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\BibleBook{The book of  Ruth}

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\BibleTitleTwo{The book of }
\BibleMainTitle{Ruth }

\BibleSectionHeading{Naomi and Ruth }

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\chapterNumber{1}In|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117" when|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3117" judges|strong="H8199" ruled|strong="H8199", there|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" once|strong="H3117" a|strong="H1961" famine|strong="H7458" in|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" land|strong="H7704". A|strong="H1961" man|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" Bethlehem|strong="H1035" in|strong="H3117" Judah|strong="H3063" took|strong="H1961" his|strong="H1961" wife|strong="H0802" and|strong="H1121" two|strong="H8147" sons|strong="H1121" to|strong="H3212" live|strong="H1481" in|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" territory|strong="H7704" of|strong="H1121" Moab|strong="H4124". 
\verseNumber{2}His|strong="H1961" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H8034" Elimelech|strong="H0458" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H1961" wife’s|strong="H0802" was|strong="H8034" Naomi|strong="H5281", and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H1961" two|strong="H8147" sons|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1961" Mahlon|strong="H4248" and|strong="H1121" Chilion|strong="H3630". They|strong="H8033" were|strong="H1961" Ephrathites|strong="H0673" from|strong="H1121" Bethlehem|strong="H1035" in|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063". After|strong="H1961" they|strong="H8033" had|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" living|strong="H2416" in|strong="H1121" Moab|strong="H4124" for|strong="H8034" some|strong="H8033" time|strong="H1961", 
\verseNumber{3}Elimelech|strong="H0458" died|strong="H4191", and|strong="H1121" Naomi|strong="H5281" was|strong="H1931" left|strong="H7604" with|strong="H4191" her|strong="H1931" two|strong="H8147" sons|strong="H1121", 
\verseNumber{4}who|strong="H3427" married|strong="H3427" Moabite|strong="H4125" women|strong="H0802" named|strong="H8034" Orpah|strong="H6204" and|strong="H8033" Ruth|strong="H7327". After|strong="H8145" they|strong="H8033" had|strong="H3427" lived|strong="H3427" there|strong="H8033" about|strong="H8033" ten|strong="H6235" years|strong="H8141", 
\verseNumber{5}Mahlon|strong="H4248" and|strong="H8147" Chilion|strong="H3630" both|strong="H8147" died|strong="H4191", and|strong="H8147" Naomi|strong="H5281" was|strong="H3206" left|strong="H7604" alone|strong="H7604", without|strong="H4191" husband|strong="H0376" or|strong="H1571" sons|strong="H3206". 
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\verseNumber{6}So|strong="H5414" she|strong="H1931" set|strong="H5414" out|strong="H5414" with|strong="H3068" her|strong="H5414" daughters-in-law|strong="H3618" to|strong="H7725" return|strong="H7725" from|strong="H7725" the|strong="H8085" land|strong="H7704" of|strong="H3068" Moab|strong="H4124", for|strong="H3588" she|strong="H1931" had|strong="H3068" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H8085" \BibleCharacterStyleND{\+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*} had|strong="H3068" remembered|strong="H2142" his|strong="H5414" people|strong="H5971" and|strong="H6965" given|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" food|strong="H3899". 
\verseNumber{7}As|strong="H1961" they|strong="H8033" were|strong="H1961" setting|strong="H5414" out|strong="H3318" together|strong="H5973" on|strong="H1870" the|strong="H4480" journey|strong="H1870" to|strong="H7725" Judah|strong="H3063", 
\verseNumber{8}Naomi|strong="H5281" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H7725" her|strong="H7725" daughters-in-law|strong="H3618", “Go|strong="H3212", return|strong="H7725" both|strong="H8147" of|strong="H1004" you|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H6213" home|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" your|strong="H3068" mother|strong="H0517". May|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleND{\+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*} be|strong="H4191" kind|strong="H4327" to|strong="H7725" you|strong="H7725" as|strong="H6213" you|strong="H7725" have|strong="H3068" been|strong="H3068" kind|strong="H4327" to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H6213" dead|strong="H4191" and|strong="H3068" to|strong="H7725" me|strong="H7725". 
\verseNumber{9}The|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleND{\+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*} grant|strong="H5414" that|strong="H3068" each|strong="H5414" of|strong="H1004" you|strong="H5414" may|strong="H3068" find|strong="H4672" peace|strong="H6963" and|strong="H3068" happiness|strong="H8057" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5414" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" a|strong="H5414" new|strong="H2319" husband|strong="H0376".” 
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Then|strong="H5375" she|strong="H1931" kissed|strong="H5401" them|strong="H5414"; but|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" began|strong="H2490" to|strong="H3068" weep|strong="H1058" aloud|strong="H6963" 
\verseNumber{10}and|strong="H7725" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H7725" her|strong="H7725", “No|strong="H3808", we|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5971" return|strong="H7725" with|strong="H5971" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H7725" your|strong="H7725" people|strong="H5971".” 
\verseNumber{11}But|strong="H1961" Naomi|strong="H5281" said|strong="H0559", “Go|strong="H3212" back|strong="H7725", my|strong="H7725" daughters|strong="H1323". Why|strong="H4100" should|strong="H4100" you|strong="H7725" go|strong="H3212" with|strong="H5973" me|strong="H7725"? Can|strong="H4100" I|strong="H4100" still|strong="H5750" bear|strong="H3212" sons|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1121" might|strong="H1121" become|strong="H1961" your|strong="H7725" husbands|strong="H5973"? 
\verseNumber{12}Go|strong="H3212" back|strong="H7725", my|strong="H7725" daughters|strong="H1323", go|strong="H3212" your|strong="H7725" own|strong="H1961" way|strong="H3212", because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" too|strong="H1571" old|strong="H1121" to|strong="H7725" have|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" husband|strong="H0376". Even|strong="H1571" if|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" should|strong="H3588" say|strong="H7725", ‘I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1961" hope|strong="H8615",’ even|strong="H1571" if|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" should|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" husband|strong="H0376" tonight|strong="H3915" and|strong="H1121" should|strong="H3588" bear|strong="H3205" sons|strong="H1121", 
\verseNumber{13}would|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588" wait|strong="H7663" for|strong="H3588" them|strong="H3027" until|strong="H5704" they|strong="H3588" were|strong="H1961" grown|strong="H1431" up|strong="H1431"? Would|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588" remain|strong="H1961" single|strong="H0259" for|strong="H3588" them|strong="H3027"? No|strong="H1115", my|strong="H3068" daughters|strong="H1323"! My|strong="H3068" heart|strong="H3820" grieves for|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588", for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleND{\+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*} has|strong="H3068" sent|strong="H3318" me|strong="H4480" adversity|strong="H7463".” 
\verseNumber{14}Then|strong="H5375" they|strong="H5375" again|strong="H5750" wept|strong="H1058" aloud|strong="H6963", and|strong="H6963" Orpah|strong="H6204" kissed|strong="H5401" her|strong="H5375" mother-in-law|strong="H2545" goodbye, but|strong="H5750" Ruth|strong="H7327" stayed|strong="H5750" with|strong="H6963" her|strong="H5375". 
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\verseNumber{15}“Look|strong="H2009",” said|strong="H0559" Naomi|strong="H5281", “your|strong="H7725" sister-in-law|strong="H2994" is|strong="H2009" going|strong="H7725" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" her|strong="H7725" own|strong="H5971" people|strong="H5971" and|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" her|strong="H7725" own|strong="H5971" gods|strong="H0430". Go|strong="H7725" along|strong="H5921" with|strong="H5971" her|strong="H7725"!” 
\verseNumber{16}But|strong="H3588" Ruth|strong="H7327" answered|strong="H7725", “Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3588" urge|strong="H6293" me|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" leave|strong="H5800" you|strong="H3588" or|strong="H3588" to|strong="H7725" go|strong="H3212" back|strong="H7725". I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5971" go|strong="H3212" where|strong="H0834" you|strong="H3588" go|strong="H3212", and|strong="H7725" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5971" stay|strong="H3885" wherever|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3588" stay|strong="H3885". Your|strong="H7725" people|strong="H5971" will|strong="H5971" be|strong="H5971" my|strong="H7725" people|strong="H5971", and|strong="H7725" your|strong="H7725" God|strong="H0430" my|strong="H7725" God|strong="H0430"; 
\verseNumber{17}I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" die|strong="H4191" where|strong="H8033" you|strong="H3588" die|strong="H4191", and|strong="H3068" be|strong="H4191" buried|strong="H6912" there|strong="H8033". May|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleND{\+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*} bring|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" curse|strong="H7045" upon|strong="H6213" me|strong="H6213", if|strong="H3588" anything|strong="H6213" but|strong="H3588" death|strong="H4194" separate|strong="H6504" you|strong="H3588" and|strong="H3068" me|strong="H6213".” 
\verseNumber{18}When|strong="H3588" Naomi|strong="H5281" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" Ruth|strong="H7327" was|strong="H1931" determined|strong="H2782" to|strong="H1696" go|strong="H3212" with|strong="H1696" her|strong="H7200", she|strong="H1931" ceased|strong="H2308" urging|strong="H6680" her|strong="H7200" to|strong="H1696" return|strong="H7725". 
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\verseNumber{19}So|strong="H1961" they|strong="H5921" journeyed|strong="H5265" on|strong="H5921" until|strong="H5704" they|strong="H5921" came|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5704" Bethlehem|strong="H1035". Their|strong="H3605" arrival|strong="H0935" stirred|strong="H1949" the|strong="H3605" whole|strong="H3605" town|strong="H5892", and|strong="H3212" the|strong="H3605" women|strong="H0802" said|strong="H0559", “Can|strong="H8147" this|strong="H2063" be|strong="H1961" Naomi|strong="H5281"?” 
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\verseNumber{20}“Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3588" call|strong="H7121" me|strong="H7121" Naomi|strong="H5281",” she|strong="H3588" said|strong="H7121" to|strong="H7121" them|strong="H7121", “call|strong="H7121" me|strong="H7121" Mara|strong="H4755"\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{1.20  }In Hebrew “Naomi” means “pleasant,” and “Mara” means “bitter.”}, for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" Almighty|strong="H7706" has|strong="H3588" given|strong="H7121" me|strong="H7121" a|strong="H3588" bitter|strong="H4843" lot|strong="H1486". 
\verseNumber{21}I|strong="H4100" had|strong="H3068" plenty|strong="H7647" when|strong="H7725" I|strong="H4100" left|strong="H1980", but|strong="H6030" the|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleND{\+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*} has|strong="H3068" brought|strong="H7725" me|strong="H7725" back|strong="H7725" empty|strong="H7387" handed|strong="H3027". Why|strong="H4100" should|strong="H3068" you|strong="H7725" call|strong="H7121" me|strong="H7725" Naomi|strong="H5281", now|strong="H7121" that|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleND{\+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*} has|strong="H3068" afflicted|strong="H7489" me|strong="H7725", and|strong="H1980" the|strong="H3068" Almighty|strong="H7706" has|strong="H3068" brought|strong="H7725" misfortune|strong="H7463" on|strong="H1980" me|strong="H7725"?” 
\verseNumber{22}So|strong="H7725" Naomi|strong="H5281" and|strong="H7725" Ruth|strong="H7327", her|strong="H7725" Moabite|strong="H4125" daughter-in-law|strong="H3618", returned|strong="H7725" from|strong="H7725" Moab|strong="H4124". They|strong="H1992" reached|strong="H0935" Bethlehem|strong="H1035" at|strong="H7725" the|strong="H7725" beginning|strong="H8462" of|strong="H7704" the|strong="H7725" barley|strong="H8184" harvest|strong="H7105". 

\BibleSectionHeading{In the Fields of Boaz }

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\chapterNumber{2}Now|strong="H6258" Naomi|strong="H5281" was|strong="H8034" related|strong="H5608" through|strong="H8034" her|strong="H3045" husband|strong="H0376" to|strong="H3045" a|strong="H3045" very|strong="H3045" wealthy|strong="H2428" man|strong="H1368" of|strong="H8034" the|strong="H3045" family|strong="H4940" of|strong="H8034" Elimelech|strong="H0458" named|strong="H8034" Boaz|strong="H1162". 
\verseNumber{2}Ruth|strong="H7327" the|strong="H4672" Moabite|strong="H4125" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3212" Naomi|strong="H5281", “Let|strong="H4994" me|strong="H4994" now|strong="H4994" go|strong="H3212" into|strong="H3212" the|strong="H4672" fields|strong="H7704" and|strong="H3212" gather|strong="H3950" leftover grain|strong="H7641" behind|strong="H0310" anyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H4672" will|strong="H5869" allow|strong="H4994" me|strong="H4994".” 
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“Go|strong="H3212", my|strong="H4672" daughter|strong="H1323",” she|strong="H1931" replied|strong="H0559". 
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\verseNumber{3}So|strong="H3651" she|strong="H1931" went|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" glean|strong="H3950" in|strong="H3212" the|strong="H3212" field|strong="H7704" after|strong="H0310" the|strong="H3212" reapers|strong="H7114". As|strong="H0834" it|strong="H3212" happened|strong="H7136", she|strong="H1931" was|strong="H4940" in|strong="H3212" that|strong="H4940" part|strong="H2513" of|strong="H7704" the|strong="H3212" field|strong="H7704" which|strong="H7704" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3212" Boaz|strong="H1162", who|strong="H0834" was|strong="H4940" of|strong="H7704" the|strong="H3212" family|strong="H4940" of|strong="H7704" Elimelech|strong="H0458". 
\verseNumber{4}When|strong="H3068" Boaz|strong="H1162" came|strong="H3068" from|strong="H3068" Bethlehem|strong="H1035" and|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" reapers|strong="H7114", “The|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleND{\+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*} be|strong="H3068" with|strong="H5973" you|strong="H5973",” they|strong="H3068" answered|strong="H6030" him|strong="H5973", “May|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleND{\+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*} bless|strong="H1288" you|strong="H5973".” 
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\verseNumber{5}“Whose|strong="H4310" girl|strong="H5291" is|strong="H4310" this|strong="H2063"?” Boaz|strong="H1162" asked|strong="H7592" his|strong="H5921" servant|strong="H5288" who|strong="H4310" had|strong="H1162" charge|strong="H5921" of|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" reapers|strong="H7114". 
\verseNumber{6}The|strong="H5921" servant|strong="H5288" who|strong="H1931" had|strong="H7704" charge|strong="H5921" of|strong="H7704" the|strong="H5921" reapers|strong="H7114" replied|strong="H6030", “It|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" the|strong="H5921" Moabite|strong="H4125" girl|strong="H5291" who|strong="H1931" came|strong="H7725" back|strong="H7725" with|strong="H5973" Naomi|strong="H5281" from|strong="H7725" the|strong="H5921" territory|strong="H7704" of|strong="H7704" Moab|strong="H4124". 
\verseNumber{7}She|strong="H1242" asked|strong="H7592" to|strong="H5704" be|strong="H4994" allowed|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5704" glean|strong="H3950" and|strong="H1004" gather|strong="H3950" sheaves|strong="H6016" after|strong="H1242" the|strong="H5704" reapers|strong="H7114". So|strong="H6258" she|strong="H1242" came|strong="H0935" and|strong="H1004" has|strong="H2088" continued|strong="H3427" to|strong="H5704" work|strong="H4399" until|strong="H5704" now|strong="H6258" and|strong="H1004" she|strong="H1242" has|strong="H2088" not|strong="H2088" rested|strong="H5117" a|strong="H5975" moment|strong="H7281" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5704" field|strong="H7704".” 
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\verseNumber{8}Then|strong="H2088" Boaz|strong="H1162" said|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3212" Ruth|strong="H7327", “Listen|strong="H8085", my|strong="H8085" daughter|strong="H1323". Do|strong="H8085" not|strong="H3808" go|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" glean|strong="H3950" in|strong="H8085" another|strong="H2088" field|strong="H7704" nor|strong="H3808" leave|strong="H5800" this|strong="H2088" place|strong="H2088", but|strong="H3808" stay|strong="H1692" here|strong="H2088" with|strong="H5973" my|strong="H8085" girls|strong="H5291". 
\verseNumber{9}Watch|strong="H5869" where|strong="H3808" the|strong="H6680" men|strong="H5288" are|strong="H5869" reaping|strong="H7114" and|strong="H1980" follow|strong="H1980" the|strong="H6680" gleaners. I|strong="H6680" have|strong="H5869" told|strong="H6680" the|strong="H6680" young|strong="H5288" men|strong="H5288" not|strong="H3808" to|strong="H1980" trouble|strong="H6869" you|strong="H6680". When|strong="H1980" you|strong="H6680" are|strong="H5869" thirsty|strong="H6770", go|strong="H1980" to|strong="H1980" the|strong="H6680" jars|strong="H3627" and|strong="H1980" drink|strong="H8354" of|strong="H3627" that|strong="H5288" which|strong="H5869" the|strong="H6680" young|strong="H5288" men|strong="H5288" have|strong="H5869" drawn|strong="H7579".” 
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\verseNumber{10}Then|strong="H5307" she|strong="H5921" bowed|strong="H7812" low|strong="H8213" and|strong="H5869" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5921" him|strong="H6440", “Why|strong="H4069" are|strong="H5869" you|strong="H6440" so|strong="H4672" kind|strong="H4327" to|strong="H5921" me|strong="H6440", to|strong="H5921" take|strong="H5234" interest|strong="H5392" in|strong="H5921" me|strong="H6440" when|strong="H5307" I|strong="H5921" am|strong="H1961" just|strong="H3512" a|strong="H4672" foreigner|strong="H5237"?” 
\verseNumber{11}Boaz|strong="H1162" replied|strong="H6030", “I|strong="H3045" have|strong="H5971" heard|strong="H6030" what|strong="H3045" you|strong="H3605" have|strong="H5971" done|strong="H6213" for|strong="H6213" your|strong="H3605" mother-in-law|strong="H2545" since|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" death|strong="H4194" of|strong="H5971" your|strong="H3605" husband|strong="H0376", and|strong="H6030" how|strong="H3045" you|strong="H3605" left|strong="H5800" your|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001" and|strong="H6030" mother|strong="H0517" and|strong="H6030" your|strong="H3605" native|strong="H4138" land|strong="H0776" to|strong="H3212" come|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" a|strong="H6213" people|strong="H5971" that|strong="H3045" you|strong="H3605" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" know|strong="H3045" before|strong="H3808". 
\verseNumber{12}May|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleND{\+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*} repay|strong="H7999" you|strong="H5973" for|strong="H8478" what|strong="H6467" you|strong="H5973" have|strong="H1961" done|strong="H1961", and|strong="H3478" may|strong="H1961" you|strong="H5973" be|strong="H1961" fully|strong="H8003" rewarded|strong="H7999" by|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" of|strong="H3068" Israel|strong="H3478", under|strong="H8478" whose|strong="H0834" wings|strong="H3671" you|strong="H5973" have|strong="H1961" come|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3478" take|strong="H2620" refuge|strong="H2620".” 
\verseNumber{13}Then|strong="H1961" she|strong="H3588" said|strong="H1696", “I|strong="H3588" trust|strong="H0982" I|strong="H3588" may|strong="H1961" please|strong="H4994" you|strong="H3588", my|strong="H5921" lord|strong="H3068", for|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1961" comforted|strong="H5162" me|strong="H5921" and|strong="H5869" spoken|strong="H1696" kindly|strong="H3820" to|strong="H1696" your|strong="H5921" servant|strong="H8198", although|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" really|strong="H2088" equal|strong="H8505" to|strong="H1696" one|strong="H3808" of|strong="H5869" your|strong="H5921" own|strong="H1961" servants|strong="H8198".” 
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\verseNumber{14}At|strong="H3427" mealtime|strong="H6256" Boaz|strong="H1162" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H6256" Ruth|strong="H7327", “Come|strong="H5066" here|strong="H1988" and|strong="H3899" eat|strong="H3899" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H3427" the|strong="H4480" food|strong="H3899" and|strong="H3899" dip|strong="H2881" your|strong="H4480" piece|strong="H6595" of|strong="H3427" bread|strong="H3899" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H4480" vinegar|strong="H2558".” So|strong="H4480" she|strong="H6256" sat|strong="H3427" beside|strong="H6654" the|strong="H4480" reapers|strong="H7114", and|strong="H3899" he|strong="H4480" passed|strong="H3427" her|strong="H6642" some|strong="H4480" roasted|strong="H7039" grain|strong="H7039". She|strong="H6256" ate|strong="H0398" until|strong="H3899" she|strong="H6256" was|strong="H3427" satisfied|strong="H7646" and|strong="H3899" had|strong="H7646" some|strong="H4480" left|strong="H3498". 
\verseNumber{15}When|strong="H1571" she|strong="H1571" rose|strong="H6965" to|strong="H6965" glean|strong="H3950", Boaz|strong="H1162" gave|strong="H6680" this|strong="H1571" order|strong="H6680" to|strong="H6965" his|strong="H6680" young|strong="H5288" men|strong="H5288": “Let|strong="H3808" her|strong="H1571" glean|strong="H3950" even|strong="H1571" among|strong="H3808" the|strong="H6680" sheaves|strong="H6016" and|strong="H6965" do|strong="H6680" not|strong="H3808" disturb|strong="H2729" her|strong="H1571". 
\verseNumber{16}Also|strong="H1571" pull|strong="H7997" out|strong="H4480" some|strong="H4480" for|strong="H3808" her|strong="H1571" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" bundles|strong="H6653" and|strong="H1571" leave|strong="H5800" for|strong="H3808" her|strong="H1571" to|strong="H4480" glean|strong="H3950", and|strong="H1571" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" find|strong="H4672" fault|strong="H3972" with|strong="H1571" her|strong="H1571".” 
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\verseNumber{17}So|strong="H1961" she|strong="H6153" gleaned|strong="H3950" in|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5704" field|strong="H7704" until|strong="H5704" evening|strong="H6153", then|strong="H1961" beat|strong="H2251" out|strong="H2251" what|strong="H4100" she|strong="H6153" had|strong="H1961" gleaned|strong="H3950". It|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" about|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" bushel|strong="H0374" of|strong="H7704" barley|strong="H8184". 
\verseNumber{18}Then|strong="H3318" she|strong="H5892" took|strong="H5375" it|strong="H5414" up|strong="H5375" and|strong="H5892" went|strong="H3318" into|strong="H3318" the|strong="H7200" town|strong="H5892" and|strong="H5892" showed|strong="H7200" her|strong="H5414" mother-in-law|strong="H2545" what|strong="H7200" she|strong="H5892" had|strong="H5414" gleaned|strong="H3950". She|strong="H5892" also|strong="H3318" brought|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" and|strong="H5892" gave|strong="H5414" her|strong="H5414" that|strong="H7200" which|strong="H5892" she|strong="H5892" had|strong="H5414" left|strong="H3498" from|strong="H3318" her|strong="H5414" meal|strong="H7058" after|strong="H3318" she|strong="H5892" had|strong="H5414" had|strong="H5414" enough|strong="H3498". 
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\verseNumber{19}“Where|strong="H0834" did|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3117" glean|strong="H3950" today|strong="H3117", and|strong="H3117" where|strong="H0834" did|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3117" work|strong="H6213"?” asked|strong="H7592" her|strong="H5046" mother-in-law|strong="H2545". “A|strong="H1961" blessing|strong="H1288" on|strong="H3117" him|strong="H5046" who|strong="H6213" took|strong="H1961" notice|strong="H5234" of|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3117"!” 
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So|strong="H6213" she|strong="H5973" told|strong="H5046" her|strong="H5046" mother-in-law|strong="H2545" where|strong="H0834" she|strong="H5973" had|strong="H1961" worked|strong="H6213". “The|strong="H6213" name|strong="H8034" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H6213" man|strong="H0376" with|strong="H5973" whom|strong="H0834" I|strong="H3117" worked|strong="H6213" today|strong="H3117",” she|strong="H5973" said|strong="H0559", “is|strong="H3117" Boaz|strong="H1162".” 
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\verseNumber{20}Naomi|strong="H5281" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H4191" her|strong="H3618" daughter-in-law|strong="H3618", “May|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" blessing|strong="H1288" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleND{\+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*} rest|strong="H5117" on|strong="H3068" this|strong="H1931" man|strong="H4191" who|strong="H1931" has|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" ceased|strong="H2308" to|strong="H4191" show|strong="H7200" his|strong="H3068" loving-kindness to|strong="H4191" the|strong="H3068" living|strong="H2416" and|strong="H3068" to|strong="H4191" the|strong="H3068" dead|strong="H4191". The|strong="H3068" man|strong="H4191",” she|strong="H1931" added|strong="H3254", “is|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3068" near|strong="H7138" relation of|strong="H3068" ours|strong="H6440".” 
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\verseNumber{21}“He|strong="H3588" told|strong="H5046" me|strong="H5973",” Ruth|strong="H7327" said|strong="H0559", “that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" must|strong="H1571" keep|strong="H1692" near|strong="H5973" his|strong="H3605" young|strong="H5288" men|strong="H5288" until|strong="H5704" they|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1571" completed|strong="H3615" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" harvest|strong="H7105".” 
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\verseNumber{22}Naomi|strong="H5281" said|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" Ruth|strong="H7327", “It|strong="H3588" is|strong="H2896" best|strong="H2896", my|strong="H3318" daughter|strong="H1323", that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" should|strong="H3588" go|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" with|strong="H5973" his|strong="H3588" girls|strong="H5291" because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" might|strong="H1323" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" as|strong="H3588" safe|strong="H7965" in|strong="H3808" another|strong="H3808" field|strong="H7704".” 
\verseNumber{23}So|strong="H3427" she|strong="H5704" gleaned|strong="H3950" with|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5704" girls|strong="H5291" of|strong="H3427" Boaz|strong="H1162" until|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5704" end|strong="H3615" of|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5704" barley|strong="H8184" and|strong="H3427" wheat|strong="H2406" harvest|strong="H7105"; but|strong="H3588" she|strong="H5704" lived|strong="H3427" with|strong="H3427" her|strong="H5291" mother-in-law|strong="H2545". 

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\chapterNumber{3}One|strong="H3808" day|strong="H3117", Naomi|strong="H5281" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1245" Ruth|strong="H7327", “My|strong="H1245" daughter|strong="H1323", should|strong="H1323" I|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" seek|strong="H1245" to|strong="H1245" secure|strong="H0982" a|strong="H1245" home|strong="H1004" for|strong="H1245" you|strong="H3808" where|strong="H3808" you|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" happy|strong="H3190" and|strong="H1323" prosperous|strong="H6743"? 
\verseNumber{2}Is|strong="H1931" not|strong="H3808" Boaz|strong="H1162", with|strong="H1961" whose|strong="H0834" girls|strong="H5291" you|strong="H3808" have|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961", a|strong="H1961" relative|strong="H1350" of|strong="H1637" ours|strong="H6440"? 
\verseNumber{3}Tonight|strong="H3915" he|strong="H5704" is|strong="H0369" going|strong="H3381" to|strong="H5704" winnow|strong="H2219" barley|strong="H8184" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" threshing-floor. So|strong="H7760" bathe|strong="H7364" and|strong="H3381" anoint|strong="H5480" yourself|strong="H5921" and|strong="H3381" put|strong="H7760" on|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5921" best|strong="H2459" clothes|strong="H8071" and|strong="H3381" go|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5921" threshing-floor. But|strong="H5921" do|strong="H3381" not|strong="H3045" make|strong="H7760" yourself|strong="H5921" known|strong="H3045" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5921" man|strong="H3045" until|strong="H5704" he|strong="H5704" has|strong="H3045" finished|strong="H3615" eating|strong="H0398" and|strong="H3381" drinking|strong="H8354". 
\verseNumber{4}Then|strong="H1961" when|strong="H1961" he|strong="H1931" lies|strong="H7901" down|strong="H7901", mark|strong="H3045" the|strong="H6213" place|strong="H4725" where|strong="H8033" he|strong="H1931" lies|strong="H7901". Go|strong="H1540" in|strong="H6213", uncover|strong="H1540" his|strong="H3045" feet|strong="H4772", lie|strong="H7901" down|strong="H7901", and|strong="H8033" then|strong="H1961" he|strong="H1931" will|strong="H1961" tell|strong="H5046" you|strong="H6213" what|strong="H3045" to|strong="H1961" do|strong="H6213".” 
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\verseNumber{5}“I|strong="H3605" will|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" as|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3605" say|strong="H0559".” Ruth|strong="H7327" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H6213" her|strong="H3605". 
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\verseNumber{6}So|strong="H6213" she|strong="H1931" went|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" the|strong="H3605" threshing-floor and|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213" just|strong="H3605" as|strong="H6213" her|strong="H3605" mother-in-law|strong="H2545" told|strong="H6680" her|strong="H3605". 
\verseNumber{7}When|strong="H7901" Boaz|strong="H1162" had|strong="H1162" finished|strong="H3615" eating|strong="H0398" and|strong="H8354" drinking|strong="H8354" and|strong="H8354" was|strong="H3820" in|strong="H7901" a|strong="H7901" happy|strong="H3190" mood, he|strong="H3820" went|strong="H1540" to|strong="H3820" lie|strong="H7901" down|strong="H7901" at|strong="H7097" the|strong="H1540" end|strong="H7097" of|strong="H3820" the|strong="H1540" heap|strong="H6194" of|strong="H3820" grain|strong="H6194". Then|strong="H0227" Ruth|strong="H7327" came|strong="H0935" quietly|strong="H3909" and|strong="H8354" uncovered|strong="H1540" his|strong="H1540" feet|strong="H4772" and|strong="H8354" lay|strong="H7901" down|strong="H7901". 
\verseNumber{8}At|strong="H1961" midnight|strong="H2677" the|strong="H1961" man|strong="H0376" was|strong="H1961" startled|strong="H2729" and|strong="H3915" turned|strong="H1961" over|strong="H5921", and|strong="H3915" there|strong="H2009" was|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" woman|strong="H0802" lying|strong="H7901" at|strong="H1961" his|strong="H1961" feet|strong="H4772"! 
\verseNumber{9}“Who|strong="H4310" are|strong="H4310" you|strong="H3588"?” he|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559". “I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" Ruth|strong="H7327" your|strong="H5921" servant|strong="H5650",” she|strong="H3588" answered|strong="H6030", “Spread|strong="H6566" your|strong="H5921" cloak|strong="H8008" over|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5921" servant|strong="H5650", for|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H4310" a|strong="H3588" near|strong="H5921" relative|strong="H1350".” 
\verseNumber{10}He|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", “May|strong="H3068" you|strong="H1288" be|strong="H3068" blest by|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleND{\+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*}, my|strong="H3068" daughter|strong="H1323". You|strong="H1288" have|strong="H3068" shown|strong="H3190" me|strong="H4480" greater|strong="H1419" favor|strong="H2617" now|strong="H3212" than|strong="H4480" at|strong="H3068" first|strong="H7223", for|strong="H3068" you|strong="H1288" have|strong="H3068" not|strong="H1115" followed|strong="H3212" young|strong="H1115" men|strong="H6223", whether|strong="H4480" poor|strong="H1800" or|strong="H4480" rich|strong="H6223". 
\verseNumber{11}My|strong="H3605" daughter|strong="H1323", have|strong="H5971" no|strong="H6213" fear|strong="H3372". I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5971" do|strong="H6213" for|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" ask|strong="H7592", for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" whole|strong="H3605" town|strong="H8179" knows|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H5971" a|strong="H6213" virtuous|strong="H2428" woman|strong="H1323". 
\verseNumber{12}Now|strong="H6258" it|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3426" true|strong="H0571" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H3426" a|strong="H3588" near|strong="H7138" relative|strong="H1350", but|strong="H3588" there|strong="H3426" is|strong="H3426" another|strong="H1571" man|strong="H0376" nearer|strong="H7138" than|strong="H4480" I|strong="H3588". 
\verseNumber{13}Stay|strong="H3885" here|strong="H5704" tonight|strong="H3915", and|strong="H3068" then|strong="H1961" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" morning|strong="H1242", if|strong="H1961" he|strong="H5704" will|strong="H3068" perform|strong="H6213" for|strong="H5704" you|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3068" duty|strong="H2992" of|strong="H3068" a|strong="H1961" kinsman|strong="H1350", well|strong="H2896", let|strong="H3808" him|strong="H2896" do|strong="H3068" it|strong="H1242". But|strong="H3808" if|strong="H1961" he|strong="H5704" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" perform|strong="H6213" for|strong="H5704" you|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3068" duty|strong="H2992" of|strong="H3068" a|strong="H1961" kinsman|strong="H1350", then|strong="H1961" as|strong="H5704" surely|strong="H1961" as|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleND{\+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*} lives|strong="H2416", I|strong="H5704" will|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" it|strong="H1242" for|strong="H5704" you|strong="H5704". Lie|strong="H7901" down|strong="H7901" until|strong="H5704" morning|strong="H1242".” 
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\verseNumber{14}So|strong="H6965" she|strong="H3588" lay|strong="H7901" at|strong="H6965" his|strong="H3045" feet|strong="H4772" until|strong="H5704" morning|strong="H1242", but|strong="H3588" rose|strong="H6965" before|strong="H5704" anyone|strong="H3588" could|strong="H3045" recognize|strong="H5234" her|strong="H3045", for|strong="H3588" Boaz|strong="H1162" said|strong="H0559", “No|strong="H3045" one|strong="H3588" must|strong="H4191" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" a|strong="H3588" woman|strong="H0802" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3588" threshing-floor.” 
\verseNumber{15}He|strong="H5921" also|strong="H1571" said|strong="H0559", “Bring|strong="H3051" the|strong="H5921" cloak|strong="H4304" which|strong="H5892" you|strong="H5921" have|strong="H5892" on|strong="H5921" and|strong="H5892" hold|strong="H7896" it|strong="H5921".” So|strong="H5921" she|strong="H5921" held|strong="H2388" it|strong="H5921" while|strong="H5921" he|strong="H5921" poured|strong="H8210" into|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921" six|strong="H8337" measures|strong="H5429" of|strong="H5892" barley|strong="H8184" and|strong="H5892" laid|strong="H7896" it|strong="H5921" on|strong="H5921" her|strong="H5921" shoulders|strong="H3802". Then|strong="H0227" he|strong="H5921" went|strong="H5892" into|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" city|strong="H5892". 
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\verseNumber{16}When|strong="H6213" Ruth|strong="H7327" came|strong="H1323" to|strong="H6213" her|strong="H3605" mother-in-law|strong="H2545", Naomi|strong="H5281" asked|strong="H7592", “Is|strong="H4310" it|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3605", my|strong="H3605" daughter|strong="H1323"?” Then|strong="H6213" Ruth|strong="H7327" told|strong="H5046" Naomi|strong="H5281" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" man|strong="H3605" had|strong="H6213" done|strong="H6213" for|strong="H6213" her|strong="H3605". 
\verseNumber{17}“He|strong="H3588" gave|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" these|strong="H0428" six|strong="H8337" measures|strong="H5429" of|strong="H1121" barley|strong="H8184",” she|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", “for|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559" I|strong="H3588" should|strong="H3588" not|strong="H5414" go|strong="H1980" to|strong="H5414" my|strong="H5414" mother-in-law|strong="H2545" empty-handed|strong="H7387".” 
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\verseNumber{18}“Wait|strong="H3427" quietly|strong="H8252", my|strong="H3045" daughter|strong="H1323".” Naomi|strong="H5281" said|strong="H1697", “Until|strong="H5704" you|strong="H3588" know|strong="H3045" how|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" affair|strong="H1697" will|strong="H1697" turn|strong="H7725" out|strong="H3045", for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" man|strong="H5307" will|strong="H1697" not|strong="H3808" rest|strong="H8252" unless|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" settles|strong="H3427" it|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3045" today|strong="H3117".” 
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\chapterNumber{4}Then|strong="H1696" Boaz|strong="H1162" went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H5674" gate|strong="H8179" and|strong="H8033" sat|strong="H3427" down|strong="H3427". Just|strong="H1696" then|strong="H1696" the|strong="H5674" near|strong="H8033" kinsman|strong="H1350" of|strong="H3427" whom|strong="H0834" Boaz|strong="H1162" had|strong="H1162" spoken|strong="H1696" came|strong="H5927" along|strong="H5674". Boaz|strong="H1162" said|strong="H1696", “Hello, So-and-so (calling|strong="H7121" him|strong="H5927" by|strong="H5674" name|strong="H8034"), come|strong="H5927" here|strong="H6311" and|strong="H8033" sit|strong="H3427" down|strong="H3427".” So|strong="H5927" he|strong="H8033" stopped|strong="H5493" and|strong="H8033" sat|strong="H3427" down|strong="H3427". 
\verseNumber{2}Boaz|strong="H1162" also|strong="H1571" took|strong="H3947" ten|strong="H6235" of|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3947" town|strong="H5892" elders|strong="H2205" and|strong="H5892" said|strong="H0559", “Sit|strong="H3427" down|strong="H3427" here|strong="H6311".” So|strong="H3947" they|strong="H5892" sat|strong="H3427" down|strong="H3427". 
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\verseNumber{3}Then|strong="H7725" he|strong="H7725" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H7725" near|strong="H7126" relative|strong="H1350", “Naomi|strong="H5281", who|strong="H4376" has|strong="H4124" come|strong="H7725" back|strong="H7725" from|strong="H7725" the|strong="H7725" country|strong="H7704" of|strong="H7704" Moab|strong="H4124", is|strong="H4124" offering|strong="H4503" for|strong="H7704" sale|strong="H4376" the|strong="H7725" piece|strong="H2513" of|strong="H7704" land|strong="H7704" which|strong="H7704" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H7725" our|strong="H7725" relative|strong="H1350" Elimelech|strong="H0458", 
\verseNumber{4}and|strong="H5971" I|strong="H3588" thought|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" would|strong="H5971" lay|strong="H1540" the|strong="H3588" matter|strong="H1697" before|strong="H5048" you|strong="H3588", suggesting that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" buy|strong="H7069" it|strong="H3588" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3588" presence|strong="H5048" of|strong="H3427" these|strong="H5971" men|strong="H2205" who|strong="H5971" sit|strong="H3427" here|strong="H1350" and|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3588" elders|strong="H2205" of|strong="H3427" my|strong="H3045" people|strong="H5971". If|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5971" buy|strong="H7069" it|strong="H3588" and|strong="H5971" so|strong="H3808" keep|strong="H3427" it|strong="H3588" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3588" possession|strong="H0272" of|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3588" family|strong="H4940", do|strong="H6213" so|strong="H3808"; but|strong="H3588" if|strong="H3588" not|strong="H3808"; then|strong="H3588" tell|strong="H5046" me|strong="H5046", so|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" may|strong="H5971" know|strong="H3045"; for|strong="H3588" no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3808" but|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" has|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" right|strong="H3045" to|strong="H1540" buy|strong="H7069" it|strong="H3588", and|strong="H5971" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" next|strong="H1350" to|strong="H1540" you|strong="H3588".” 
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“I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5971" buy|strong="H7069" it|strong="H3588",” he|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559". 
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\verseNumber{5}Then|strong="H6965" Boaz|strong="H1162" said|strong="H0559", “On|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" day|strong="H3117" you|strong="H5921" buy|strong="H7069" the|strong="H5921" field|strong="H7704" from|strong="H5921" Naomi|strong="H5281", you|strong="H5921" must|strong="H4191" also|strong="H8034" marry|strong="H5921" Ruth|strong="H7327" the|strong="H5921" Moabite|strong="H4125", the|strong="H5921" widow|strong="H0490" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5921" dead|strong="H4191", in|strong="H5921" order|strong="H3027" to|strong="H4191" preserve|strong="H5341" the|strong="H5921" name|strong="H8034" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5921" dead|strong="H4191" in|strong="H5921" connection|strong="H5921" with|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" inheritance|strong="H5159".” 
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\verseNumber{6}“I|strong="H3588" cannot|strong="H3808" buy|strong="H1350" it|strong="H3588" for|strong="H3588" myself|strong="H0589" without|strong="H3808" spoiling|strong="H7701" my|strong="H3588" own|strong="H1961" inheritance|strong="H5159",” the|strong="H3588" near|strong="H3808" relative|strong="H1350" said|strong="H0559". “You|strong="H3588" take|strong="H3947" my|strong="H3588" right|strong="H1353" of|strong="H1350" buying|strong="H7069" it|strong="H3588" as|strong="H3588" a|strong="H3588" relative|strong="H1350", because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" cannot|strong="H3808" do|strong="H3201" so|strong="H6435".” 
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\verseNumber{7}Now|strong="H5414" this|strong="H2063" used|strong="H3605" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H1697" the|strong="H3605" custom|strong="H1697" in|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478": to|strong="H3478" make|strong="H5414" valid|strong="H1961" anything|strong="H3605" relating|strong="H5608" to|strong="H3478" a|strong="H5414" matter|strong="H1697" of|strong="H1697" redemption|strong="H1353" or|strong="H7453" exchange|strong="H8545", a|strong="H5414" man|strong="H3605" drew|strong="H8025" off|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" sandal|strong="H5275" and|strong="H6965" gave|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H7453" man|strong="H3605"; and|strong="H6965" this|strong="H2063" was|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" way|strong="H1697" contracts were|strong="H3478" attested in|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{8}So|strong="H1350" when|strong="H3588" the|strong="H7069" near|strong="H7126" relative|strong="H1350" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1350" Boaz|strong="H1162", “Buy|strong="H7069" it|strong="H7069" for|strong="H3588" yourself|strong="H0859",” Boaz|strong="H1162" drew|strong="H8025" off|strong="H8025" the|strong="H7069" man’s|strong="H0376" sandal|strong="H5275". 
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\verseNumber{9}Then|strong="H3588" Boaz|strong="H1162" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3605" elders|strong="H2205" and|strong="H3117" to|strong="H3027" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971", “You|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3117" witnesses|strong="H5707" at|strong="H3117" this|strong="H3588" time|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H5971" bought|strong="H7069" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3588" was|strong="H3117" Elimelech’s|strong="H0458" and|strong="H3117" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3588" was|strong="H3117" Chilion’s|strong="H3630" and|strong="H3117" Mahlon’s|strong="H4248" from|strong="H3027" Naomi|strong="H5281". 
\verseNumber{10}Moreover|strong="H1571" I|strong="H3117" have|strong="H1571" secured|strong="H6965" Ruth|strong="H7327" the|strong="H5921" Moabite|strong="H4125", the|strong="H5921" wife|strong="H0802" of|strong="H3117" Mahlon|strong="H4248", to|strong="H4191" be|strong="H4191" my|strong="H5921" wife|strong="H0802", in|strong="H5921" order|strong="H4616" to|strong="H4191" perpetuate the|strong="H5921" name|strong="H8034" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5921" dead|strong="H4191" in|strong="H5921" connection|strong="H5921" with|strong="H5973" his|strong="H5921" inheritance|strong="H5159", so|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3117" his|strong="H5921" name|strong="H8034" will|strong="H1571" not|strong="H3808" disappear|strong="H3772" from|strong="H3772" among|strong="H5973" his|strong="H5921" relatives|strong="H0251" and|strong="H6965" from|strong="H3772" the|strong="H5921" household|strong="H1004" where|strong="H4725" he|strong="H3117" lived|strong="H3427". You|strong="H5921" are|strong="H3117" witnesses|strong="H5707" this|strong="H4191" day|strong="H3117".” 
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\verseNumber{11}Then|strong="H5414" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3478" at|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" gate|strong="H8179" and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" elders|strong="H2205" said|strong="H7121", “We|strong="H6213" are|strong="H5971" witnesses|strong="H5707". May|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleND{\+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*} make|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" woman|strong="H8034" who|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3068" coming|strong="H0935" into|strong="H6213" your|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004" like|strong="H1004" Rachel|strong="H7354" and|strong="H3478" Leah|strong="H3812", who|strong="H3605" together|strong="H7121" built|strong="H1129" the|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Israel|strong="H3478". May|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5414" do|strong="H6213" well|strong="H3190" in|strong="H3478" Ephrata, and|strong="H3478" become|strong="H7121" famous|strong="H8034" in|strong="H3478" Bethlehem|strong="H1035". 
\verseNumber{12}From|strong="H4480" the|strong="H5414" children|strong="H3205" whom|strong="H0834" the|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleND{\+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*} will|strong="H3068" give|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" by|strong="H3068" this|strong="H2063" young|strong="H5291" woman|strong="H5291" may|strong="H1961" your|strong="H3068" household|strong="H1004" become|strong="H1961" like|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5414" household|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Perez|strong="H6557", whom|strong="H0834" Tamar|strong="H8559" bore|strong="H3205" to|strong="H3068" Judah|strong="H3063".” 
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\verseNumber{13}So|strong="H3947" Boaz|strong="H1162" married|strong="H3947" Ruth|strong="H7327", and|strong="H1121" she|strong="H1931" became|strong="H3205" his|strong="H5414" wife|strong="H0802"; and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleND{\+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*} gave|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" her|strong="H5414" a|strong="H1961" son|strong="H1121". 
\verseNumber{14}Then|strong="H7121" the|strong="H3068" women|strong="H0802" said|strong="H7121" to|strong="H3478" Naomi|strong="H5281", “Blessed|strong="H1288" be|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleND{\+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*} who|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" left|strong="H7673" you|strong="H3117" at|strong="H3478" this|strong="H7121" time|strong="H3117" without|strong="H3808" a|strong="H7121" near|strong="H3808" relative|strong="H1350", and|strong="H3478" may|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" name|strong="H8034" be|strong="H3808" famous|strong="H8034" in|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{15}This|strong="H1931" child|strong="H1121" will|strong="H1961" restore|strong="H7725" your|strong="H7725" vigor|strong="H3624" and|strong="H1121" nourish|strong="H3557" you|strong="H3588" in|strong="H5315" your|strong="H7725" old|strong="H1121" age|strong="H7872"; for|strong="H3588" your|strong="H7725" daughter-in-law|strong="H3618" who|strong="H1931" loves|strong="H0157" you|strong="H3588", who|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" worth|strong="H1929" more|strong="H3588" to|strong="H7725" you|strong="H3588" than|strong="H2896" seven|strong="H7651" sons|strong="H1121", has|strong="H1961" borne|strong="H3205" a|strong="H1961" son|strong="H1121" to|strong="H7725" Boaz|strong="H1162"!” 
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\verseNumber{16}So|strong="H3947" Naomi|strong="H5281" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3947" child|strong="H3206" in|strong="H1961" her|strong="H3947" arms|strong="H2436" and|strong="H3947" cared|strong="H3045" for|strong="H1961" him|strong="H3947" as|strong="H1961" if|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3947" was|strong="H1961" her|strong="H3947" own|strong="H1961". 
\verseNumber{17}The|strong="H3205" women|strong="H7934" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3205" neighborhood gave|strong="H3205" him|strong="H3205" a|strong="H3205" name|strong="H8034", saying|strong="H0559", “A|strong="H3205" son|strong="H1121" is|strong="H1931" born|strong="H3205" to|strong="H3205" Naomi|strong="H5281"!” They|strong="H1931" named|strong="H7121" him|strong="H3205" Obed|strong="H5744". He|strong="H1931" became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H1121" Jesse|strong="H3448", who|strong="H1931" was|strong="H8034" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H1121" David|strong="H1732". 

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\verseNumber{18}This|strong="H2088" is|strong="H0369" the|strong="H3205" genealogy|strong="H3187" of|strong="H3205" Perez|strong="H6557": 
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Perez|strong="H6557" was|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H3205" Hezron|strong="H2696", 
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\verseNumber{19}Hezron|strong="H2696" of|strong="H3205" Ram|strong="H7410", 
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Ram|strong="H7410" of|strong="H3205" Amminadab|strong="H5992", 
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\verseNumber{20}Amminidab of|strong="H3205" Nashon, 
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Nashon of|strong="H3205" Salmon|strong="H8009", 
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\verseNumber{21}Salmon|strong="H8012" of|strong="H3205" Boaz|strong="H1162", 
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Boaz|strong="H1162" of|strong="H3205" Obed|strong="H5744", 
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\verseNumber{22}Obed|strong="H5744" of|strong="H3205" Jesse|strong="H3448", 
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Jesse|strong="H3448" of|strong="H3205" David|strong="H1732". 
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