Imamat 19:10

19:10 You must not pick your vineyard bare, ¹  and you must not gather up the fallen grapes of your vineyard. You must leave them for the poor and the foreigner. I am the Lord your God.

Ulangan 24:19-21

24:19 Whenever you reap your harvest in your field and leave some unraked grain there, ²  you must not return to get it; it should go to the resident foreigner, orphan, and widow so that the Lord your God may bless all the work you do. ³  24:20 When you beat your olive tree you must not repeat the procedure; ⁴  the remaining olives belong to the resident foreigner, orphan, and widow. 24:21 When you gather the grapes of your vineyard you must not do so a second time; ⁵  they should go to the resident foreigner, orphan, and widow.

Rut 2:15

2:15 When she got up to gather grain, Boaz told ⁶  his male servants, “Let her gather grain even among ⁷  the bundles! Don’t chase her off! ⁸ 

[19:10]  ¹ tn Heb “And you shall not deal severely with your vineyard.”

[24:19]  ² tn Heb “in the field.”

[24:19]  ³ tn Heb “of your hands.” This law was later applied in the story of Ruth who, as a poor widow, was allowed by generous Boaz to glean in his fields (Ruth 2:1-13).

[24:20]  ⁴ tn Heb “knock down after you.”

[24:21]  ⁵ tn Heb “glean after you.”

[2:15]  ⁶ tn Or “commanded” (so KJV, NASB, NCV).

[2:15]  ⁷ tn Heb “even between”; NCV “even around.”

[2:15]  ⁸ tn Heb “do not humiliate her”; cf. KJV “reproach her not”; NASB “do not insult her”; NIV “don’t embarrass her.” This probably refers to a verbal rebuke which would single her out and embarrass her (see v. 16). See R. L. Hubbard, Jr., Ruth (NICOT), 176-77, and F. W. Bush, Ruth, Esther (WBC), 126.