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Ruth 2:6-8
Evangelical Heritage Version
Ruth 2:6-8
Evangelical Heritage Version
6 The servant who was in charge of the reapers answered, “She is the young Moabite woman who returned with Naomi from the territory of Moab. 7 She said, ‘Please let me follow the reapers and glean and gather stalks into sheaves.’ So she came and has been working from early morning till now—except for a short rest in the shelter.”[a]
8 Then Boaz said to Ruth, “Listen, my daughter.[b] Do not go off to glean in some other field. In fact, do not leave this one at all! Just stick close to my young women here.[c]
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- Ruth 2:7 Literally house. The Hebrew of the verse is difficult, and translations vary in their understanding.
- Ruth 2:8 Daughter is a cordial term, but it also indicates that the person addressed has a lower social status than the speaker does. It may also indicate a difference of age.
- Ruth 2:8 Boaz’s men were cutting the grain, and his women were gathering it. By receiving permission to be right with Boaz’s women, Ruth was placed into an advantageous position for gleaning.
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