Rút 2:17

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Sbírala tedy na poli tom až do večera, a což sebrala, to vymlátila; i byla téměř míra efi ječmene.

Parallel Translations

Český ekumenický překlad
Sbírala tedy na tom poli až do večera. Pak vymlátila to, co nasbírala, a byla toho asi éfa ječmene.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

she gleaned: Proverbs 31:27

ephah: Exodus 16:36, Ezekiel 45:11, Ezekiel 45:12

Reciprocal: Genesis 24:15 - pitcher

Gill's Notes on the Bible

So she gleaned in the field until even,.... An instance of her great diligence and industry, attending to this mean employment constantly from morning tonight:

and beat out that she had gleaned: she did not bind up her gleanings in a bundle, and carry it home on her head, as gleaners with us do, but she beat it out with a staff in the field, where she gleaned it, and winnowed it, very probably in the threshingfloor of Boaz; by which means what she had gleaned was brought into a lesser size and weight, and was a lighter burden to carry home:

and it was an ephah of barley; or three seahs of barley, as the Targum; which, according to Bishop Cumberland i, was six gallons, and three pints, and three solid inches: an omer is said to be the tenth part of an ephah, and, made into bread, was as much as a man could eat in one day, Exodus 16:16, so that Ruth got enough in one day, for herself and her mother-in-law, which would last five days at least. This was a great deal for one woman to pick up, ear by ear, in one day; and must be accounted for, not only by her diligence and industry, but by the favour shown her by the reapers, under the direction of Boaz, who suffered her to glean among the sheaves, and let fall handfuls for her to pick up.

i Of Scripture Weights and Measures, ch. 3. p. 64.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And beat out that she had gleaned - Namely, with a stick, as the word implies (compare Deuteronomy 24:20; Isaiah 27:12). This method is still commonly practiced. Ruth gleaned enough to support herself and her mother-in-law for five days Exodus 16:16.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Ruth 2:17. An ephah of barley. — Not less than seven gallons and a half; a good day's work. On Hebrew measures of capacity, Exodus 16:16.