Verse 17

So Ruth gleaned in the field until evening. Then she beat out what she had gathered, and it amounted to about an ephah of barley.

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Referenced Verses

  • Exod 16:36 : 36 Now an omer is one-tenth of an ephah.
  • Prov 31:27 : 27 She watches over the affairs of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness.
  • Ezek 45:11-12 : 11 The measurements for the ephah and the bath shall be the same: both will be one-tenth of a homer. The homer will be the standard measure. 12 The shekel is to consist of twenty gerahs. Twenty shekels, twenty-five shekels, and fifteen shekels will make up a mina.