And her mother in law said unto her, where hast thou gleaned today?.... In what part of the field of Bethlehem? or on whose land, that she had gleaned so much? not that she suspected that she had got it in an illicit manner, but supposed she had been directed by the providence of God to a spot of ground where there was good gleaning; of that she had met with some hand, that had dropped ears of corn plentifully in her favour:and where wroughtest thou?
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Ruth 2:19
Ruth 2:19
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible · John Gill (1697–1771) · Public Domain
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lose time, for she gleaned until evening. We must not be weary of
well-doing, because in due season we shall reap. She did not make an…Ruth 2:19Ruth 2:19 · Treasury of Scripture Knowledgeblessed: Ruth 2:10; Psalms 41:1; 2 Corinthians 9:13-15
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