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Hello, this is Father Paul, and I'm glad we're

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taking this journey together to read the Bible

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in a year. Today we'll be reading in full the

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book of Ruth, all four chapters. Chapter 1 Now

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it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled

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that there was a famine in the land, and a certain

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man of Bethlehem, Judah, went to dwell in the

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country of Moab, he and his wife and his two

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sons. The name of the man was Eli Malik. The

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name of his wife was Naomi. And the names of

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his two sons were Mahlon and Kilion, Ephratites

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of Bethlehem Judah. And they went to the country

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of Moab and remained there. Then Elimelech, Naomi's

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husband, died, and she was left and her two sons.

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Now they took wives of the women of Moab. The

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name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the

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other Ruth. And they dwelt there about ten years.

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Then both Mahlon and Kilion also died. So the

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woman survived her two sons and her husband.

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Then she arose with her daughters -in -law, that

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she might return from the country of Moab. For

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she had heard in the country of Moab that the

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Lord had visited his people by giving them bread.

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Therefore she went out from the place where she

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was and her two daughters -in -law with her,

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and they went on the way to return to the land

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of Judah. And Naomi said to her two daughters

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-in -law, Go return each to her mother's house.

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The Lord deal kindly with you, as you have dealt

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with the dead and with me. The Lord grant that

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you may find rest, each in the house of her husband.

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So she kissed them, and they lifted up their

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voices and wept. And they said to her, Surely

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we will return with you to your people. But Naomi

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said, Turn back, my daughters. Why will you go

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with me? Are there still sons in my womb, that

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they may be your husbands? Turn back, my daughters,

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go, for I am too old to have a husband. If I

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should say I have hope, if I should have a husband

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tonight, and should also bear sons, would you

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wait for them till they were grown? Would you

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restrain yourselves from having husbands? No,

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my daughters, for it grieves me very much for

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your sakes that the hand of the Lord has gone

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out against me. Then they lifted up their voices

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and wept again, and Orpah kissed her mother -in

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-law, but Ruth clung to her. And she said, Look,

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your sister -in -law has gone back to her people

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and to her gods. Return after your sister -in

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-law. But Ruth said, Entreat me not to leave

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you, or to turn back from following after you.

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For wherever you go, I will go, and wherever

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you lodge, I will lodge. Your people shall be

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my people, and your God my God. Where you die,

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I will die, and there will I be buried. The Lord

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do so to me, and more also, if anything but death

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parts you and me. When she saw that she was determined

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to go with her, she stopped speaking to her.

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Now the two of them went until they came to Bethlehem,

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and it happened when they had come to Bethlehem

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that all the city was excited because of them,

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and the women said, Is this Naomi? But she said

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to them, Do not call me Naomi, call me Mara,

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for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with

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me. I went out full, and the Lord has brought

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me home again empty. Why do you call me Naomi,

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since the Lord has testified against me, and

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the Almighty has afflicted me? So Naomi returned,

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and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter -in -law

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with her, who returned from the country of Moab.

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Now they came to Bethlehem at the beginning of

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barley harvest. Chapter 2 There was a relative

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of Naomi's husband, a man of great wealth, of

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the family of Elimelech. His name was Boaz. So

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Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, Please let

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me go to the field and glean heads of grain after

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him, in whose sight I may found favor. And she

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said to her, Go, my daughter. Then she left,

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and went and gleaned in the field after the reapers.

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And she happened to come to the part of the field

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belonging to Boaz, who was of the family of Elimelech.

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Now behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said

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to the reapers, The Lord be with you. And they

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answered him, The Lord bless you. Then Boaz said

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to his servant, who was in charge of the reapers,

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Whose young woman is this? So the servant, who

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was in charge of the reapers, answered and said,

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It is the young Moabite woman who came back with

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Naomi from the country of Moab. And she said,

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Please let me glean and gather after the reapers

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among the sheaves. So she came and has continued

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from morning until now, though she rested a little

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in the house. Then Boaz said to Ruth, You will

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listen, my daughter, will you not? Do not go

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to glean in another field, nor go from here.

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But stay close by my young women. Let your eyes

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be on the field which they reap, and go after

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them. Have I not commanded the young men not

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to touch you? And when you are thirsty, go to

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the vessels and drink from what the young men

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have drawn. So she fell on her face, bowed down

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to the ground and said to him, Why have I found

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favor in your eyes, that you should take notice

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of me since I am a foreigner? And Boaz answered

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and said to her, It has been fully reported to

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me all that you have done for your mother -in

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-law since the death of your husband, and how

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you have left your father and your mother and

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the land of your birth, and have come to a people

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whom you do not know before. The Lord repay your

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work. and a full reward be given you by the Lord

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God of Israel, under whose wings you have come

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for refuge. Then she said, Let me find favor

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in your sight, my lord, for you have comforted

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me and have spoken kindly to your maidservant,

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though I am not like one of your maidservants.

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Now Boaz said to her at mealtime, Come here and

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eat of the bread, and dip your piece of bread

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in the vinegar. So she sat beside the reapers,

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and he passed parched grain to her. And she ate

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and was satisfied, and kept some back. And when

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she rose up to glean, Boaz commanded his young

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men, saying, Let her glean even among the sheaves,

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and do not reproach her. Also let grain from

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the bundles fall purposely for her. Leave it

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that she may glean, and do not rebuke her. So

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she gleaned in the field until evening, and beat

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out what she had gleaned, and it was about an

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affa of barley. Then she took it up and went

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into the city, and her mother -in -law saw what

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she had gleaned. So she brought out and gave

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to her what she had kept back after she had been

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satisfied. And her mother -in -law said to her,

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Where have you gleaned today? And where did you

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work? Blessed be the one who took notice of you.

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So she told her mother -in -law with whom she

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had worked and said, The man's name with whom

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I work today is Boaz. Then Naomi said to her

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daughter -in -law, Blessed be he of the Lord

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who has not forsaken his kindness to the living

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and the dead. And Naomi said to her, This man

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is a relation of ours, one of our close relatives.

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Ruth the Moabitess said, He also said to me,

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You shall stay close by my young men until they

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have finished all my harvest. And Naomi said

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to Ruth her daughter -in -law, It is good, my

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daughter, that you go out with his young women,

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and that people do not meet you in any other

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field. So she stayed close by the young women

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of Boaz to glean until the end of barley harvest

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and wheat harvest, and she dwelt with her mother

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-in -law. Chapter 3 Then Naomi her mother -in

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-law said to her, My daughter, shall I not seek

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security for you, that it may be well with you?

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Now Boaz, whose young women you were with, is

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he not our relative? In fact, he is winnowing

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barley tonight at the threshing floor. Therefore

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wash yourself and anoint yourself, put on your

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best garment, and go down to the threshing floor.

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But do not make yourself known to the man until

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he has finished eating and drinking. Then it

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shall be, when he lies down, that you shall notice

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the place where he lies, and you shall go in,

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uncover his feet, and lie down. And he will tell

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you what you should do. And she said to her,

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All that you say to me I will do. So she went

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down to the threshing floor and did according

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to all that her mother -in -law instructed her.

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And after Boaz had eaten and drunk, and his heart

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was cheerful, he went to lie down at the end

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of the heap of grain, and she came softly, uncovered

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his feet, and lay down. Now it happened at midnight

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that the man was startled and turned himself,

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and there a woman was lying at his feet, and

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he said, Who are you? So she answered, I am Ruth,

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your maidservant. Take your maidservant under

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your wing, for you are a close relative. Then

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he said, Blessed are you of the Lord, my daughter,

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for you have shown more kindness at the end than

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at the beginning, in that you did not go after

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young men, whether poor or rich. And now, my

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daughter, do not fear. I will do for you all

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that you request, for all the people of my town

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know that you are a virtuous woman. Now it is

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true that I am a close relative. However, there

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is a relative closer than I. stay this night

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and in the morning it shall be that if he will

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perform the duty of a close relative for you

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good let him do it but if he does not want to

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perform the duty for you then i will perform

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the duty for you as the lord lives lie down until

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morning so she lay at his feet until morning

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and she arose before one could recognize another

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Then he said, Do not let it be known that the

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woman came to the threshing floor. Also he said,

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Bring the shawl that is on you and hold it. And

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when she held it, he measured six affas of barley

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and laid it on her. Then she went into the city.

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When she came to her mother -in -law, she said,

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Is that you, my daughter? Then she told her all

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that the man had done for her. And she said,

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These six affas of barley he gave me, for he

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said to me, Do not go empty -handed to your mother

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-in -law. Then she said, Sit still, my daughter,

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until you know how the matter will turn out,

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for the man will not rest until he has concluded

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the matter this day. Chapter 4 Now Boaz went

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up to the gate and sat down there, and behold,

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the close relative of whom Boaz had spoken came

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by. So Boaz said, Come aside, friend, sit down

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here. So he came aside and sat down. And he took

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ten men of the elders of the city and said, Sit

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down here. So they sat down. Then he said to

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the close relative, Naomi, who has come back

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from the country of Moab, sold the piece of land

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which belonged to our brother Elimelech. And

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I thought to inform you, saying, Buy it back

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in the presence of the inhabitants and the elders

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of my people. If you will redeem it, redeem it.

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But if you will not redeem it, then tell me that

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I may know. For there is no one but you to redeem

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it, and I am next after you. And he said, I will

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redeem it. Lemboa said, On the day you buy the

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field from the hand of Naomi, you must also buy

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it from Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the dead,

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to perpetuate the name of the dead through his

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inheritance. And the close relative said, I cannot

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redeem it for myself, lest I ruin my own inheritance.

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You redeem my right of redemption for yourself,

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for I cannot redeem it. Now this was the custom

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in former times in Israel concerning redeeming

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and exchanging. To confirm anything, one man

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took off his sandal and gave it to the other,

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and this was a confirmation in Israel. Therefore

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the close relative said to Boaz, Buy it for yourself.

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So he took off his sandal. Amboa said to the

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elders and all the people, You are witnesses

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this day that I have bought all that was Ali

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Malik's and all that was Kilion's and Mahlon's

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from the hand of Naomi. Moreover, Ruth the Moabitess,

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the widow of Mahlon, I have acquired as my wife

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to perpetuate the name of the dead through his

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inheritance, that the name of the dead may not

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be cut off from among his brethren and from his

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position at the gate. You are witnesses this

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day. And all the people who were at the gate

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and the elders said, We are witnesses. The Lord

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make the woman who is coming to your house like

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Rachel and Leah, the two who built the house

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of Israel. And may you prosper in Ephrathah and

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be famous in Bethlehem. May your house be like

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the house of Paris, whom Tamar bore to Judah,

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because of the offspring which the Lord will

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give you from this young woman. So Boaz took

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Ruth and she became his wife. And when he went

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into her, the Lord gave her conception and she

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bore a son. Then the woman said to Naomi, Blessed

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be the Lord, who has not left you this day without

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a close relative, and may his name be famous

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in Israel, and may he be to you a restorer of

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life and a nourisher of your old age. For your

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daughter -in -law, who loves you, who is better

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to you than seven sons, has born him. Then Naomi

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took the child and laid him on her bosom, and

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became a nurse to him. Also the neighbor women

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gave him a name, saying, There is a son born

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to Naomi. And they called his name Obed. He is

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the father of Jesse, the father of David. Now

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this is the genealogy of Perez. Perez begot Hezron.

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Hezron begot Ram, and Ram begot Aminadab. Aminadab

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begot Nashon, and Nashon begot Salmon. Salmon

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begot Boaz, and Boaz begot Obed. Obed begot Jesse,

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and Jesse begot David. I hope you enjoyed today's

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reading as much as I did. And I look forward

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to seeing you again tomorrow to continue on our

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journey. God bless you and have a great day.