Ruth 2:3
2:3 So Ruth
went and gathered grain in the fields
behind the harvesters. Now she just happened to end up
in the portion of the field belonging to Boaz, who was from the clan of Elimelech.
Ruth 2:7
2:7 She asked,
‘May I follow the harvesters and gather
grain among the bundles?’
Since she arrived she has been working hard
from this morning until now
– except for
sitting
in the resting hut
a short time.”
Ruth 2:18
Ruth Returns to Naomi
2:18 She carried it back to town, and her mother-in-law saw how much grain she had gathered. Then Ruth gave her the roasted grain she had saved from mealtime.
Ruth 2:23
2:23 So Ruth
worked beside
Boaz’s female servants, gathering grain until the end of the barley harvest as well as the wheat harvest.
After that she stayed home with her mother-in-law.