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Rth_1:15 And she said, Behold, thy sister in law is gone back unto her people, and unto her gods: return thou after thy sister in law.
Ver. 15. Behold, thy sister-in-law is gone back.] A great temptation to Ruth - {Heb_11:37, "they were tempted"} - as it was likewise to the disciples, when many fell off; {Joh_6:66} to the primitive Christians, when Hymenaeus and Philetus made defection; {2Ti_2:17} to Galeacius, when forsaken of all.
And unto her gods.] Her devil gods, Baalpeor, Chemosh, Milchom, &c. In finita deorum lerna ad triginta millia Hesiodi tempore excreverat. The Chinese are said to have a hundred thousand.