Ruth 2:15
And when she was risen up to *glean, Boaz commanded his young men, saying, Let her glean even among the sheaves, and 5reproach her not:
And when she was risen up to glean, Boaz commanded his young men, saying, Let her glean even among the sheaves, and reproach her not:
*:
glean-collect what the reapers drop at harvest time.
5:
Judges 18:7 ¶Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people that were therein, how they dwelt careless, after the manner of the Zidonians, quiet and secure; and there was no magistrate in the land, that might put them to shame in any thing; and they were far from the Zidonians, and had no business with any man.
As if she were rude or impudent in so doing, as otherwise they should have thought.
Why did he not rather give her as much corn as she could carry, and send her away?
Because he would not have her to eat the bread of idleness, but honestly to get it with the sweat of her brow, according to her duty and present condition.