Ruth 2:16
“And let fall also some of the handfuls of purpose for her, and leave them, that she may glean them, and rebuke her not.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
And let fall some of the handfuls on purpose for her,.... That is, when they had reaped an handful, instead of laying it…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Ruth 2:4-16
Now Boaz himself appears, and a great deal of decency there appears in his carriage both towards his own servants and…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
the bundles Only here; in Assyr. the root (ṣabâtu) means -to grasp"; in the Mishnah and Jewish Aram., -to bind."
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