Ruth 2:16
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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.

Deuteronomy 24:19-21 When thou hast reaped the corn in thy field, and hast forgot and left a sheaf, thou shalt not return to take it away: but thou shalt suffer the stranger, and the fatherless and the widow to take it away: that the Lord thy God may bless thee in all the works of thy hands. . . .

Psalm 112:9 He hath distributed, he hath given to the poor: his justice remaineth for ever and ever: his horn shall be exalted in glory.

Proverbs 19:17 He that hath mercy on the poor, lendeth to the Lord: and he will repay him.

Matthew 25:40 And the king answering shall say to them: Amen I say to you, as long as you did it to one of these my least brethren, you did it to me.

Romans 12:13 Communicating to the necessities of the saints. Pursuing hospitality.

2 Corinthians 8:5-11 And not as we hoped: but they gave their own selves, first to the Lord, then to us by the will of God; . . .

Philemon 1:7 For I have had great joy and consolation in thy charity, because the bowels of the saints have been refreshed by thee, brother.

Hebrews 6:10 For God is not unjust, that he should forget your work and the love which you have shewn in his name, you who have ministered and do minister to the saints.

1 John 3:17,18 He that hath the substance of this world and shall see his brother in need and shall shut up his bowels from him: how doth the charity of God abide in him? . . .

Context
Boaz Meets Ruth
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.17She gleaned therefore in the field till evening: and beating out with a rod, and threshing what she had gleaned, she found about the measure of an ephi of barley, that is, three bushels:…
Cross References
Ruth 2:15
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:

Ruth 2:17
She gleaned therefore in the field till evening: and beating out with a rod, and threshing what she had gleaned, she found about the measure of an ephi of barley, that is, three bushels:

Lexicon
Rather,
וְגַ֛ם (wə·ḡam)
Conjunctive waw | Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 1571: Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and

pull out
שֹׁל־ (šōl-)
Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute
Strong's Hebrew 7997: To drop, strip, to plunder

for her
לָ֖הּ (lāh)
Preposition | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew

[some stalks] from
מִן־ (min-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 4480: A part of, from, out of

the bundles
הַצְּבָתִ֑ים (haṣ·ṣə·ḇā·ṯîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6653: Bundles (of grain)

and leave
וַעֲזַבְתֶּ֥ם (wa·‘ă·zaḇ·tem)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5800: To loosen, relinquish, permit

them for her to gather.
וְלִקְּטָ֖ה (wə·liq·qə·ṭāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3950: To pick up, to gather, to glean

Do not
וְלֹ֥א (wə·lō)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

rebuke
תִגְעֲרוּ־ (ṯiḡ·‘ă·rū-)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1605: To rebuke

her.”
בָֽהּ׃ (ḇāh)
Preposition | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew


Additional Translations
Rather, pull out for her some stalks from the bundles and leave them for her to gather. Do not rebuke her.”And let fall also some of the handfuls of purpose for her, and leave them, that she may glean them, and rebuke her not.

And also pull out some for her from the bundles, and leave it, and let her glean, and rebuke her not.

And do ye by all means carry it for her, and ye shall surely let fall for her some of that which is heaped up; and let her eat, and glean, and rebuke her not.

And ye shall also sometimes draw out for her [some ears] out of the handfuls, and leave them that she may glean, and rebuke her not.

And also pull out some for her from the bundles, and leave it, and let her glean, and rebuke her not.

And let fall also some of the handfuls of purpose for her, and leave them, that she may glean them, and rebuke her not.

Also pull out some for her from the bundles, and leave it, and let her glean, and don't rebuke her."

and also ye do surely cast to her of the handfuls -- and have left, and she hath gleaned, and ye do not push against her.'
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