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Diligence » Exemplified » Ruth
So she went on getting together the heads of grain till evening; and after crushing out the seed it came to about an ephah of grain.
Diligence » Figurative » Exemplified » Ruth
So she went on getting together the heads of grain till evening; and after crushing out the seed it came to about an ephah of grain.
Evening » Man ceases from labor in
Man goes out to his work, and to his business, till the evening.
So she went on getting together the heads of grain till evening; and after crushing out the seed it came to about an ephah of grain.
Measure » An ephah, equal to three seah, and in liquid, to a bath, containing about a bushel and a half
Then let him take her to the priest, offering for her the tenth part of an ephah of barley meal, without oil or perfume; for it is a meal offering of a bitter spirit, a meal offering keeping wrongdoing in mind.
For ten fields of vines will only give one measure of wine, and a great amount of seed will only give a small measure of grain.
This is the offering which Aaron and his sons are to make to the Lord on the day when he is made a priest: the tenth part of an ephah of the best meal for a meal offering for ever; half of it in the morning and half in the evening.
And Jesse said to his son David, Take now for your brothers an ephah of this dry grain and these ten cakes of bread, and go quickly with them to the tents to your brothers;
Saying, When will the new moon be gone, so that we may do trade in grain? and the Sabbath, so that we may put out in the market the produce of our fields? making the measure small and the price great, and trading falsely with scales of deceit;
Have true scales, true weights and measures for all things: I am the Lord your God, who took you out of the land of Egypt;
Have true scales and a true ephah and a true bath. The ephah and the bath are to be of the same measure, so that the bath is equal to a tenth of a homer, and the ephah to a tenth of a homer: the unit of measure is to be a homer.
Then when she had done so, she took him with her, with a three-year old ox and an ephah of meal and a skin full of wine, and took him to the house of the Lord at Shiloh: now the child was still very young.
Then Gideon went in and made ready a young goat, and with an ephah of meal he made unleavened cakes: he put the meat in a basket and the soup in which it had been cooked he put in a pot, and he took it out to him under the oak-tree and gave it to him there.
So she went on getting together the heads of grain till evening; and after crushing out the seed it came to about an ephah of grain.
But if he has not enough money for two doves or two young pigeons, then let him give, for the sin he has done, the tenth part of an ephah of the best meal, for a sin-offering; let him put no oil on it, and no perfume, for it is a sin-offering.
And the tenth part of an ephah of the best meal for a meal offering mixed with the fourth part of a hin of clear oil.
This is the offering you are to give: a sixth of an ephah out of a homer of wheat, and a sixth of an ephah out of a homer of barley;
And he is to give a meal offering, an ephah for every ox and an ephah for every sheep and a hin of oil to every ephah.
And the meal offering is to be an ephah for the sheep, and for the lambs whatever he is able to give, and a hin of oil to an ephah.
And he is to give a meal offering, an ephah for the ox and an ephah for the sheep, and for the lambs whatever he is able to give, and a hin of oil to an ephah.
At the feasts and the fixed meetings the meal offerings are to be an ephah for an ox, and an ephah for a male sheep, and for the lambs whatever he is able to give, and a hin of oil to an ephah.
And you are to give, morning by morning, a meal offering with it, a sixth of an ephah and a third of a hin of oil dropped on the best meal; a meal offering offered to the Lord at all times by an eternal order.
And I said, What is it? And he said, This is an ephah which is going out. And he said further, This is their evil-doing in all the land. And I saw a round cover of lead lifted up; and a woman was seated in the middle of the ephah. And he said, This is Sin; and pushing her down into the ephah, he put the weight of lead on the mouth of it. read more.
And lifting up my eyes I saw two women coming out, and the wind was in their wings; and they had wings like the wings of a stork: and they took the ephah, lifting it up between earth and heaven. And I said to the angel who was talking to me, Where are they taking the ephah?
And lifting up my eyes I saw two women coming out, and the wind was in their wings; and they had wings like the wings of a stork: and they took the ephah, lifting it up between earth and heaven. And I said to the angel who was talking to me, Where are they taking the ephah?
Ruth » Receives kindness from boaz
And he said, Take your robe, stretching it out in your hands: and she did so, and he took six measures of grain and put them into it, and gave it her to take: and she went back to the town.
And Boaz came from Beth-lehem, and said to the grain-cutters, The Lord be with you. And they made answer, The Lord give you his blessing. Then Boaz said to his servant who was in authority over the cutters, Whose girl is this? And the servant who was in authority over the cutters said, It is a Moabite girl who came back with Naomi out of the country of Moab; read more.
And she said to me, Let me come into the grain-field and take up the grain after the cutters. So she came, and has been here from morning till now, without resting even for a minute. Then said Boaz to Ruth, Give ear to me, my daughter: do not go to take up the grain in another field, or go away from here, but keep here by my young women: Keep your eyes on the field they are cutting, and go after them; have I not given orders to the young men not to put a hand on you? And when you are in need of drink go to the vessels and take of what the young men have put there. Then she went down on her face to the earth, and said to him, Why have I grace in your eyes, that you give attention to me, seeing I am from a strange people? And Boaz answering said to her, I have had news of everything you have done for your mother-in-law after the death of your husband; how you went away from your father and mother and the land of your birth, and came to a people who are strange to you. The Lord give you a reward for what you have done, and may a full reward be given to you by the Lord, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take cover. Then she said, May I have grace in your eyes, my lord, for you have given me comfort, and you have said kind words to your servant, though I am not like one of your servants. And at meal-time Boaz said to her, Come here, and take some of the bread, and put your bit into the wine. And she took her seat among the grain-cutters: and he gave her dry grain, and she took it, and there was more than enough for her meal. And when she got ready to take up the grain, Boaz gave his young men orders, saying, Let her take it even from among the cut grain, and say nothing to her. And let some heads of grain be pulled out of what has been corded up, and dropped for her to take, and let no sharp word be said to her. So she went on getting together the heads of grain till evening; and after crushing out the seed it came to about an ephah of grain.
And she said to me, Let me come into the grain-field and take up the grain after the cutters. So she came, and has been here from morning till now, without resting even for a minute. Then said Boaz to Ruth, Give ear to me, my daughter: do not go to take up the grain in another field, or go away from here, but keep here by my young women: Keep your eyes on the field they are cutting, and go after them; have I not given orders to the young men not to put a hand on you? And when you are in need of drink go to the vessels and take of what the young men have put there. Then she went down on her face to the earth, and said to him, Why have I grace in your eyes, that you give attention to me, seeing I am from a strange people? And Boaz answering said to her, I have had news of everything you have done for your mother-in-law after the death of your husband; how you went away from your father and mother and the land of your birth, and came to a people who are strange to you. The Lord give you a reward for what you have done, and may a full reward be given to you by the Lord, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take cover. Then she said, May I have grace in your eyes, my lord, for you have given me comfort, and you have said kind words to your servant, though I am not like one of your servants. And at meal-time Boaz said to her, Come here, and take some of the bread, and put your bit into the wine. And she took her seat among the grain-cutters: and he gave her dry grain, and she took it, and there was more than enough for her meal. And when she got ready to take up the grain, Boaz gave his young men orders, saying, Let her take it even from among the cut grain, and say nothing to her. And let some heads of grain be pulled out of what has been corded up, and dropped for her to take, and let no sharp word be said to her. So she went on getting together the heads of grain till evening; and after crushing out the seed it came to about an ephah of grain.
Threshing » By beating
So she went on getting together the heads of grain till evening; and after crushing out the seed it came to about an ephah of grain.
Virtues » Industry » Examples of
And because he was of the same trade, he was living with them, and they did their work together; for by trade they were tent-makers.
She gives attention to the ways of her family, she does not take her food without working for it.
And Jeroboam was an able and responsible man; and Solomon saw that he was a good worker and made him overseer of all the work given to the sons of Joseph.
This was my condition, wasted by heat in the day and by the bitter cold at night; and sleep went from my eyes.
So she went on getting together the heads of grain till evening; and after crushing out the seed it came to about an ephah of grain.
And with our hands we do the hardest work: when they give us curses we give blessings, when we undergo punishment we take it quietly;
So we went on with the work: and half of them had spears in their hands from the dawn of the morning till the stars were seen.
physical Work » Business life » Industry » Examples of
And because he was of the same trade, he was living with them, and they did their work together; for by trade they were tent-makers.
She gives attention to the ways of her family, she does not take her food without working for it.
And Jeroboam was an able and responsible man; and Solomon saw that he was a good worker and made him overseer of all the work given to the sons of Joseph.
This was my condition, wasted by heat in the day and by the bitter cold at night; and sleep went from my eyes.
So she went on getting together the heads of grain till evening; and after crushing out the seed it came to about an ephah of grain.
And with our hands we do the hardest work: when they give us curses we give blessings, when we undergo punishment we take it quietly;
So we went on with the work: and half of them had spears in their hands from the dawn of the morning till the stars were seen.