When Ruth rises to resume gleaning after her meal, Boaz instructs his men to allow her to glean even among the sheaves and not to reproach her, further enhancing her access to provision and her status within the field. This instruction goes beyond the normal gleaning law, which permitted the poor to glean only in the fallen grain left behind, and instead allows Ruth to gather from the bound sheaves themselves. Boaz's manipulation of the law's application demonstrates both his power and his willingness to use that power on Ruth's behalf.

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