We are sharing the reading of God' s word in the Old Testament and
at this opportunity it will be chapter three of Ruth' s Book. Ruth
' s Chapter Three. Then said her mother- in- law Naomi,
my daughter, I will not seek a home for you to do well.
You' re not our relative, whose maids you' ve been with.
Here' s what he' s blowing up tonight, the escape parva.
So you will wash and anoint yourself and put on your clothes, you will
go to the threshing floor more. You will not make yourself known to the
male until he has finished eating and drinking. And when he goes to bed,
you' ll notice where he lies. And you will go and discover
his feet and lie there and he will tell you what you have here and
she will answer. I will do all that you command me to go down
to the threshing floor and do all that his mother- in- law had
commanded him. And when you had eaten and drunk and your heart was happy.
He retired to sleep on the side of the pile. Then she came
quietly and discovered his feet and lay down and it happened that at midnight the
man shivered and turned and here a woman lay at his feet. Then he
said who you are and she answered. I am ruth Your handmaid spreads the
edge of Your cape over You, handmaid because You are a close relative and
He said blessed Be Thou of the LORD, my daughter, Thou hast done
thy last goodness better than the first, not going in search of the young
be they poor or rich. Fear not now, my child, I will
do with you whatever you say, for all the people of my people know
that you are a virtuous woman. And now, though true, I'
m a close relative. With all that, there' s a relative closer
than me. Spend the night here and when it is day, if he
redeems you, well, redeem you more. If he wouldn' t redeem
you, I' ll redeem you. Jehovah lives, so he rests until
the morning. And after he slept at his feet until the morning, he
rose before men could recognize one another because he said it is not known that
woman came to the era. Then he said to her take off the robe
that he brings upon you and hold it and hold it She measured six measures
of barley and put them on her and she went to the city and when
she came to her mother- in- law. She told him what was
there, my daughter, and told him all that had happened with the man,
and said these six measures of medium barley, saying to me that you
should not go to your mother- in- law empty- handed. Then
he told me to wait, my daughter, until you know how the matter
is resolved, for that man will not rest until the matter is finished today.