Ruth 3:2
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| Overview - Ruth 3 | |
| 1 | By Naomi's instruction. |
| 5 | Ruth lies at Boaz's feet. |
| 8 | Boaz acknowledges the right of a kinsman. |
| 14 | He sends her away with six measures of barley. |
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Ruth 3:2 (King James Version)
And now is not Boaz of our kindred, with whose maidens thou wast? Behold, he winnoweth barley to night in the threshingfloor.
- is not Boaz
- 2:20-23 Deuteronomy 25:5 Deuteronomy 25:6 ; Hebrews 2:11-14
- with whose
- Ruth 2:8 Ruth 2:23
- he winnoweth
- It is probable that the winnowing of grain was effected by taking up a portion of the corn in a sieve, and letting it down slowly in the wind; thus the grain would, by its own weight, fall in one place, while the chaff, etc., would be carried a distance by the wind. It is said here that this was done at night; probably what was threshed out in the day was winnowed in the evening, when the sea breeze set in, which was common in Palestine.