³¹ (The flax and barley^(A) were destroyed, since the barley had headed and the flax was in bloom.

³² The wheat and spelt,^(A) however, were not destroyed, because they ripen later.)

²³ So Ruth stayed close to the women of Boaz to glean until the barley^(A) and wheat harvests^(B) were finished. And she lived with her mother-in-law.