Ruth 2:17

ephah. See App-51.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

So she gleaned in the field—and beat out that she had gleaned— Ruth availed herself of the goodness of Boaz. She gleaned all the day; and then, acc...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

So she gleaned in the field until even, and beat out that she had gleaned: and it was about an ephah of barley. And beat out that she had gle...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Beat out. — That is, she threshed it herself, so as to save the labour of carrying away the straw. She then found she had an ephah, that is, rather...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

THE DILIGENT GLEANER ‘So she gleaned in the field until even, and beat out that she had gleaned: and it was about an ephah of barley.’ Ruth 2:1...
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So she gleaned in the field until even ,.... An instance of her great diligence and industry, attending to this mean employment constantly from morn...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

An ephah About a bushel of our measure. Gave to her what she had reserved At dinner, after she had eaten, and was sufficed Or satisfied. This...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

An ephah is thought to contain about a bushel. See Exodus 16:36 Leviticus 5:11 .
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘ So she gleaned in the field until evening, and she beat out what she had gleaned, and it was about an ephah of barley.' So Ruth continued to gl...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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Sermon Bible Commentary

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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Biblical Illustrator

So she gleaned in the field until even. Persevering labour 1. Gleaners in gospel-fields should continue in their gleaning work from morning to...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

So she gleaned in the field until even, and beat out that she had gleaned, separating the kernels from the husks; and it was about an ephah of barle...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Exodus 16:36 ; Ezekiel 45:11 ; Ezekiel 45:12 ; Proverbs 31:27
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

An Ephah — About a bushel.

¹⁷ So she gleaned in the field until even, and beat out that she had gleaned: and it was about an ephah of barley.

Related Commentaries of Ruth 2:17

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Ruth 2:17