Hello, and welcome
to HIS WORDS ARE LIFE
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I'm Kelly Mowrer, and thank
you for joining with me today,
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to read the story of Ruth.
Before we start, Let's pray.
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Dear God, thank you again for
this time apart in your presence
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Please send the Holy Spirit
as we read, to show us your
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great love for us and
to put into our hearts
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a greater love for you. We love
you, as imperfectly as we do,
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and we want to serve you better,
please show us how. Amen.
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Reading in the book of
Ruth, in the King James Version,
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chapter 1. - Now it came to
pass in the days when the judges
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ruled, that there was a famine
in the land. And a certain man
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of Bethlehem-judah went to
sojourn in the country of Moab,
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he, and his wife, and his two
sons. And the name of the man
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was Elimelech, and the
name of his wife Naomi,
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and the name of his two
sons Mahlon and Chilion,
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Ephrathites of Bethlehem-judah.
And they came into the country
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of Moab, and continued there.
And Elimelech, Naomi's husband,
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died; and she was
left, and her two sons.
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And they took them
wives of the women of Moab;
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the name of the one was Orpah,
and the name of the other, Ruth:
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and they dwelled
there about ten years.
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And Mahlon and
Chilion died, both of them;
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and the woman was left of
her two sons and her husband.
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Then she arose with
her daughters in law,
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that she might return
from the country of Moab:
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for she had heard in the country
of Moab how that the Lord
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had visited his
people in giving them bread.
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Wherefore she went forth
out of the place where she was,
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and her two daughters in
law with her; and they went
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on the way to return
unto the land of Judah.
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And Naomi said unto
her two daughters in law,
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Go, return each to her mother's
house: the Lord deal kindly with
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you as ye have dealt
with the dead, and with me.
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The Lord grant you that ye
may find rest, each of you,
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in the house of her
husband. Then she kissed them;
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and they lifted up their voice,
and wept and they said unto her,
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surely we will return
with thee unto thy people.
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And Naomi said,
Turn again, my daughters:
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why will ye go with me?
Are there yet any more sons
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in my womb, that they may be
your husbands? Turn again, my
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daughters, go your way; for I
am too old to have an husband.
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If I should say, I have hope,
if I should have an husband
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also tonight, and should
also bear sons; would ye tarry
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for them till they were
grown? would ye stay for them
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having husbands?
nay, my daughters.
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for it grieveth me much for
your sakes that the hand of the
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Lord is gone out against me.
And they lifted up their voice,
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and wept again: and
Orpah kissed her mother in law;
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but Ruth clave unto her. And she
said, Behold thy sister in law
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is gone back unto her people,
and to her gods: return thou
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after thy sister in law.
And Ruth said, Entreat me not
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to leave thee, or to return
from following after thee:
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for whither thou goest, I
will go; and where thou lodgest,
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I will lodge: thy people shall
be my people and thy God my God:
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where thou diest, will I
die, and there will I be buried:
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the Lord do so to me, and
more also, if aught but death
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part thee and me. When she saw
that she was steadfastly minded
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to go with her, then
she left speaking unto her.
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So they two went until
they came to Bethlehem,
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And it came to pass, when
they were come to Bethlehem,
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that all the city was
moved about them, and they said,
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Is this Naomi? And she said
unto them, Call me not Naomi,
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call me Mara: for the Almighty
hath dealt very bitterly with me
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I went out full, and the
Lord hath brought me home again
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empty why then call ye me Naomi,
seeing the Lord hath testified
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against me and the Almighty has
afflicted me? So Naomi returned
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and Ruth the Moabitess,
her daughter in law, with her,
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which returned out
of the country of Moab,
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and they came to Bethlehem in
the beginning of barley harvest.
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We're reading in Ruth chapter 2,
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and this is the
King James Version.
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And Naomi had a kinsman of her
husband's a mighty man of wealth
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of the family of Elimelech;
and his name was Boaz.
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And Ruth the
Moabitess said unto Naomi,
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Let me now go to the field
and glean ears of corn after him
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in whose sight I shall find
grace. And she said unto her,
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Go my daughter. And she
went, and came, and gleaned
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in the field after the reapers:
and her hap was to light on
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a part of the field
belonging unto Boaz, who was
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of the kindred of Elimelech. And
behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem
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and said unto the
reapers, The Lord be with you.
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And they answered
him, The Lord bless thee.
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Then said Boaz unto his servant
that was set over the reapers,
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Whose damsel is this? And
the servant that was set over
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the reapers answered and
said, It is the Moabitish damsel
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that came back with Naomi
out of the country of Moab:
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And she said, I pray
you, let me glean and gather
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after the reapers among
the sheaves: so she came, and
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hath continued even
from the morning until now,
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that she tarried a little in the
house. Then said Boaz unto Ruth,
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Hearest thou not, my daughter?
Go not to glean in another field
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neither go from hence, but
abide her fast by my maidens:
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Let thine eyes be on the field
that they do reap, and go thou
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after them: have I not charged
the young men that they not
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touch thee? and when thou art
athirst, go unto the vessels,
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and drink of that which
the young men have drawn.
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Then she fell on her face,
and bowed herself to the ground,
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and said unto him, Why have
I found grace in thine eyes,
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that thou shouldest
take knowledge of me,
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seeing I am a stranger? And
Boaz answered and said unto her,
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It hath fully been shewed me,
all that thou hast done unto thy
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mother in law since
the death of thine husband:
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and how thou hast left
thy father and thy mother,
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and the land of thy nativity,
and art come unto a people
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which thou
knewest not heretofore.
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The Lord recompense thy work,
and a full reward be given thee
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of the Lord God of Israel, under
whose wings thou art come to
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trust. Then she said, Let
me find favour in thy sight,
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my lord; for that
thou hast comforted me,
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and for that thou hast spoken
friendly unto thine handmaid,
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though I be not like
unto one of thine handmaidens.
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And Boaz said unto her,
At mealtime come thou hither,
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and eat of the bread, and
dip thy morsel in the vinegar.
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And she sat beside the reapers:
And he reached her parched corn,
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and she did eat, and
was sufficed, and left.
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And when she was risen up to
glean, Boaz commanded his young
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men saying, Let her
glean even among the sheaves,
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and reproach her not; and let
fall also some of the handfuls
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of purpose for her, and leave
them, that she may glean them,
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and rebuke her not. So she
gleaned in the field until even
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and beat out that she had
gleaned: and it was about an
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ephah of barley. And she took
it up, and went into the city:
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and her mother in law saw what
she had gleaned and she brought
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forth, and gave to
her that she had reserved
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after she was sufficed. And
her mother in law said unto her,
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Where hast thou gleaned today?
and where wroughtest thou?
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blessed be he that did
take knowledge of thee.
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And she shewed her mother in
law with whom she had wrought,
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The man's name with
whom I wrought today is Boaz.
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And Naomi said unto her
daughter in law, Blessed be he
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of the Lord, who hath not left
off his kindness to the living
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and to the dead. And Naomi said
unto her, The man is near of kin
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unto us, one of
our next kinsmen.
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And Ruth the Moabitess
said, He said unto me also,
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Thou shalt keep fast by my young
men, until they have ended all
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my harvest. And Naomi said
unto Ruth, her daughter in law,
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It is good, my daughter, that
thou go out with his maidens,
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that they meet thee not in any
other field. So she kept fast by
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the maidens of Boaz to glean
unto the end of barley harvest
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and of wheat harvest; and
dwelt with her mother in law.
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We're reading in the
book of Ruth, chapter 3, and
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this is the King James Version.
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Then Naomi her mother in
law said unto her, My daughter,
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shall I not seek rest for thee,
that it may be well with thee?
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And now is not Boaz of our
kindred, with whose maidens
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thou wast? Behold, he winnoweth
barley tonight in the threshing
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floor. Wash thy self
therefore, and anoint thee,
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and put thy raiment upon thee,
and get thee down to the floor:
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but make not thyself known unto
the man, until he shall have
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done eating and drinking. And
it shall be, when he lieth down,
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that thou shalt mark the
place where he shall lie,
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and thou shalt go
in, and uncover his feet,
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and lay thee down; and he will
tell thee what thou shalt do.
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And she said unto her, All that
thou sayest unto me I will do.
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And she went down unto the floor
and did according to all that
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her mother in law bade her. And
when Boaz had eaten and drunk,
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and his heart was
merry, he went to lie down
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at the end of the heap of
corn. And she came softly and
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uncovered his
feet and laid her down.
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And it came to pass at midnight
that the man was afraid and
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turned himself, and,
behold, a woman lay at his feet.
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And he said, who art thou?
And she answered, I am Ruth,
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thy handmaid. Spread therefore
thy skirt over thine handmaid:
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For thou art a near kinsman.
And he said, Blest be thou
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of the Lord, my daughter, for
thou hast showed more kindness
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in the latter end than at
the beginning, inasmuch as thou
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followedst not young
men, whether poor or rich.
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And now my daughter, fear not;
I will do to thee all that thou
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requirest: for all the
city of my people doth know that
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thou art a virtuous woman.
And now it is true that I am
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thy near kinsman: howbeit there
is a kinsman nearer than I.
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Tarry this night, and
it shall be in the morning,
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that if he will perform
unto thee the part of a kinsman,
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well; let him do the kinsman's
part: but if he will not
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do the part of a kinsman, to
thee, then will I do the part
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of a kinsman to thee,
as the Lord liveth lie down
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until the morning. And she lay
at his feet until the morning:
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and she rose up before
one could know another,
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And he said, Let it not be known
that a woman came into the floor
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Also he said, Bring the
veil that thou hast upon thee,
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and hold it. And when she held
it, he measured six measures
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of barley and laid it on
her: and she went into the city.
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And when she came to her mother
in law, she said, Who art thou?
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my daughter? and she told her
all that the man had done to her
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and she said, These six
measures of barley gave he me;
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for he said to me, Go not
empty unto thy mother in law.
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Then said she, Sit still,
my daughter, until thou know
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how the matter will fall:
for the man will not be in rest,
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until he have
finished the thing this day.
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And Ruth chapter 4,
continuing the story
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in the King James Version.
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Then went Boaz up to the gate,
and sat him down there: and,
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behold the kinsman of whom Boaz
spake came by; unto whom he said
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Ho, such a one! turn aside, sit
down here. And he turned aside,
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and sat down. And he took 10
men of the elders of the city,
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and said, Sit ye down here.
And they sat down. And he said
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unto the kinsman, Naomi, that
is come again out of the country
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of Moab, selleth a parcel
of land which was our brother
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Elimelech's: And I thought
to advertise thee, saying,
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Buy it before the inhabitants,
and before the elders
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of my people. If thou
wilt redeem it, redeem it:
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But if thou wilt not redeem it,
then tell me, that I may know:
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for there is none to redeem it
beside thee; and I am after thee
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And he said, I will redeem it.
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Then said Boaz, What day thou
buyest the field of the hand of
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Naomi, thou must buy it
also of Ruth the Moabitess,
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the wife of the dead, to
raise up the name of the dead
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upon his inheritance. And the
kinsman said, I cannot redeem it
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for myself, lest I mar mine
own inheritance: redeem thou
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my right to thyself;
for I cannot redeem it.
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Now this was the manner
in former time in Israel
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concerning redeeming
and concerning changing,
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for to confirm all things;
a man plucked off his shoe,
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and gave it to his neighbor: and
this was a testimony in Israel.
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Therefore the kinsman said
unto Boaz, Buy it for thee.
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So he drew off his shoe.
And Boaz said unto the elders,
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and unto all the people,
Ye are witnesses this day that
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I have bought all that was
Elimelech's, and all that was
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Chilion's and
Mahlon's, of the hand of Naomi.
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Moreover Ruth the Moabitess,
the wife of Mahlon, have I
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purchased to be my wife, to
raise up the name of the dead
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upon his inheritance, that the
name of the dead be not cut off
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from among his brethren,
and from the gate of his place:
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Ye are witnesses this day,
and all the people that were
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in the gate and the
elders, said, We are witnesses.
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The Lord make the woman
that is come into thine house
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like Rachael and Like Leah,
which two did build the house
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of Israel: and do thou worthily
in Ephratah, and be famous
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in Bethlehem: And let thy house
be like the house of Pharez,
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whom Tamar bare unto Judah,
of the seed which the Lord
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shall give the of this
young woman. So Boaz took Ruth,
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and she was his wife:
and when he went in unto her,
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the Lord gave her
conception, and she bare a son.
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And the women said unto
Naomi, Blessed be the Lord,
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which hath not left thee
this day without a kinsman,
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that his name may be famous
in Israel. And he shall be
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unto thee a restorer of thy
life, and a nourisher of thine
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old age: for thy daughter
in law which loveth thee,
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which is better to thee
than 7 sons, hath borne him.
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Thank you for being with me
today to read this beautiful
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story of Ruth. Until next time,
May God keep us all in his care.
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Good bye.
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