Indeed, if a woman does not keep her head covered, she may as well cut her hair short. But, since to cut her hair short, or shave it off, marks her as one of the shameless women, she should keep her head covered.
Ruth 2:21
‘He told me,’ Ruth said, ‘that I must keep near his young men until they have completed all his harvest.’
Ruth 3:7
When Boaz had finished eating and drinking and was in a happy mood, he went to lie down at the end of the heap of grain. Then Ruth came quietly and uncovered his feet and lay down.
Ruth 3:8
At midnight the man was startled and turned over, and there was a woman lying at his feet!
Ruth 3:11
My daughter, have no fear. I will do for you all that you ask, for the whole town knows that you are a virtuous woman.
Ruth 3:14
So she lay at his feet until morning, but rose before anyone could recognise her, for Boaz said, ‘No one must know that a woman came to the threshing-floor.’