Ruth 2:5

Then said Boaz unto his servant that was set over the reapers, Whose damsel is this?

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Interpretation

The pious and kind language between Boaz and his reapers shows that there were godly persons in Israel. Such language as this is seldom heard in our field; too often, on the contrary, what is immoral and corrupt.

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This thought runs through Ruth 2:4-8.

Ruth 2:4 Ruth 2:5 Ruth 2:6 Ruth 2:7 Ruth 2:8

Glossary

Boaz Person: Alacrity. (1. ) The husband of Ruth, a wealthy Bethlehemite. By the “levirate law” the duty devolved on him of marrying Ruth the Moabitess ( Ruth 4:1-13 ). He was a kinsman of Mahlon, her first husband.