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Verse Ruth 2:2. _GLEAN EARS OF CORN_] The word _glean_ comes from the
French _glaner_, to gather ears or grains of corn. This was formerly a
general custom in England and Ireland; the poor went into...
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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...
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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 valia...
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Permission to glean in the harvest field was allowed to the poor, the
stranger, the fatherless, and the widow; naturally it depended on the
goodwill of the owner; see Deuteronomy 24:19; Leviticus 19:9...
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Ruth Meets Boaz Ruth 2:1-23
_Ruth Gleans in the Field of Boaz Ruth 2:1-7_
And Naomi had a kinsman of her husband'S, a mighty man of wealth, of
the family of Elimelech; and his name was Boaz.
2 And Ru...
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_AND RUTH THE MOABITESS SAID UNTO NAOMI, LET ME NOW GO TO THE FIELD,
AND GLEAN EARS OF CORN AFTER HIM IN WHOSE SIGHT I SHALL FIND GRACE.
AND SHE SAID UNTO HER, GO, MY DAUGHTER._
Ruth ... said ... Let...
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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 3:2
he is designated an 'acquaintance.' It is by no me...
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THERE IS A *REDEEMER
BOOK OF RUTH
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
Words in boxes are notes on the Bible text.
CHAPTER 2
V1 Elimelech had been Naomi’s husband. Boaz was a *relation of
Elimelech. Boaz was a...
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Let me now go. — The character of Ruth comes out strongly here. She
does not hesitate to face the hard work necessary on her
mother-in-law’s account; nor is she too proud to condescend to a
work which...
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וַ תֹּאמֶר֩ ר֨וּת הַ מֹּואֲבִיָּ֜ה
אֶֽל ־נָעֳ
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IN THE FIELD OF BOAZ
Ruth 1:19; Ruth 2:1
WEARY and footsore the two travellers reached Bethlehem at length, and
"all the city was moved about them." Though ten years had elapsed,
many yet remembered...
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GLEANING AFTER THE REAPERS
Ruth 2:1
In great desolation of soul, Naomi had returned. She was no longer the
happy woman of earlier days. Ruth also must sometimes have experienced
the depression of hom...
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The women went home to poverty, where the practical problems of life
faced them. These were, of course, rendered the more difficult by the
fact that Ruth was a Moabitess. Yet she it was who faced the...
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And Ruth the Moabitess said unto Naomi, Let me now go to the field,
and (b) glean ears of corn after [him] in whose sight I shall find
grace. And she said unto her, Go, my daughter.
(b) Her humility...
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_To me. It was the privilege of the poor and of strangers to glean,
Deuteronomy xxiv. 19., and Leviticus xix. 9. Yet Ruth asks leave,
through civility. (Calmet) --- This law is no longer in force, but...
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And Ruth the Moabitish said unto Naomi, Let me now go to the field,
and glean ears of corn after him in whose sight I shall find grace.
And she said unto her, Go, my daughter.
Reader! if we apply this...
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FROM: LECTURES INTRODUCTORY TO THE EARLIER HISTORICAL BOOKS OF THE OLD
TESTAMENT.
W. Kelly.
That the book of Ruth stands most fitly in the place where it is
actually found must have been felt by the...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 1 THROUGH 4.
The Book of Ruth tells us also of the days of the judges, when there
was no king in Israel; but it shews us the fair side of those days, in
the o...
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AND RUTH THE MOABITESS SAID TO NAOMI,.... After they had been some
little time at Bethlehem, and not long; for they came at the beginning
of barley harvest, and as yet it was not over, nor perhaps for...
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And Ruth the Moabitess said unto Naomi, Let me now go to the field,
and glean ears of corn after [him] in whose sight I shall find grace.
And she said unto her, Go, my daughter.
Ver. 2. _And Ruth the...
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_Let me go to the field and glean_ Which was permitted to the poor and
the stranger, Leviticus 19:9; Deuteronomy 24:19. And Ruth was neither
ashamed to confess her poverty, nor would she eat the bread...
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1 Ruth gleaneth in the fields of Boaz.
4 Boaz taking knowledge of her,
8 sheweth her great fauour.
18 That which she got, shee carieth to Naomi.
1 AND Naomi had a kinseman of her husbands, a might...
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IN THE FIELD OF BOAZ...
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And Ruth the Moabitess said unto Naomi, Let me now go to the field and
glean ears of corn, of grain, after him in whose sight I shall find
grace. That was a privilege granted to the very poor, to wido...
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RUTH AND THE MAN OF GREAT WEALTH
(vv. 1-23)
Verse 1 of this chapter introduces us to Boaz, a man of great wealth
who is clearly a type of the Lord Jesus. Besides being wealthy, he was
a close relat...
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1-3 Observe Ruth's humility. When Providence had made her poor, she
cheerfully stoops to her lot. High spirits will rather starve than
stoop; not so Ruth. Nay, it is her own proposal. She speaks humb...
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Gleaning was permitted to the poor and the stranger, DEUTERONOMY
24:19, both which she was; nor was she ashamed to confess her poverty,
nor would she eat the bread of idleness; whereby she showeth her...
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Ruth 2:2 Ruth H7327 Moabitess H4125 said H559 (H8799) Naomi H5281 go
H3212 (H8799) field H7704 glean...
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‘ And Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, “Let me now go to the
field, and glean among the ears of grain after him in whose sight I
shall find favour.” And she said to her, “Go, my daughter.”
Israel, th...
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CONTENTS: Ruth serves Boaz who exercises a great kindness toward her.
CHARACTERS: God, Ruth, Naomi, Boaz.
CONCLUSION: God wisely orders small events and those that seem
altogether contingent serve H...
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Ruth 2:7. _Let me glean._ She modestly asked this as a favour, which
the law itself had allowed the poor.
Ruth 2:10. _She fell on her face,_ honouring Boaz as a prince and
venerable father.
Ruth 2:14...
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_Let me now go to the field, and glean._
THE YOUNG TO WORK FOR THEIR PARENTS
Ruth does not propose that Naomi should go with her to the field. She
wished her honoured mother to enjoy the rest and eas...
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SOMEBODY'S NOTICING
It hath fully been shewed me, all that thou hast done. Ruth 2:2.
What was it that Ruth had done that had been showed to Boaz? You
remember the story. Elimelech, his wife Naomi, a...
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RUTH—NOTE ON RUTH 2:1 Scene 2: Ruth Gleans in Boaz’s Field. This
encounter between Ruth and Boaz in the harvest field is one of their
two crucial meetings.
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RUTH—NOTE ON RUTH 2:2 GLEAN. The poor, sojourners, widows, and
orphans were allowed to gather standing grain in corners or borders of
fields, as well as stalks or sheaves that had been left behind by...
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CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—AND NAOMI HAD A KINSMAN. According to
Rabinical tradition, which is not well established however, Boaz was a
nephew of Elimelech (_Keil_). Lyra saith Elimelech and Salmo...
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EXPOSITION
IT is by way of introduction to the remaining narrative that the
writer says:—
RUTH 2:1
AND NAOMI HAD, ON HER HUSBAND'S SIDE, A FRIEND. The C'tib reading
מְיֻדַּע (absolute מְיֻדָע) is mu...
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Now Naomi had a kinsman of her husband's, a mighty man of wealth, of
the family of Elimelech; his name was Boaz (Ruth 2:1).
So Elimelech had, and in the fourth chapter Boaz calls him, "our
brother El...
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Deuteronomy 24:19; Leviticus 19:16; Leviticus 19:9; Leviticus 23:22...
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Glean — Which was permitted to the poor, and the stranger,
Deuteronomy 24:19, nor was she ashamed to confess her poverty, nor
would she eat the bread of idleness. In whose sight — For though it
was th...