three pecks, a considerable amount for a mer...
RUTH AND THE MAN OF GREAT WEALTH (vv. 1-23) Verse 1 of this chapter introduces us to Boaz, a man of great wealth who is clearly a type of the Lord Jesus. Besides being wealthy, he was a close relat...
17-23 It encourages industry, that in all labour, even that of gleaning, there is profit. Ruth was pleased with what she gained by her own industry, and was careful to secure it. Let us thus take car...
AN EPHAH is thought to contain about a bushel. See EXODUS 16:36 LEVITICUS 5:11....
Ruth 2:17 gleaned H3950 (H8762) field H7704 evening H6153 out H2251 (H8799) gleaned H3950 (H8765) ephah...
‘ So she gleaned in the field until evening, and she beat out what she had gleaned, and it was about an ephah of barley.' So Ruth continued to glean diligently until nightfall, after which she beat ou...
Ruth 2:17 I. Notice first, the good providence of God as illustrated in the story of Ruth and Naomi. Who was more forlorn than Naomi when she set out, penniless and a widow, both her sons dead, to ret...
RUTH 1-4 The Book of Ruth is a love-story told in four Chapter s. It gives us a glimpse of everyday life in Bethlehem; in home and in harvest-field, in its general gossip and its law-suits, more than...
CONTENTS: Ruth serves Boaz who exercises a great kindness toward her. CHARACTERS: God, Ruth, Naomi, Boaz. CONCLUSION: God wisely orders small events and those that seem altogether contingent serve H...
Ruth 2:7. _Let me glean._ She modestly asked this as a favour, which the law itself had allowed the poor. Ruth 2:10. _She fell on her face,_ honouring Boaz as a prince and venerable father. Ruth 2:14...
_So she gleaned in the field until even._ PERSEVERING LABOUR 1. Gleaners in gospel-fields should continue in their gleaning work from morning to evening. How many are but half Sabbath folk, that can...
RUTH—NOTE ON RUTH 2:1 Scene 2: Ruth Gleans in Boaz’s Field. This encounter between Ruth and Boaz in the harvest field is one of their two crucial meetings. ⇐
RUTH—NOTE ON RUTH 2:17 Gleaning went from early morning (v. Ruth 2:7) to EVENING, that is, before sundown. After sundown was the time to BEAT OUT o
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.— Ruth 2:15. AND WHEN SHE WAS RISEN UP. Evident from this and the previous phrase that Boaz said, “Come thou hither,” as he himself sat among his reapers at the mid-day m...
EXPOSITION RUTH 2:10 RUTH did not seize the opportunity for bewailing the hardship of the lot to which she had been reduced, and which now constrained her to undertake a species of work which at one...
Now Naomi had a kinsman of her husband's, a mighty man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech; his name was Boaz (Ruth 2:1). So Elimelech had, and in the fourth chapter Boaz calls him, "our brother El...
Exodus 16:36; Ezekiel 45:11; Ezekiel 45:12; Proverbs 31:27...
An Ephah — About a bushel....