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A widow came home
with nothing,

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except a young foreigner
who refused to leave her.

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What followed is a quiet
story of kindness.

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Ruth

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In the days
when the judges judged,

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there was a famine
in the land.

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A certain man
of Bethlehem Judah went

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to live in
the country of Moab

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with his wife
and his two sons.

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The name of
the man was Elimelech,

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and the name
of his wife Naomi.

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The names of his
two sons were Mahlon

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and Chilion, Ephrathites
of Bethlehem Judah.

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They came
into the country

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of Moab
and lived there.

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Elimelech,
Naomi’s husband, died;

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and she was left
with her two sons.

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They took
for themselves wives

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of the women
of Moab.

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The name of
the one was Orpah,

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and the name of
the other was Ruth.

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They lived there
about ten years.

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Mahlon and Chilion
both died,

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and the woman
was bereaved

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of her two children
and of her husband.

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Then she arose
with her daughters-in-law,

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that she might return

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from the country
of Moab;

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for she had heard
in the country

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of Moab how
the LORD

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had visited his people
in giving them bread.

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She went out
of the place

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where she was,

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and her two daughters-in-law
with her.

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They went on
the way to return

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to the land
of Judah.

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Naomi said
to her two daughters-in-law,

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“Go, return each
of you

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to her mother’s house.

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May the LORD
deal kindly with you,

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as you have dealt

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with the dead
and with me.

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May the LORD
grant you

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that you may find
rest, each of you

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in the house
of her husband.”

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Then she kissed them,

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and they lifted up
their voices, and wept.

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They said to her,

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“No, but we
will return with you

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to your people.”

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Naomi said,

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“Go back, my daughters.

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Why do you want
to go with me?

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Do I still
have sons

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in my womb,

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that they may
be your husbands?

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Go back, my daughters,
go your way;

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for I
am too old

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to have a husband.

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If I should say,
‘I have hope,’

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if I should even
have a husband tonight,

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and should
also bear sons,

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would you then wait
until they were grown?

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Would you then refrain
from having husbands?

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No, my daughters,

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for it grieves me
seriously for your sakes,

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for the LORD’s hand

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has gone
out against me.”

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They lifted up their
voices and wept again;

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then Orpah
kissed her mother-in-law,

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but Ruth stayed
with her.

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She said,

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“Behold, your sister-in-law
has gone back

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to her people
and to her god.

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Follow your sister-in-law.”

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Ruth said,

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“Don’t urge me
to leave you,

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and to return
from following you,

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for where you go,
I will go;

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and where you stay,
I will stay.

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Your people
will be my people,

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and your God
my God.

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Where you die,
I will die,

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and there I
will be buried.

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May the LORD do
so to me,

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and more also,

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if anything but death
parts you and me.”

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When Naomi saw
that she was determined

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to go with her,
she stopped urging her.

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So they both went
until they came

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to Bethlehem.

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When they
had come to Bethlehem,

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all the city
was excited about them,

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and they asked,

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“Is this Naomi?”

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She said to them,

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“Don’t call me Naomi.

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Call me Mara,
for the Almighty

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has dealt very bitterly
with me.

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I went out full,
and the LORD

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has brought me
home again empty.

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Why do you
call me Naomi,

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since the LORD
has testified against me,

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and the Almighty
has afflicted me?”

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So Naomi returned,

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and Ruth the Moabitess,
her daughter-in-law, with her,

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who returned out of
the country of Moab.

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They came to Bethlehem

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in the beginning
of barley harvest.

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Naomi had a relative
of her husband’s,

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a mighty man
of wealth,

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of the family
of Elimelech,

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and his name
was Boaz.

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Ruth the Moabitess said
to Naomi,

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“Let me now go
to the field,

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and glean among
the ears of grain

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after him in whose
sight I find favor.”

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She said to her,

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“Go, my daughter.”

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She went,
and came and gleaned

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in the field
after the reapers;

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and she happened
to come

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to the portion
of the field belonging

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to Boaz,

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who was of
the family of Elimelech.

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Behold, Boaz came
from Bethlehem,

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and said
to the reapers,

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“May the LORD be
with you.”

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They answered him,

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“May the LORD
bless you.”

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Then Boaz said
to his servant

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who was set over
the reapers,

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“Whose young
lady is this?”

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The servant
who was set over

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the reapers answered,

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“It is
the Moabite lady

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who came back
with Naomi out

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of the country
of Moab.

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She said, ‘Please let
me glean and gather

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after the reapers among
the sheaves.’

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So she came,
and has continued even

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from the morning
until now,

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except that she rested

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a little
in the house.”

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Then Boaz said
to Ruth,

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“Listen, my daughter.

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Don’t go to glean
in another field,

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and don’t go
from here,

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but stay here close
to my maidens.

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Let your eyes be
on the field

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that they reap,
and go after them.

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Haven’t I commanded
the young men not

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to touch you?

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When you are thirsty,
go to the vessels,

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and drink
from that which

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the young men
have drawn.”

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Then she fell
on her face

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and bowed herself
to the ground,

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and said to him,

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“Why have I found
favor in your sight,

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that you should
take knowledge of me,

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since I am
a foreigner?”

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Boaz answered her,

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“I have been told
all about what you

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have done
for your mother-in-law

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since the death
of your husband,

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and how you
have left your father,

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your mother,
and the land

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of your birth,
and have come

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to a people that
you didn’t know before.

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May the LORD
repay your work,

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and a full reward
be given to you

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from the LORD,

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the God of Israel,
under whose wings you

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have come
to take refuge.”

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Then she said,

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“Let me find favor
in your sight,

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my lord, because you
have comforted me,

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and because you
have spoken kindly

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to your servant,
though I am not

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as one
of your servants.”

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At meal time
Boaz said to her,

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“Come here,
and eat some bread,

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and dip your morsel
in the vinegar.”

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She sat beside
the reapers,

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and they passed
her parched grain.

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She ate, was satisfied,

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and left some
of it.

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When she had risen
up to glean,

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Boaz commanded
his young men, saying,

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“Let her glean
even among the sheaves,

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and don’t reproach her.

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Also pull out some

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for her
from the bundles,

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and leave it.

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Let her glean,
and don’t rebuke her.”

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So she gleaned
in the field

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until evening;
and she beat out

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that which she
had gleaned,

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and it was about
an ephah of barley.

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She took it up,
and went

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into the city.

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Then her mother-in-law saw
what she had gleaned;

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and she brought out
and gave

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to her that which
she had left

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after she had enough.

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Her mother-in-law said
to her,

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“Where have you
gleaned today?

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Where have you worked?

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Blessed be he
who noticed you.”

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She told her mother-in-law
with whom she

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had worked,

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“The man’s name

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with whom I
worked today is Boaz.”

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Naomi said
to her daughter-in-law,

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“May he be blessed
by the LORD,

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who has not
abandoned his kindness

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to the living
and to the dead.”

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Naomi said to her,

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“The man is
a close relative

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to us, one
of our near kinsmen.”

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Ruth the Moabitess said,

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“Yes, he said
to me,

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‘You shall stay close
to my young men

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until they have finished
all my harvest.’

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”

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Naomi said to Ruth
her daughter-in-law,

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“It is good,
my daughter,

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that you go out
with his maidens,

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and that they
not harm you

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in any other field.”

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So she stayed close
to the maidens

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of Boaz, to glean
to the end

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of barley harvest
and of wheat harvest;

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and she lived
with her mother-in-law.

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Naomi her mother-in-law said
to her,

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“My daughter,

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shall I not
seek rest for you,

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that it may
be well with you?

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Now isn’t
Boaz our kinsman,

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with whose
maidens you were?

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Behold, he will be
winnowing barley tonight

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on the threshing floor.

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Therefore wash yourself,
anoint yourself, get dressed,

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and go down
to the threshing floor;

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but don’t make yourself
known to the man

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until he has finished
eating and drinking.

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It shall be,
when he lies down,

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that you
shall note the place

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where he is lying.

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Then you
shall go in,

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uncover his feet,
and lie down.

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Then he will tell
you what to do.”

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She said to her,

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“All that you say,
I will do.”

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She went down
to the threshing floor,

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and did everything that
her mother-in-law told her.

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When Boaz
had eaten and drunk,

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and his heart
was merry,

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he went to lie
down at the end

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of the heap
of grain.

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She came softly,
uncovered his feet,

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and lay down.

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At midnight,
the man was startled

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and turned himself;
and behold,

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a woman lay
at his feet.

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He said,

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“Who are you?”

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She answered,

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“I am
Ruth your servant.

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Therefore spread the corner

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of your garment
over your servant;

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for you are
a near kinsman.”

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He said,

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“You are blessed by
the LORD, my daughter.

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You have shown
more kindness

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in the latter end
than at the beginning,

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because you didn’t
follow young men,

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whether poor or rich.

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Now, my daughter,
don’t be afraid.

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I will do
to you all

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that you say;

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for all the city
of my people knows

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that you are
a worthy woman.

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Now it is true

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that I am
a near kinsman.

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However, there is
a kinsman nearer

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than I.

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Stay this night,

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and in the morning,
if he will perform

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for you the part
of a kinsman, good.

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Let him do
the kinsman’s duty.

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But if he
will not do

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the duty
of a kinsman

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for you, then I
will do the duty

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of a kinsman
for you,

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as the LORD lives.

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Lie down
until the morning.”

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She lay
at his feet

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until the morning,
then she rose up

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before one
could discern another.

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For he said,

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“Let it
not be known

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that the woman came
to the threshing floor.”

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He said,

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“Bring the mantle
that is on you,

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and hold it.”

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She held it;

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and he measured
six measures of barley,

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and laid it
on her;

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then he went
into the city.

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When she came
to her mother-in-law,

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she said,

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“How did it go,
my daughter?”

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She told her all
that the man

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had done for her.

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She said,

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“He gave me
these six measures

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of barley;
for he said,

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‘Don’t go empty
to your mother-in-law.’

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”

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Then she said,

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“Wait, my daughter,

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until you know what
will happen;

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for the man
will not rest

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until he
has settled this today.”

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Now Boaz went up
to the gate

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and sat down there.

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Behold, the near kinsman

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of whom Boaz
spoke came by.

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Boaz said to him,

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“Come over here,
friend, and sit down!”

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He came over,
and sat down.

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Boaz took ten men
of the elders

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of the city,
and said,

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“Sit down here,”

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and they sat down.

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He said
to the near kinsman,

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“Naomi, who
has come back out

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of the country
of Moab,

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is selling
the parcel of land,

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which was
our brother Elimelech’s.

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I thought I
should tell you,

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saying, ‘Buy it before
those who sit here,

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and before the elders
of my people.’

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If you
will redeem it,

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redeem it;

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but if you
will not redeem it,

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then tell me,
that I may know.

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For there
is no one

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to redeem
it besides you;

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and I am
after you.”

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He said,

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“I will redeem it.”

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Then Boaz said,

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“On the day
you buy the field

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from the hand
of Naomi,

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you must buy
it also from Ruth

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the Moabitess, the wife
of the dead,

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to raise up
the name

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of the dead
on his inheritance.”

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The near kinsman said,

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“I can’t redeem it
for myself,

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lest I endanger
my own inheritance.

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Take my right
of redemption for yourself;

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for I
can’t redeem it.”

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Now this was
the custom

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in former time
in Israel concerning redeeming

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and concerning exchanging,
to confirm all things:

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a man took
off his sandal,

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and gave it
to his neighbor;

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and this was
the way

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of formalizing transactions
in Israel.

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So the near
kinsman said to Boaz,

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“Buy it for yourself,”

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then he took
off his sandal.

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Boaz said
to the elders

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and to all
the people,

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“You are witnesses today,

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that I have bought
all that was Elimelech’s,

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and all that was
Chilion’s and Mahlon’s,

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from the hand
of Naomi.

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Moreover, Ruth the Moabitess,
the wife of Mahlon,

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I have purchased
to be my wife,

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to raise up
the name

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of the dead
on his inheritance,

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that the name
of the dead may

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not be cut off
from among his brothers

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and from the gate
of his place.

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You are witnesses today.”

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All the people who
were in the gate,

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and the elders, said,

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“We are witnesses.

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May the LORD make
the woman who

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has come
into your house

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like Rachel
and like Leah,

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which both built
the house of Israel;

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and treat you worthily
in Ephrathah,

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and be famous
in Bethlehem.

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Let your house be

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like the house
of Perez,

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whom Tamar bore
to Judah,

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of the offspring
which the LORD

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will give you
by this young woman.”

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So Boaz took Ruth

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and she
became his wife;

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and he went
in to her,

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and the LORD
enabled her to conceive,

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and she bore
a son.

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The women said
to Naomi,

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“Blessed be the LORD,

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who has not
left you today without

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a near kinsman.

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Let his name
be famous in Israel.

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He shall be
to you a restorer

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of life
and sustain you

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in your old age;
for your daughter-in-law,

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who loves you,
who is better

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to you
than seven sons,

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has given birth
to him.”

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Naomi took the child,

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laid him
in her bosom,

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and became nurse
to him.

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The women, her neighbors,

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gave him
a name, saying,

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“A son is born
to Naomi”.

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They named him Obed.

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He is
the father of Jesse,

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the father of David.

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Now this is
the history

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of the generations
of Perez:

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Perez became
the father of Hezron,

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and Hezron became
and Ram became
and Amminadab became
the father of Ram,
the father of Amminadab,
the father of Nahshon,

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and Nahshon became
the father of Salmon,

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and Salmon became
the father of Boaz,

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and Boaz became
the father of Obed,

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and Obed became
the father of Jesse,

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and Jesse became
the father of David.

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00:16:40,260 --> 00:16:43,780
Ruth begins with famine,
three graves,

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and a widow
who came home empty.

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It ends
with a full harvest,

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a new family,

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and a child
in Naomi’s arms.

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God is rarely seen
in this book,

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yet his kindness
runs through it,

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through ordinary people
who were kind.

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Centuries later,
Matthew’s Gospel names Ruth

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in the family line
of Jesus.

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“Boaz became the father
of Obed by Ruth.

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Obed became
the father of Jesse.

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Jesse became the father
of King David.”

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Let’s pray.

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Lord, when life
leaves us empty,

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let us find
refuge under your wings.

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Make us faithful
like Ruth,

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00:17:31,940 --> 00:17:33,740
and kind like Boaz,

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to the people you
put in our path.

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Amen.

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Tell us
in the comments who

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has shown you kindness.

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