was found written = they came to the place or passage (viz. Deu_23:3-6). Not a discovery, but in the course of the public reading (as in Luk_4:17). Compare Neh_8:14.
Moabite (masc). This did not therefore exclude Ruth, a female, though married to Mahlon before Boaz.
congregation = assembly, or muster.
God. Hebrew. Elohim.(withArt.) = the [true] God. App-4.