Ruth 2:21

“And Ruth the Moabitess said, he said unto me also, etc.] Besides the favours he has shown me already, he has given me reason to expect more, for he has given me this strict order: thou shalt keep fast by my young men, until they have ended all my harvest; both barley harvest and wheat harvest; his will was, that she kept following them, and gleaned after them, as long as both harvests lasted. The Septuagint version is, “with my maidens”, and which agrees with (<080208>Ruth 2:8), where the order of Boaz is expressed, and with the instructions of Naomi in the next verse, who so understood it; but if we understand it of young men here, there is no contradiction; for both young men and maidens…”

“all my harvest--both barley and wheat harvests. The latter was at the end of May or the beginning of June.”

“Harvest - Both barley - harvest, and wheat - harvest. She tells what kindness Boaz had shewed her; but not, how he had commended her. Humility teaches not only not to praise ourselves, but not to be forward in repeating the praise which others have given us. Ruth 2:22”

“2:21 The author refers to Ruth as (literally) “Ruth the Moabite” five times (1:22; 2:2, 21; 4:5, 10), reminding us repeatedly that Ruth was not an Israelite.”

“Thou shalt: Rut 2:7, Rut 2:8, Rut 2:22; Sol 1:7, Sol 1:8 young men: The word hannearim should be translated the servants; both male and female being included in it, the latter especially (see note on Rut 2:8, see note on Rut 2:22, and see note on Rut 2:23). Ruth 2:22”