Wherefore she went forth out of the place where she
was
What part of Moab she had dwelt in, and now removed from, is not
said; it is called the country or field of Moab, she returned
from; hence some have thought, that she and her husband, and her
sons, did not live in any of the cities of Moab, but in a field;
either because the Moabites would not suffer them to dwell in
their cities, only allowed them to pitch their tents in their
fields; or they chose to dwell there, that they might as much as
possible avoid conversation with them, and be preserved from
their idolatry, and other corruptions:
and her two daughters in law with her;
who, out of respect to her, accompanied her some part of the way,
as relations and friends usually did:
and they went on the way to return unto the land of
Judah;
they went along with her to the border of the land of Judah, in
her return thither; for returning can only be said of her with
any propriety, because her two daughters had never been there;
that was not the country from whence they came, and therefore
could not be said to return thither.
