2:2 Let me go to the field. Ruth’s initiative, on the surface, is simply to keep herself and Naomi alive, according to a custom codified in Leviticus (19:9–10; 23:22) and Deuteronomy (24:19). As poor people, Ruth and Naomi would receive some help, but much more is about to come their way. A hint of this provision is given in Ruth’s plaintive request that she might glean “after him in whose sight I shall find favor.”