Read Ruth 2.14-23
In verse 15-18: Boaz extends Ruth's gleaning privileges even further.
She gathers an ephah of grain, variously calculated at 29-50 pounds.
Ruth shares the grain, as well as her lunch leftovers, with Naomi.
In verses 19-22: Naomi reveals to Ruth what the reader already knows: Boaz is a relative, one obligated to keep land within the family (Lev 25.25)..
Ruth alters Boaz's words in her report to Naomi (stay close by my servants, v. 21; keep close to my young women, v. 8).
In verse 23; As both the barley and wheat harvests draw to a close, the women face difficult months ahead.
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