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 and her mother-in-law for five days Exodus 16:16.
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Ruth 2:17
17 So she gleaned in the field until even, and beat out that she had gleaned: and it was about an ephah of barley.