Ruth worked in the field until the evening. When she beat out the grain that she had picked up it was a large amount.
(An omer is a tenth of an ephah.)
She looks after the needs of her whole household, and she's never idle.
In fact, pull out some stalks from the bundles you're cutting and leave them for her to pick up. Don't tell her off.”
She picked it up and took it back to town to show her mother-in-law how much she had collected. Ruth also gave her what she had left over from her meal.