Old TestamentRuth 2·Ruth the Foreign Widow Gleans with the Poor
Ruth 2:2–23

Ruth the Foreign Widow Gleans with the Poor

Ruth, a Moabite outsider and widow, goes to glean leftover grain at the edges of the fields — the provision of the law for the destitute. By chance she ends up in the field of Boaz, a wealthy kinsman of Naomi. Boaz notices her and quietly instructs his harvesters to leave extra grain for her and to let no one touch her.

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Ruth the Foreign Widow Gleans with the Poor

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Naomi had a relative of her husband’s, a mighty man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech, and his name was Boaz.

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