"Let your eyesbe on the fieldwhichthey reap,and goafterthem. Indeed,I have commandedthe servantsnot to touchyou. When you are thirsty,goto the waterjarsand drinkfrom whatthe servantsdraw."
Then Godsaidto him in the dream,"Yes,I knowthat in the integrityof your heartyou have donethis,and I alsokeptyou from sinningagainst Me; thereforeI did not letyou touchher.
"Pityme, pityme, O you my friends,For the handof Godhas struckme.
"Do not touchMy anointedones,And doMy prophetsnoharm."
Sois the one who goesin to his neighbor'swife;Whoevertouchesher will not gounpunished.
"And whoeverin the nameof a disciplegivesto oneof theselittle onesevena cupof coldwater to drink,trulyI sayto you, he shall not losehis reward."
Nowconcerningthe things about whichyou wrote,it is goodfor a mannot to toucha woman.
We knowthat noonewho is bornof Godsins;but He who was bornof Godkeepshim, and the evil onedoes not touchhim.
Then she fellon her face,bowingto the groundand saidto him, "Whyhave I foundfavorin your sightthat you should takenoticeof me, since I am a foreigner?"
Then Boazsaidto Ruth,"Listencarefully,my daughter.Do not goto gleanin anotherfield;furthermore,do not goon from thisone,but stayherewith my maids.
