Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Ruth 2:8

Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Ruth 2:8 - 2:8

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Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Ruth 2:8 - 2:8

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2:8 - 2:8
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2:21 - 2:21
2:22 - 2:22

said Boaz unto Ruth, ... bide here fast by my maidens - The reaping was performed by women while the assortment of sheaves was the duty of men-servants. The same division of harvest labor obtains in Syria still. Boaz not only granted to Ruth the full privilege of gleaning after his reapers, but provided for her personal comfort.