Ruth 2:3 meaning and explanation
So Ruth departed and went out into the field and gleaned after the harvesters. And she happened to come to the part of the field belonging to Boaz, who was from the clan of Elimelech.
Ruth 2:3, Berean Standard Bible
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Ruth has just asked Naomi's permission to glean, the Old Testament practice of gathering leftover grain that the law left for the poor and the foreigner (Leviticus 19:9-10). She is a Moabite widow caring for her widowed mother-in-law, and she has no claim on anyone's land.
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