the Moabitess. So called five times. In Deuteronomy 23:3, it is masculine, and does not affect Ruth.
barley harvest. Therefore at the Passover.
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Ruth 1:22
22 So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter in law, with her, which returned out of the country of Moab: and they came to Bethlehem in the beginning of barley harvest.