2017-12-12 06:13:24 +00:00
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# Keep your eyes only on the field
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2023-06-16 19:25:07 +00:00
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"Watch the field"
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2017-12-12 06:13:24 +00:00
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2023-06-16 19:25:07 +00:00
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# Have I not instructed the men not to touch you?
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2017-12-12 06:13:24 +00:00
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2023-06-16 19:25:07 +00:00
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This question can be translated as a statement. Alternate translation: "I have given the men strict instructions not to touch you."
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2017-12-12 06:13:24 +00:00
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# not to touch you
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Possible meanings are 1) the men were not to harm Ruth or 2) the men were not to stop her from gleaning in his field.
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2019-02-20 21:08:25 +00:00
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# the water that the young men have drawn
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2017-12-12 06:13:24 +00:00
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2023-06-16 19:25:07 +00:00
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To draw water means to pull up water from a well or to take it out of a storage vessel.
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