Ruth 2:23

_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 barley harvest and of wheat harvest. The reaping of barley commenced the harvest (2 Samuel 21:9), and that of wheat followed almost without any interval....

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 care that we lose not those things which we have wrought, which we have gained for our souls' good, 2 John 1:8. Parents should examine their children, as Naomi did, not to frighten or discourage them, so as to make them hate home, or tempt them to tell a lie; but to commend them if they have done well, and with mildness to reprove and caution them if they have done otherwise. It is a good question for us to ask ourselves every night, Where have I gleaned to-day? What improvement have I made in knowledge and grace? What have I done that will turn to a good account? When the Lord deals bountifully with us, let us not be found in any other field, nor seeking for happiness and satisfaction in the c...

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 conclusion in the same way. In the interim, as well as each night, she lodged with her mother-in-law. 1. RUTH seems to have been a woman of a very amiable mind: she was _modest_, and she was _industrious_, and most probably a comely woman; and all these things served to attract the _attention_ of Boaz, and to engage his _affection_. Her _attachment_ also to her mother-in-law could not fail to secure his _esteem_. All these things worked together in the course of Providence, to bring about a matrimonial connection, which in its issue was intimately connected with the salvation of a lost world; for, from this very _line_, Jesus Christ, accord

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 SATISFIED. It would be with gratitude and pride that Ruth would let her heavy burden slip off into the hands of Naomi. It would be with gratitude and wonder that Naomi would _behold _the precious load. Other gentle emotions would stir within the mother-in-law's hungry heart when her beloved daughter-in-law produced and presented the remains of her delightfully refreshing repast at the tent. The expression, "_after _she was satisfied," is literally, "from her satiety." RUTH 2:19 And her mother-in-law said to her, Where has

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 mother and herself; in which she was a wonderful instance of dutiful affection, humility, and industry: and so she continued UNTO THE END OF BARLEY HARVEST, AND OF WHEAT HARVEST; which latter began at Pentecost, as the former did at the passover; and, according to the Midrash l, from the beginning of the one, to the end of the other, were three months; though it may be, they were gathered in sooner: indeed from the passover to Pentecost were seven weeks, which was the difference between the beginning of one harvest, and the beginning of the other: AND DWELT WITH HER MOTHER IN LAW; which is to be understood either of her coming home at night, after she had been gleaning all day, and lodging with...

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. His name means “in Him is strength.” He is called “a mighty man of wealth.” As the kinsman-redeemer he is a beautiful type of the Lord Jesus Christ. He is the one in whom there is strength, the rich one. Ruth knows at first little of him and the coming relationship with the wealthy one. Boaz is related to Elimelech, whose name “my God is king” is typical of Israel's faith. Through Elimelech only Naomi (the nation Israel) has a claim on Boaz. And she can only lay claim through Ruth. Even so Israel has a claim on the ble

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 valiant man, so that a peaceful farmer like Boaz is characterised in the same terms as warriors like Gideon and Jephthah (Judges 6:12; Judges 11:1). The name Boaz may mean in Him is strength. Ruth 2:2. It was a custom, and it became a law, in Israel that the poor, the stranger, the orphan, and the widow should be permitted to glean in the harvest fields (Deuteronomy 24:19

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 chapter with this sentence....

_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: and her mother-in-law saw what she had gleaned: and she brought forth, and gave to her that she had reserved after she was sufficed. 19 And her mother-in-law said unto her, Where hast thou gleaned today? and where wroughtest thou? blessed be he that did take knowledge of thee. And she showed her mother-in-law with whom she had wrought, and said, The man's name with whom I wrought today is Boaz. 20 And Naomi said unto her daughter-in-law, Blessed be he of the Lord, who hath not left off his kindness to the living and to the dead. And Naomi said unto her, The man is near of kin unto us, one of our next kinsmen. 21 And Ruth the Moabitess said, He said unto me also, Thou shalt keep f