So she went down to the threshing floor and did everything her mother-in-law told her to do.
Esther had not revealed her nationality and family background, because Mordecai had forbidden her to do so.
“Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you.
Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.
You are my friends if you do what I command.
His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.”
“I will do whatever you say,” Ruth answered.
When Boaz had finished eating and drinking and was in good spirits, he went over to lie down at the far end of the grain pile. Ruth approached quietly, uncovered his feet and lay down.