16 Also you are to purposely slip out for her some grain from the bundles and leave it so that she may glean, and do not rebuke her.”

17 So she gleaned in the field until evening. Then she beat out what she had gleaned, and it was about an [a]ephah of barley. 18 And she picked it up and went into the city, and her mother-in-law saw what she had gleaned. She also took some out and (A)gave [b]Naomi what she had left after [c]she was satisfied.

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Footnotes

  1. Ruth 2:17 About 1 cubic foot or 0.03 cubic meters
  2. Ruth 2:18 Lit her
  3. Ruth 2:18 Lit her satiety

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