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Ruth 3:1 (show verse)
Ruth’s mother-in-law Naomi said to her, “My daughter, shouldn’t I find security for you, so that you will be taken care of?
Ruth 3:2 (show verse)
Now isn’t Boaz our relative? Haven’t you been working with his female servants? This evening he will be winnowing barley on the threshing floor.
Agriculture » Miscellaneous topics » Threshing floors
Agriculture » Operations in » Threshing
Agriculture » Operations in » Winnowing
Agriculture or husbandry » Operations in » Winnowing
Entertainments » Given on occasions of » Harvest home
Inheritance » Provisions for inheritance under levirate marriages
Ruth » Under naomi's instructions claims from boaz the duty of a kinsman
Threshing » Floors for
Threshing » The place for » Used for winnowing the corn
Winnowing » Of grain
Agriculture » Operations in » Threshing
Agriculture » Operations in » Winnowing
Agriculture or husbandry » Operations in » Winnowing
Entertainments » Given on occasions of » Harvest home
Inheritance » Provisions for inheritance under levirate marriages
Ruth » Under naomi's instructions claims from boaz the duty of a kinsman
Threshing » Floors for
Threshing » The place for » Used for winnowing the corn
Winnowing » Of grain
Ruth 3:3 (show verse)
Wash, put on perfumed oil, and wear your best clothes. Go down to the threshing floor, but don’t let the man know you are there until he has finished eating and drinking.
Anointing » Of the body
Anointing » General references to application of oil to the body
Anointing » Was used for » Decorating the person
Cleanliness » Encouraged
Entertainments » Given on occasions of » Harvest home
Inheritance » Provisions for inheritance under levirate marriages
Ruth » Under naomi's instructions claims from boaz the duty of a kinsman
Threshing » Floors for
Anointing » General references to application of oil to the body
Anointing » Was used for » Decorating the person
Cleanliness » Encouraged
Entertainments » Given on occasions of » Harvest home
Inheritance » Provisions for inheritance under levirate marriages
Ruth » Under naomi's instructions claims from boaz the duty of a kinsman
Threshing » Floors for
Ruth 3:4 (show verse)
When he lies down, notice the place where he’s lying, go in and uncover his feet, and lie down. Then he will explain to you what you should do.”
Ruth 3:5 (show verse)
So Ruth said to her, “I will do everything you say.”
Entertainments » Given on occasions of » Harvest home
Inheritance » Provisions for inheritance under levirate marriages
Rose » Ruth , the woman of constancy, characteristics of » Filial obedience
Ruth » Under naomi's instructions claims from boaz the duty of a kinsman
Ruth » Filial obedience
Threshing » Floors for
Inheritance » Provisions for inheritance under levirate marriages
Rose » Ruth , the woman of constancy, characteristics of » Filial obedience
Ruth » Under naomi's instructions claims from boaz the duty of a kinsman
Ruth » Filial obedience
Threshing » Floors for
Ruth 3:6 (show verse)
She went down to the threshing floor and did everything her mother-in-law had instructed her.
Ruth 3:7 (show verse)
After Boaz ate, drank, and was in good spirits, he went to lie down at the end of the pile of barley. Then she went in secretly, uncovered his feet, and lay down.
Chastity » Instances of » Boaz
Continence » Instances of » Boaz
Entertainments » Given on occasions of » Harvest home
Inheritance » Provisions for inheritance under levirate marriages
Ruth » Under naomi's instructions claims from boaz the duty of a kinsman
Threshing » Floors for
Threshing » The place for » The jews slept on, during the time of
Continence » Instances of » Boaz
Entertainments » Given on occasions of » Harvest home
Inheritance » Provisions for inheritance under levirate marriages
Ruth » Under naomi's instructions claims from boaz the duty of a kinsman
Threshing » Floors for
Threshing » The place for » The jews slept on, during the time of
Ruth 3:8 (show verse)
At midnight, Boaz was startled, turned over, and there lying at his feet was a woman!
Ruth 3:9 (show verse)
So he asked, “Who are you?”
“I am Ruth, your slave,” she replied. “Spread your cloak over me, for you are a family redeemer.”
“I am Ruth, your slave,” she replied. “Spread your cloak
Ruth 3:10 (show verse)
Then he said, “May the Lord bless you, my daughter. You have shown more kindness now than before, because you have not pursued younger men, whether rich or poor.
Ruth 3:11 (show verse)
Now don’t be afraid, my daughter. I will do for you whatever you say, since all the people in my town know that you are a woman of noble character.
Chastity » Exemplified » Ruth
Chastity » Instances of » Boaz
Continence » Instances of » Boaz
Courtship » Ancient customs of » Women proposed marriage
Rose » Ruth , the woman of constancy, characteristics of » A spotless name
Ruth » A spotless name
Threshing » Floors for
Woman » Virtuous, held in high estimation
Women » Virtuous, held in high estimation
Chastity » Instances of » Boaz
Continence » Instances of » Boaz
Courtship » Ancient customs of » Women proposed marriage
Rose » Ruth , the woman of constancy, characteristics of » A spotless name
Ruth » A spotless name
Threshing » Floors for
Woman » Virtuous, held in high estimation
Women » Virtuous, held in high estimation
Ruth 3:12 (show verse)
Yes, it is true that I am a family redeemer, but there is a redeemer closer than I am.
Ruth 3:13 (show verse)
Stay here tonight, and in the morning, if he wants to redeem you, that’s good. Let him redeem you. But if he doesn’t want to redeem you, as the Lord lives, I will. Now lie down until morning.”
Ruth 3:14 (show verse)
So she lay down at his feet until morning but got up while it was still dark. Then Boaz said, “Don’t let it be known that a woman came to the threshing floor.”
Ruth 3:15 (show verse)
And he told Ruth, “Bring the shawl you’re wearing and hold it out.” When she held it out, he shoveled six measures of barley into her shawl, and she went into the town.
Ruth 3:16 (show verse)
She went to her mother-in-law, Naomi, who asked her, “How did it go, my daughter?”
Then Ruth told her everything the man had done for her.
Then Ruth told her everything the man had done for her.
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Ruth 3:17 (show verse)
She said, “He gave me these six measures of barley, because he said, ‘Don’t go back to your mother-in-law empty-handed.’”
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Ruth 3:18 (show verse)
Naomi said, “My daughter, wait until you find out how things go, for he won’t rest unless he resolves this today.”
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