Commentaries:Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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Ruth 2:2
RUTH GLEANS IN THE FIELD OF BOAZ. (Ruth 2:1-3)
Ruth . . . said unto Naomi, Let me now go to the field, and glean—The right of gleaning was conferred by a positive law on the widow, the poor, and the stranger (see on Leviticus 19:9 and Deuteronomy 24:19). But liberty to glean behind the reapers [Ruth 2:3] was not a right that could be claimed; it was a privilege granted or refused according to the good will or favor of the owner.
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