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Ruth 3

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Then Naomih5281 her mother in lawh2545 saidh559h8799 unto her, My daughterh1323, shall I not seekh1245h8762 resth4494 for thee, that it may be wellh3190h8799 with thee?

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And now is not Boazh1162 of our kindredh4130, with whose maidensh5291 thou wast? Behold, he winnowethh2219h8802 barleyh8184 to nighth3915 in the threshingfloorh1637.

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Washh7364h8804 thyself therefore, and anointh5480h8804 thee, and puth7760h8804 thy raimenth8071 upon thee, and get thee downh3381h8804 to the floorh1637: but make not thyself knownh3045h8735 unto the manh376, until he shall have doneh3615h8763 eatingh398h8800 and drinkingh8354h8800.

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And it shall be, when he lieth downh7901h8800, that thou shalt markh3045h8804 the placeh4725 where he shall lieh7901h8799, and thou shalt go inh935h8804, and uncoverh1540h8765 his feeth4772, and lay thee downh7901h8804; and he will tellh5046h8686 thee what thou shalt doh6213h8799. uncover: or, lift up the clothes that are on

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And she saidh559h8799 unto her, All that thou sayesth559h8799 unto me I will doh6213h8799.

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And she went downh3381h8799 unto the floorh1637, and didh6213h8799 according to all that her mother in lawh2545 badeh6680h8765 her.

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And when Boazh1162 had eatenh398h8799 and drunkh8354h8799, and his hearth3820 was merryh3190h8799, he wenth935h8799 to lie downh7901h8800 at the endh7097 of the heap of cornh6194: and she cameh935h8799 softlyh3909, and uncoveredh1540h8762 his feeth4772, and laid her downh7901h8799.

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And it came to pass at midnighth2677h3915, that the manh376 was afraidh2729h8799, and turnedh3943h8735 himself: and, behold, a womanh802 layh7901h8802 at his feeth4772. turned: or, took hold on

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And he saidh559h8799, Who art thou? And she answeredh559h8799, I am Ruthh7327 thine handmaidh519: spreadh6566h8804 therefore thy skirth3671 over thine handmaidh519; for thou art a near kinsmanh1350h8802. a near...: or, one that hath right to redeem

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And he saidh559h8799, Blessedh1288h8803 be thou of the LORDh3068, my daughterh1323: for thou hast shewedh3190h8689 more kindnessh2617 in the latter endh314 than at the beginningh7223, inasmuch as thou followedsth3212h8800h310 noth1115 young menh970, whether poorh1800 or richh6223.

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And now, my daughterh1323, fearh3372h8799 not; I will doh6213h8799 to thee all that thou requiresth559h8799: for all the cityh8179 of my peopleh5971 doth knowh3045h8802 that thou art a virtuoush2428 womanh802. city: Heb. gate

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And now it is trueh551 that I am thy near kinsmanh1350h8802: howbeit there ish3426 a kinsmanh1350h8802 nearerh7138 than I.

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Tarryh3885h8798 this nighth3915, and it shall be in the morningh1242, that if he will perform unto thee the part of a kinsmanh1350h8799, wellh2896; let him do the kinsman's parth1350h8799: but if he willh2654h8799 not do the part of a kinsmanh1350h8800 to thee, then will I do the part of a kinsmanh1350h8804 to thee, as the LORDh3068 livethh2416: lie downh7901h8798 until the morningh1242.

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And she layh7901h8799 at his feeth4772 until the morningh1242: and she rose uph6965h8799 beforeh2958 oneh376 could knowh5234h8686 anotherh7453. And he saidh559h8799, Let it not be knownh3045h8735 that a womanh802 cameh935h8804 into the floorh1637.

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Also he saidh559h8799, Bringh3051h8798 the vailh4304 that thou hast upon thee, and holdh270h8798 it. And when she heldh270h8799 it, he measuredh4058h8799 sixh8337 measures of barleyh8184, and laidh7896h8799 it on her: and she wenth935h8799 into the cityh5892. vail: or, sheet, or, apron

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And when she cameh935h8799 to her mother in lawh2545, she saidh559h8799, Who art thou, my daughterh1323? And she toldh5046h8686 her all that the manh376 had doneh6213h8804 to her.

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And she saidh559h8799, These sixh8337 measures of barleyh8184 gaveh5414h8804 he me; for he saidh559h8804 to me, Goh935h8799 not emptyh7387 unto thy mother in lawh2545.

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Then saidh559h8799 she, Sit stillh3427h8798, my daughterh1323, until thou knowh3045h8799 how the matterh1697 will fallh5307h8799: for the manh376 will not be in resth8252h8799, untilh518 he have finishedh3615h8765 the thingh1697 this dayh3117.



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