OLD TESTAMENT

Ruth 2:17

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So she gleaned in the field until evening; and she beat out that which she had gleaned, and it was about an ephah of barley.

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EXPLANATION

Verse 17. Rod, as Gedeon had done. Judges 6:11.—That is, and so forth an explanation of the Vulg. Calmet.—The ephi contained three pecks and three pints. Arbuthnot.—Alcazar and A. Lapide say 960 ounces. Menochius.

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1 ephah is about 22 liters or about 2/3 of a bushel

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