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Ruth 3

Boaz Will Redeem Ruth

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Then Naomih5281 her mother-in-lawh2545 saidh559 to her, "My daughterh1323, shall I not seekh1245  1securityh4494 for you, that it may be wellh3190 with you?

2

"Nowh6258 is not Boazh1162  aour  1kinsmanh4130, with whoseh834 maidsh5291 you were? Beholdh2009, he winnowsh2219 barleyh8184 at the threshingh1637 floorh1637 tonighth3915.

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"Washh7364 yourself therefore, and anointh5480a yourself and puth7760 on your best clothesh8071, and goh3381 downh3381 to the threshingh1637 floorh1637; but do not makeh3045 yourself knownh3045 to the manh376 untilh5704 he has finishedh3615 eatingh398 and drinkingh8354.

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"It shall be when he liesh7901 downh7901, that you shall  1noticeh3045 the placeh4725 whereh834h8033 he liesh7901, and you shall goh935 and uncoverh1540 his feeth4772 and lieh7901 downh7901; then he will tellh5046 you whath834 you shall doh6213a."

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She saidh559 to her, " aAllh3605 that you sayh559 I will doh6213a."

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So she wenth3381 downh3381 to the threshingh1637 floorh1637 and didh6213a according to allh3605 that her mother-in-lawh2545 had commandedh6680 her.

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When Boazh1162 had eatenh398 and drunkh8354 and  ahis hearth3820 was merryh3190, he wenth935 to lieh7901 downh7901 at the endh7097a of the heaph6194 of grainh6194; and she cameh935 secretlyh3909, and uncoveredh1540 his feeth4772 and layh7901 downh7901.

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It happenedh1961 in the middleh2677 of the nighth3915 that the manh376 was startledh2729 and  1benth3943 forwardh3943; and beholdh2009, a womanh802 was lyingh7901 at his feeth4772.

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He saidh559, "Whoh4310 are you?" And she answeredh559, "I am Ruthh7327 your maidh519. So spreadh5203 your coveringh3671 overh5921 your maidh519, for you are a  1closeh1350 relativeh1350."

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Then he saidh559, " aMay you be blessedh1288 of the LORDh3068, my daughterh1323. You have shownh3190 your lasth314 kindnessh2617a to be betterh3190 thanh4480 the firsth7223 by not goingh1980 afterh310 youngh970 menh970, whetherh518 poorh1800b orh518 richh6223.

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"Nowh6258, my daughterh1323, do not fearh3372a. I will doh6213a for you whateverh3605h834 you  1askh559, for allh3605 my peopleh5971a in the  2cityh8179 knowh3045 that you are  aa womanh802 of excellenceh2428.

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"Nowh6258 it is trueh551 I am a  1closeh1350 relativeh1350; howeverh1571, thereh3426 is a  1relativeh1350 closerh7138 thanh4480 I.

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"Remainh3885a this nighth3915, and when morningh1242 comesh1961,  aifh518 he will  1redeemh1350 you, goodh2896a; let him redeemh1350 you. But ifh518 he does not wishh2654a to  1redeemh1350 you, then I will redeemh1350 you,  bas the LORDh3068 livesh2416a. Lieh7901 downh7901 untilh5704 morningh1242."

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So she layh7901 at his feeth4772 untilh5704 morningh1242 and roseh6965 beforeh2962 oneh376 could recognizeh5234 anotherh7453; and he saidh559, " aLet it not be knownh3045 that the womanh802 cameh935 to the threshingh1637 floorh1637."

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Again he saidh559, "Giveh3051 me the cloakh4304 that is on you and holdh270 it." So she heldh270 it, and he measuredh4058 sixh8337a measures of barleyh8184 and laidh7896 it on her. Then  1she wenth935 into the cityh5892b.

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When she cameh935 to her mother-in-lawh2545, she saidh559, " 1Howh4310 did it go, my daughterh1323?" And she toldh5046 her allh3605 that the manh376 had doneh6213a for her.

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She saidh559, "Theseh428 sixh8337a measures of barleyh8184 he gaveh5414 to me, for he saidh559, `Do not goh935 to your mother-in-lawh2545 empty-handedh7387.' "

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Then she saidh559, "Waith3427, my daughterh1323, untilh5704h834 you knowh3045 howh349 the matterh1697  1turnsh5307 out; for the manh376 will not resth8252 untilh3588h518 he has  2settledh3615 it todayh3117."



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