Ruthchapter 3
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A.Naomi's plan for the threshing floorvv. 1-5
1 One day Ruth’s mother-in-law Naomi said to her, “My daughter, should I not seek a resting place for you, that it may be well with you? 2 Now is not Boaz, with whose servant girls you have been working, a relative of ours? In fact, tonight he is winnowing barley on the threshing floor. 3 Therefore wash yourself, put on perfume, and wear your best clothes. Go down to the threshing floor, but do not let the man know you are there until he has finished eating and drinking. 4 When he lies down, note the place where he lies. Then go in and uncover his feet, and lie down, and he will explain to you what you should do.” 5 “I will do everything you say,” Ruth answered.
B.Spread thy skirt over thy handmaidvv. 6-13
6 So she went down to the threshing floor and did everything her mother-in-law had instructed her to do. 7 After Boaz had finished eating and drinking and was in good spirits, he went to lie down at the end of the heap of grain. Then Ruth went in secretly, uncovered his feet, and lay down. 8 At midnight, Boaz was startled, turned over, and there lying at his feet was a woman! 9 “Who are you?” he asked. “I am your servant Ruth,” she replied. “Spread the corner of your garment over me, for you are a kinsman-redeemer.” 10 Then Boaz said, “May the LORD bless you, my daughter. You have shown more kindness now than before, because you have not run after the younger men, whether rich or poor. 11 And now do not be afraid, my daughter. I will do for you whatever you request, since all my fellow townspeople know that you are a woman of noble character. 12 Yes, it is true that I am a kinsman-redeemer, but there is a redeemer nearer than I. 13 Stay here tonight, and in the morning, if he wants to redeem you, good. Let him redeem you. But if he does not want to redeem you, as surely as the LORD lives, I will. Now lie here until morning.”
C.Six measures of barley before daylightvv. 14-18
14 So she lay down at his feet until morning, but she got up before anyone else could recognize her. Then Boaz said, “Do not let it be known that a woman came to the threshing floor.” 15 And he told her, “Bring the shawl you are wearing and hold it out.” When she did so, he shoveled six measures of barley into her shawl. Then he went into the city. 16 When Ruth returned to her mother-in-law, Naomi asked her, “How did it go, my daughter?” Then Ruth told her all that Boaz had done for her. 17 And she said, “He gave me these six measures of barley, for he said, ‘Do not go back to your mother-in-law empty-handed.’” 18 “Wait, my daughter,” said Naomi, “until you find out how things go, for he will not rest unless he has resolved the matter today.”
Chapter summary
Naomi seeks rest for Ruth and sends her, washed and anointed, down to the threshing-floor at night.
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Chapter summary
Naomi seeks rest for Ruth and sends her, washed and anointed, down to the threshing-floor at night.
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Naomi seeks rest for Ruth and sends her, washed and anointed, down to the threshing-floor at night. When Boaz has eaten and drunk and lies down at the end of the heap of grain, Ruth uncovers his feet and lies down; at midnight the man is startled and turns himself. Her request is legal as much as personal: spread thy skirt over thy handmaid, for thou art a near kinsman, she asks him to be the redeemer he already blessed her for trusting. Boaz answers that all the city knows she is a worthy woman and that her latter kindness exceeds the first, but names a nearer kinsman with first refusal. Six measures of barley go home with her before dawn.
Drawn from Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory, Matthew Henry, Complete Commentary and John Wesley, Notes on the Old Testament.
Context
History · Samuel — Ruth overview
- A. 1–5 Naomi's plan for the threshing floor
- B. 6–13 Spread thy skirt over thy handmaid
- C. 14–18 Six measures of barley before daylight
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