(The view expressed in this blog are my own and should not be taken as inspired in any way.)
Ruth 2:17–23, “So she gleaned in the field until even, and beat out that she had gleaned: and it was about an ephah of barley. And she took it up, and went into the city: and her mother in law saw what she had gleaned: and she brought forth, and gave to her that she had reserved after she was sufficed. And her mother in law said unto her, Where hast thou gleaned to day? and where wroughtest thou? blessed be he that did take knowledge of thee. And she shewed her mother in law with whom she had wrought, and said, The man’s name with whom I wrought to day is Boaz. And Naomi said unto her daughter in law, Blessed be he of the LORD, who hath not left off his kindness to the living and to the dead. And Naomi said unto her, The man is near of kin unto us, one of our next kinsmen. And Ruth the Moabitess said, He said unto me also, Thou shalt keep fast by my young men, until they have ended all my harvest. And Naomi said unto Ruth her daughter in law, It is good, my daughter, that thou go out with his maidens, that they meet thee not in any other field. So she kept fast by the maidens of Boaz to glean unto the end of barley harvest and of wheat harvest; and dwelt with her mother in law.”
After Ruth spent the whole day gathering grain and at the end of the day she threshed the grain so that she could leave the husks and keep the good grain. She had gathered about 40 kg (more than 85 pounds) of grain and Naomi was impressed that she had been able to gather that much. Naomi, a local girl, wanted to know who had been so generous to he daughter in law and Ruth told her it was Naomi. Naomi thanked the Lord because she knew that Boaz was one of Elimelech’s closest relatives. She told Ruth to make sure that she went to Boaz’s fields for the rest of the harvest time, that is for the barley harvest and wheat harvest, which came after the barley harvest.
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