King James Version
What Does Ruth 2:17 Mean?
“So she gleaned in the field until even, and beat out that she had gleaned: and it was about an ephah of barley.”
Context
15
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: reproach: Heb. shame her not
16
And let fall also some of the handfuls of purpose for her, and leave them, that she may glean them, and rebuke her not.
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 to day? and where wroughtest thou? blessed be he that did take knowledge of thee. And she shewed her mother in law with whom she had wrought, and said, The man's name with whom I wrought to day is Boaz.
Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers(17) **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 more than four pecks.
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
Historical Context
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Theological Significance
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