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Text -- Ruth 3:7-18 (NET)

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3:7 When Boaz had finished his meal and was feeling satisfied, he lay down to sleep at the far end of the grain heap. Then Ruth crept up quietly, uncovered his legs, and lay down beside him. 3:8 In the middle of the night he was startled and turned over. Now he saw a woman lying beside him! 3:9 He said, “Who are you?” She replied, “I am Ruth, your servant. Marry your servant, for you are a guardian of the family interests.” 3:10 He said, “May you be rewarded by the Lord, my dear! This act of devotion is greater than what you did before. For you have not sought to marry one of the young men, whether rich or poor. 3:11 Now, my dear, don’t worry! I intend to do for you everything you propose, for everyone in the village knows that you are a worthy woman. 3:12 Now yes, it is true that I am a guardian, but there is another guardian who is a closer relative than I am. 3:13 Remain here tonight. Then in the morning, if he agrees to marry you, fine, let him do so. But if he does not want to do so, I promise, as surely as the Lord lives, to marry you. Sleep here until morning.” 3:14 So she slept beside him until morning. She woke up while it was still dark. Boaz thought, “No one must know that a woman visited the threshing floor.” 3:15 Then he said, “Hold out the shawl you are wearing and grip it tightly.” As she held it tightly, he measured out about sixty pounds of barley into the shawl and put it on her shoulders. Then he went into town,
Ruth Returns to Naomi
3:16 and she returned to her mother-in-law. When Ruth returned to her mother-in-law, Naomi asked, “How did things turn out for you, my daughter?” Ruth told her about all the man had done for her. 3:17 She said, “He gave me these sixty pounds of barley, for he said to me, ‘Do not go to your mother-in-law empty-handed.’” 3:18 Then Naomi said, “Stay put, my daughter, until you know how the matter turns out. For the man will not rest until he has taken care of the matter today.”
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics

Names, People and Places:
 · Boaz son of Salma of Judah,one of 2 principal pillars in Solomon's temple
 · Ruth The wife of Boaz; the mother of Obed; an ancestor of Jesus,Moabite wife of Boaz, and great grandmother of King David


Dictionary Themes and Topics: Levirate Law | Lovers | Love | Boaz | Widow | Naomi | Women | Ruth | Threshing | Chastity | Courtship | THRESHING-FLOOR | DRESS | KINSMAN; KINSWOMAN | WIMPLE | HANDMAID | Kinsman | GOEL | Oath | Inheritance | more
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NET Notes: Rut 3:7 The words “beside him” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons. Cf. TEV “at his feet”; CEV “near his feet....

NET Notes: Rut 3:8 Heb “[at] his legs.” See the note on the word “legs” in v. 4.

NET Notes: Rut 3:9 By proposing marriage, Ruth goes beyond the letter of Naomi’s instructions (see v. 4, where Naomi told Ruth that Boaz would tell her what to do)...

NET Notes: Rut 3:10 Whether rich or poor. This statement seems to indicate that Ruth could have married anyone. However, only by marrying a גֹּא&#...

NET Notes: Rut 3:11 Or “woman of strong character” (cf. NIV “woman of noble character”). The same phrase is used in Prov 31:10 to describe the ide...

NET Notes: Rut 3:12 Sometimes translated “redeemer” (also later in this verse). See the note on the phrase “guardian of the family interests” in v...

NET Notes: Rut 3:13 Sleep here. Perhaps Boaz tells her to remain at the threshing floor because he is afraid she might be hurt wandering back home in the dark. See Song 5...

NET Notes: Rut 3:14 Heb “let it not be known that the woman came [to] the threshing floor” (NASB similar). The article on הָאִש&...

NET Notes: Rut 3:15 The MT preserves the 3rd person masculine singular form וַיָּבֹא (vayyavo’, “then he went&...

NET Notes: Rut 3:16 All that the man had done. This would have included his promise to marry her and his gift of barley.

NET Notes: Rut 3:17 ‘Do not go to your mother-in-law empty-handed.’ In addition to being a further gesture of kindness on Boaz’s part, the gift of barle...

NET Notes: Rut 3:18 Heb “sit”; KJV “Sit still”; NAB “Wait here”; NLT “Just be patient.”

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