And Ruth the Moabitess said, he said unto me also,.... Besides the favours he has shown me already, he has given me reason to expect more, for he has given me this strict order:thou shalt keep fast by my young men, until they have ended all my harvest; both barley harvest and wheat harvest; his will was, that she kept following them, and gleaned after them, as long as both harvests lasted.
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Ruth 2:21
Ruth 2:21
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young men: The word hannearim: should be translated the servants; both male and female being included in it, the latter especially (see note on Ruth 2:8, see…