17So she gleaned in the field until even, and beat out that she had gleaned: and it was about an ephah of barley.
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She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness.
The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure, that the bath may contain the tenth part of an homer, and the ephah the tenth part of an homer: the measure thereof shall be after the homer. …
Now an omer is the tenth part of an ephah.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 17-23)Here, I. Ruth finishes her day’s work, Ruth 2:17. 1. She took care not to lose time, for she gleaned until evening. We must not be weary of well-doing, because in due season we shall reap. She did not make an excuse to sit still, or go home, till the evening. Let us work the works of him that sent us, while it is day . She scarcely used, much less did she abuse, the kindness of Boaz; for, though h…
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