Don’t go and glean in another field; 2. and don’t go away from here; 3. stay here with [lit., stick close to, dabaq] my servant girls; 4. watch the field where the men [and girls] are harvesting; 5. and follow along after the girls; 6. I have told [ordered] the men not to touch you (naga‘)24 [or, hoot at you]; 7. And whenever you are thirsty, go and get a drink from the water jars the men have filled. From these statements, it is possible to conclude: • (from points 1–3) that Ruth was leaving the field as Boaz arrived, • (from points 4–6) that something done to her by the male reapers has made
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