Commentaries:
Barnes' Notes
After them - i. e. "after my maidens." The fields not being divided by hedges, but only by unplowed ridges, it would be easy for her to pass off Boaz' s land without being aware of it, and so find herself among strangers where Boaz could not protect her.
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