Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
Ruth 2:15
Verse Ruth 2:15. Let her glean even among the sheaves] This was a privilege; for no person should glean till the sheaves were all bound, and the shocks set up.
Verse Ruth 2:15. Let her glean even among the sheaves] This was a privilege; for no person should glean till the sheaves were all bound, and the shocks set up.
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...
_The Kindness of Boaz Ruth 2:8-16_ 8 Then said Boaz unto Ruth, Hearest thou not, my daughter? Go not to glean in another field, neither go from hence, but abide here fast by my maidens: 9 Let thine ey...
_AND WHEN SHE WAS RISEN UP TO GLEAN, BOAZ COMMANDED HIS YOUNG MEN, SAYING, LET HER GLEAN EVEN AMONG THE SHEAVES, AND REPROACH HER NOT:_ Boaz commanded his young men ......
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 תָּ֖קָם לְ לַקֵּ֑ט וַ יְצַו֩ בֹּ֨עַז
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...
_Reap. Hebrew, "if she will glean, even among the sheaves, do not cover her with confusion," (Haydock) or hinder her, Psalm xliii. 10. (Calmet)_...
And when she was risen up to glean, Boaz commanded his young men, saying, Let her glean even among the sheaves, and reproach her not: (16) And let fall also some of the handfuls of purpose for her, an...
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...
AND WHEN SHE WAS RISEN UP TO GLEAN,.... After she had ate sufficiently, and refreshed herself, she rose up from her seat to go into the field and glean again; which shows her industry: BOAZ COMMANDED...
And when she was risen up to glean, Boaz commanded his young men, saying, Let her glean even among the sheaves, and reproach her not: Ver. 15. _And when she was risen up to glean._] After thanks retu...
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...
And when she was risen up to glean, even before the others returned to work, BOAZ COMMANDED HIS YOUNG MEN, SAYING, LET HER GLEAN EVEN AMONG THE SHEAVES, not only at a distance in the rear, AND REPROAC...
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...
REPROACH HER NOT: _ Heb._ shame her not...
4-16 The pious and kind language between Boaz and his reapers shows that there were godly persons in Israel. Such language as this is seldom heard in our field; too often, on the contrary, what is im...
As if she were rude or impudent in so doing, as otherwise they should have thought. QUEST. Why did he not rather give her as much corn as she could carry, and send her away? ANSW. Because he would not...
Ruth 2:15 up H6965 (H8799) glean H3950 (H8763) Boaz H1162 commanded H6680 (H8762) men H5288 saying...
‘ And when she rose up to glean, Boaz commanded his young men, saying, “Let her glean even among the sheaves, and do not reproach her.” Then once the meal was over and she arose in order to start glea...
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...
_Let her glean even among the sheaves._ SPIRITUAL GLEANING I. The God of the whole earth is a great husbandman. This is true in natural things. As a matter of fact all farm operations are carried on...
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. ⇐
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...
James 1:5...