Rut 2:8-9 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Ruth 2:8-9: 2:8-9 Boaz gave Ruth the special privilege of gleaning right behind the young women . After the men cut the grain and tied it in small bundles, the women gathered the bundles into larger sheaves. The Torah did not require farmers to allow gleaners into the fields until the sheaves had been taken to the threshing floor. • I have warned the young men not to treat you roughly: Boaz assured Ruth that no one under his authority would taunt her or try to drive her away from his fields even though she was present before the proper time for gleaners to come in. • help yourself to the water: Boaz’s generosity saved Ruth the trouble of drawing her own water.

‏ Ruth 2:8-9

Summary for Ruth 2:8-9: 2:8-9 ^a Boaz gave Ruth the special privilege of gleaning right behind the young women. After the men cut the grain and tied it in small bundles, the women gathered the bundles into larger sheaves. The Torah did not require farmers to allow gleaners into the fields until the sheaves had been taken to the threshing floor.

• I have warned the young men not to treat you roughly: Boaz assured Ruth that no one under his authority would taunt her or try to drive her away from his fields even though she was present before the proper time for gleaners to come in.

• help yourself to the water: Boaz’s generosity saved Ruth the trouble of drawing her own water.