Ruth 2:16

16 Even pull some grain out of the bundles and leave it for her to gather. Don't give her a hard time about it."

Ruth 2:16 Meaning and Commentary

Ruth 2:16

And let fall some of the handfuls on purpose for her
That is, when they had reaped an handful, instead of laying it in its proper order, to be taken up by those that gathered after them, or by themselves, in order to be bound up in sheaves, scatter it about, or let it fall where they reaped it:

and leave them, that she may glean them, and rebuke her not
for taking them, as if she did a wrong thing.

Ruth 2:16 In-Context

14 When it was time to eat, Boaz told her, "Come here. Have some bread, and dip it into the sour wine." So she sat beside the reapers, and he handed her some roasted grain. She ate all she wanted and had some left over.

15 When she got up to gather grain, Boaz ordered his servants, "Let her gather grain even among the bundles. Don't give her any problems.

16 Even pull some grain out of the bundles and leave it for her to gather. Don't give her a hard time about it."

17 So Ruth gathered grain in the field until evening. Then she separated the grain from its husks. She had about half a bushel of barley.

18 She picked it up and went into the town, and her mother-in-law saw what she had gathered. Ruth also took out what she had left over from lunch and gave it to Naomi.