And dwelt. — Unspoiled by mixing with her new society, she stops on quietly at the end of her task, and tends her mother-in-law at home with the same fidelity with which she had worked for her abroad.
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Verse Ruth 2:23. _AND OF WHEAT HARVEST_] That is, she was to continue gleaning in the farm of Boaz to the end of the _barley_ harvest; and then, when the _wheat_ harvest began, to continue to its conc...
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...
AND OF WHEAT HARVEST. Therefore near the Feast of Pentecost. This is why this book is read at that feast. See note on title. DWELT WITH. Some codices read "returned unto". Vulgate commences the next...
_wheat harvest_ followed two or three weeks later. _she dwelt with_ Or, with a slight change, _she returned unto_; so Vulg....
_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 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._ She kept fast by the maidens of Boaz to glean unto the end of...
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 תִּדְבַּ֞ק בְּ נַעֲרֹ֥ות בֹּ֨עַז֙ לְ לַקֵּ
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...
And the wheat. Hebrew, Syriac and Arabic, " It is good that thou keep close to the maidens of Booz, and continue to glean with them till," &c. This was the advice of Noemi: but Providence ordered that...
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. It is one of the most important precepts of the gospel as well a...
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 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 KEPT FAST BY THE MAIDENS OF BOAZ TO GLEAN,.... Accepting the kindness of Boaz, and attending to the advice of her mother-in-law, as well as using all diligence to get a livelihood for her mothe...
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. Ver. 23. _So she kept fast._] According to her mother's counsel...
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...
So she kept fast by the maidens of Boaz to glean unto the end of barley-harvest and of wheat-harvest, well through the first part of summer; AND DWELT WITH HER MOTHER-IN-LAW, always returning there wh...
THE PLEASURE OF NAOMI...
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...
Heb. _sat or continued at home_, when she had despatched her occasions abroad, and did not wander or gad abroad, after the manner of idle persons and harlots, PROVERBS 7:11,12....
Ruth 2:23 close H1692 (H8799) women H5291 Boaz H1162 glean H3950 (H8763) end H3615 (H8800) barley...
‘ So she stuck close to the maidens of Boaz, to glean to the end of barley harvest and of wheat harvest, and she dwelt with her mother-in-law.' So Ruth did what Naomi had asked, and ensured that she s...
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...
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 2:23 The BARLEY harvest was in April/May, and the WHEAT harvest was a few weeks later (see Ruth 1:22)....
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—Her mother-IN-LAW SAW. With astonishment at the quantity evidently. AND SHE BROUGHT FORTH. And she showed (_Vulgate, Syr.-Arab., Wright, Lange_). Brought forth out of a...
EXPOSITION RUTH 2:18 AND SHE LIFTED IT UP, AND WENT INTO THE CITY: AND HER MOTHER-IN-LAW BEHELD WHAT SHE HAD GLEANED. SHE LIKEWISE BROUGHT FORTH, AND GAVE TO HER, WHAT SHE HAD LEFT OVER AFTER SHE WAS...
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...
1 Corinthians 15:33; Ephesians 6:1; Proverbs 13:1; Proverbs 13:20;...