TSK - RUTH 3

  1  By Naomi's instruction.
 5  Ruth lies at Boaz's feet.
 8  Boaz acknowledges the right of a kinsman.
14  He sends her away with six measures of barley.


VERSE 1
- shall I not.
   * Ru 1:9 1Co 7:36 1Ti 5:8,14
- may be.
   * Ge 40:14 De 4:40 Ps 128:2 Jer 22:15,16


VERSE 2 
 - is not Boaz.
   * Ru 2:20-23 De 25:5,6 Heb 2:11-14
- with whose.
   * Ru 2:8,23
- he winnoweth.
  It is probable that the winnowing of grain was effected by
  taking up a portion of the corn in a sieve, and letting it
  down slowly in the wind; thus the grain would, by its own
  weight, fall in one place, while the chaff, etc., would be
  carried a distance by the wind.  It is said here that this was
  done at night; probably what was threshed out in the day was
  winnowed in the evening, when the sea breeze set in, which was
  common in Palestine.


VERSE 3 
 - anoint thee.
   * 2Sa 14:2 Ps 104:15 Ec 9:8 Mt 6:17
- put thy.
   * Es 5:1 1Ti 2:9,10


VERSE 4 
 - uncover his feet.  or, lift up the clothes that are on his
  feet.
   * 1Th 5:22

VERSE 5


VERSE 6 
 - and did.
   * Ex 20:12 Pr 1:8 Joh 2:5; 15:14


VERSE 7 
 - his heart.
   * Ge 43:34 Jud 16:25; 19:6,9,22 2Sa 13:28 Es 1:10 Ps 104:15
   * Ec 2:24; 3:12,13; 8:15; 9:7; 10:19 1Co 10:31 Eph 5:18
- went to lie.
  Such was the simplicity of those early times, that the most
  wealthy persons looked after their own affairs, both at home
  and in the field.  These threshing-floors were covered at top
  to keep off the rain, but lay open on all sides, that the wind
  might come in freely, for winnowing the corn; which being
  done, it is probable they were shut up at night, with doors
  fitted to them, that if any one lay there he might be kept
  warm, and the corn be secured from robbers.


VERSE 8 
 - afraid.
   * Ge 27:33 *marg:
- turned.  or, took hold on.
   * Jud 16:29 Job 6:18


VERSE 9 
 - Ruth.
   * Ru 2:10-13 1Sa 25:41 Lu 14:11
- spread therefore.
  Hebrew "spread thy wing;" the emblem of protection; and a
  metaphor taken from the young of fowls, which run under the
  wings of their mother from birds of prey.  Even to the present
  day, when a Jew marries a woman, he throws the skirts of his
  {talith} over her, to signify that he has taken her under his
  protection.

   * Eze 16:8
- a near kinsman.  or, one that has right to redeem.
   * :12; 2:20


VERSE 10 
 - Blessed.
   * Ru 2:4,20 1Co 13:4,5
- at the beginning.
   * Ru 1:8


VERSE 11 
 - city.  Heb. gate.
   * Pr 12:4; 31:10,29-31


VERSE 12 
 - there is.
   * Ru 4:1 Mt 7:12 1Th 4:6


VERSE 13 
 - if he will.
   * Ru 2:20; 4:5 De 25:5-9 Mt 22:24-27
- the Lord liveth.
   * Jud 8:19 Jer 4:2 2Co 1:23 Heb 6:16


VERSE 14 
 - Let it not.
   * Ec 7:1 Ro 12:17; 14:16 1Co 10:32 2Co 8:21 1Th 5:22 1Pe 2:12


VERSE 15 
 - vail.  or sheet, or apron.
  The word {mitpachath} has been variously rendered.  The LXX.
  translate it [        ,] an apron, and Vulgate, {pallium,} a
  cloak.  By the circumstances of the story, it must have been
  of a considerable size; and accordingly Dr. Shaw thinks it was
  no other than the {hyke,} the finer sort of which, such as are
  still worn by ladies and persons of distinction among the
  Arabs, he takes to answer to the [              ,] or robe, of
  the ancient Greeks.

- he measured.
   * Isa 32:8 Ga 6:10
- six measures.
  The quantity of this barley is uncertain.  The Targum renders
  it, {shith sein,} "six {seahs."}  A {seah} contained about two
  gallons and a half, six of which must have been a very heavy
  load for a woman, and so the Targumist thought, for he adds,
  "And she received strength from the Lord to carry it."


VERSE 16 
 - Who art thou.
  Or, as the Vulgate renders, {Quid egisti filia?}  "What hast
  thou done, my daughter?"

   * :16

VERSE 17


VERSE 18 
 - Sit still.
   * Ps 37:3-5 Isa 28:16; 30:7



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