John Gill's Exposition on Ruth 2:5

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Then said Boaz unto his servant that was set over the reapers, etc.] To direct them their work, what part each was to do, and to see that they did it well; to take care for provisions for them, and to pay them their wages when their work was done. Josephus f33 calls him agrokomov, that had the care of the field, and all things relative to it; the Jews f34 say, he was set over two and forty persons, whom he had the command of: whose damsel is this? to whom does she belong? of what family is she? whose daughter is she? or whose wife? for he thought, as Aben Ezra notes, that she was another man’s wife; the Targum is, of what nation is she? perhaps her dress might be somewhat different from that of the Israelitish women.

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