Ruth 2:7 meaning and explanation
She has said, ‘Please let me glean and gather among the sheaves after the harvesters.’ So she came out and has continued from morning until now, except that she rested a short time in the shelter.”
Ruth 2:7, Berean Standard Bible
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These are the words of Boaz's foreman, answering his master's question about the young woman in the field. The foreman reports that Ruth asked permission to glean, the Old Testament right of the poor to gather leftover grain, and that she has worked steadily from morning until now, pausing only briefly in the shelter.
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