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What Does “Parcel of ground” Mean in the Bible?

A piece of land or a farm that someone owns, often inherited from his parents.

Where it appears in the Bible

John 4:5; Ruth 2:8

What the Bible says

John 4:5

He cometh therefore to a city of Samaria, which is called Sichar, near the land which Jacob gave to his son Joseph.

Ruth 2:8

And Booz said to Ruth: Hear me, daughter, do not go to glean in any other field, and do not depart from this place: but keep with my maids,

Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.

Source: Dictionary.com, “parcel”

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