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12And now it is true that I am thy near kinsman: howbeit there is a kinsman nearer than I.

Ruth 3:12

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Matthew Henry

(vv. 6-13)

Here is, I. Boaz’s good management of his common affairs. It is probable, according to the common usage, 1. When his servants winnowed, he was with them, and had his eye upon them, to prevent, not their stealing any of his corn (he had no reason to fear that), but their waste of it through carelessness in the winnowing of it. Masters may sustain great losses by servants that are heedless, though t...

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