◄ Ruth 2:15 ►
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New Revised Standard Version
When she got up to glean, Boaz instructed his young men, “Let her glean even among the standing sheaves, and do not reproach her.

Contemporary English Version
When Ruth left to start picking up grain, Boaz told his men, "Don't stop her, even if she picks up grain from where it is stacked.

New American Bible
As she rose to glean, Boaz instructed his young people: “Let her glean among the sheaves themselves without scolding her,

Douay-Rheims Bible
And she arose from thence, to glean the ears of corn as before. And Booz commanded his servants, saying: If she would even reap with you, hinder her not:

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And she arose from thence, to glean the ears of corn as before. And Booz commanded his servants, saying: If she would even reap with you, hinder her not:

25 Henry VIII c.

Ruth 2:1 Now her husband Elimelech had a kinsman, a powerful man, and very rich, whose name was Booz.

, and

28 Henry VIII.c.24, gleaning and leasing are so restricted as to be in fact prohibited in that part of the United Kingdom.

reproach [heb] shame

James 1:5 But if any of you want wisdom, let him ask of God who giveth to all men abundantly and upbraideth not. And it shall be given him.

Context
Boaz Meets Ruth
…14And Booz said to her: At mealtime come thou hither, and eat of the bread, and dip thy morsel in the vinegar. So she sat at the side of the reapers, and she heaped to herself frumenty, and ate and was filled, and took the leavings. 15And she arose from thence, to glean the ears of corn as before. And Booz commanded his servants, saying: If she would even reap with you, hinder her not:16And let fall some of your handfuls of purpose, and leave them, that she may gather them without shame, and let no man rebuke her when she gathereth them.…
Cross References
Leviticus 23:22
And when you reap the corn of your land, you shall not cut it to the very ground: neither shall you gather the ears that remain. But you shall leave them for the poor and for the strangers. I am the Lord your God.

Ruth 2:14
And Booz said to her: At mealtime come thou hither, and eat of the bread, and dip thy morsel in the vinegar. So she sat at the side of the reapers, and she heaped to herself frumenty, and ate and was filled, and took the leavings.

Ruth 2:16
And let fall some of your handfuls of purpose, and leave them, that she may gather them without shame, and let no man rebuke her when she gathereth them.

Ruth 2:14
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