And pull out some heads of barley from the bundles and drop them on purpose for her. Let her pick them up, and don’t give her a hard time!”

Commentaries

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John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

And let fall some of the handfuls on purpose for her
That is, when they had reaped a handful, instead of laying it i…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

The devout and kind language between Boaz and his reapers shows that there were godly people in Israel. Such language as this is rarely heard in ou…