Ruth 3:2

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is not Boaz.

Ruth 2:20-23; Deut 25:5; Deut 25:6; Heb 2:11-14

with whose.

Ruth 2:8; Ruth 2:23

he winnoweth.It is probable that the winnowing of grain was effected by taking up a portion of the corn in a sieve, and letting it down slowly in the wind; thus the grain would, by its own weight, fall in one place, while the chaff, etc., would be carried a distance by the wind.

It is said here that this was done at night; probably what was threshed out in the day was winnowed in the evening, when the sea breeze set in, which was common in Palestine.