Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter in law, with her, which returned out of the country of Moab: and they came to Bethlehem in the beginning of barley harvest.

Bible References

In the beginning

Ruth 2:23
So she kept fast by the maidens of Boaz, to glean, until the end of the barley harvest, and the wheat harvest, - and dwelt with her mother-in-law.
Exodus 9:31
Now, the flax and the barley, were smitten, - for the barley, was in the ear, and, the flax, was in flower;
2 Samuel 21:9
and delivered them up into the hand of the Gibeonites, and they crucified them in the mountain, before Yahweh, so they seven fell together, - they being put to death in the first days of harvest, in the beginning of the barley harvest.