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14 And Boaz said to her, “At mealtime, come here and eat from the food. And dip your morsel in the vinegar.” And she sat beside the reapers. And he gave her parched corn. And she ate and was satisfied. And even left some of it.

15 And when she arose to glean, Boaz commanded his servants, saying, “Let her gather among the sheaves; and do not rebuke her.

16 “Also, let some of the sheaves fall for her; and let it lie, so that she may gather it up. And do not rebuke her.”

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14 At mealtime Boaz said to her, “Come over here. Have some bread(A) and dip it in the wine vinegar.”

When she sat down with the harvesters,(B) he offered her some roasted grain.(C) She ate all she wanted and had some left over.(D) 15 As she got up to glean, Boaz gave orders to his men, “Let her gather among the sheaves(E) and don’t reprimand her. 16 Even pull out some stalks for her from the bundles and leave them for her to pick up, and don’t rebuke(F) her.”

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