Ruth 3:15
“Also he said, Bring the vail that thou hast upon thee, and hold it. And when she held it, he measured six measures of barley, and laid it on her: and she went into the city.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
Also he said,.... Which seems to confirm the first sense, that what he had said before was to Ruth, beside which he also…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
The vail - Quite a different word from that rendered “vail,” in Gen 38:14. It seems rather to mean a kind of loose…
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
Bring the veil - המט פחת hammit pachath; this seems to have been a cloak, plaid, or what the Arabs call hayk, which has…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Ruth 3:14-18
We are here told, I. How Ruth was dismissed by Boaz. It would not have been safe for her to go home in the dead of the…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
the mantle Only again in Isa 3:22; apparently a large wrap worn over the ordinary clothes.
sixmeasures of barley The…