For he said, "Let it not be known that a woman came to the threshing-floor."
And he said, "Bring the mantle that is upon thee, and hold it."
And she held it: and he measured six measures of barley, and gave it to her: and he went into the city.
And when she came to her mother-in-law, she said, "How hast thou fared, my daughter?"
And she told her all that the man had done to her. And she said, "These six measures of barley gave he me; for he said, 'Go not empty unto thy mother-in-law.'"
Then said she, "Sit still, my daughter, until thou know how the matter will fall: for the man will not rest, until he has finished the thing this day."
Now Boaz went up to the gate, and sat down there: and, behold, the near kinsman of whom Boaz spoke came by; to whom he said, "Ho, kinsman! turn aside, sit down here."
And he turned aside, and sat down.
And he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, "Sit ye down here."