Charles Ellicott Commentary Ruth 2:6-7

"And the servant that was set over the reapers answered and said, It is the Moabitish damsel that came back with Naomi out of the country of Moab: And she said, Let me glean, I pray you, and gather after the reapers among the sheaves. So she came, and hath continued even from the morning until now, save that she tarried a little in the house." — Ruth 2:6-7 (ASV)

The steward gives a detailed account of Ruth. She is “the (rather, “a”) Moabitish young woman.” She is a foreigner; as such, she had a special claim to gleaning (Leviticus 19:9–10). She is the daughter-in-law of Naomi; and he adds that her behaviour has been praiseworthy, for she asked permission before beginning to glean, and she has worked hard all day, except for a short interval of rest. It would seem that Boaz’s visit to the field occurred when Ruth was then resting: “This is her resting briefly in the house”; apparently, this was some simple shelter from the heat set up in the field, like the lodge mentioned in Isaiah 1:8.