Ruth 2:17
So Ruth gathered grain in the field until evening. And when she beat out what she had gleaned, it was about an ephah of barley.
Note An ephah is approximately 20 dry quarts or 22 liters (probably about 29 pounds or 13.2 kilograms of barley).
So she gleaned in the field until even, and beat out that she had gleaned: and it was about an ephah of barley.
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.
Note 1 ephah is about 22 liters or about 2/3 of a bushel
So she gleaned in the field until even; and she beat out that which she had gleaned, and it was about an ephah of barley.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- she gleaned
- Proverbs 31:27
- ephah
- Exodus 16:36; Ezekiel 45:11, 12