Banchory Christian Fellowship Church
Religion & Spirituality:Christianity
Ruth 3
New International Version (NIV)
Ruth and Boaz at the Threshing Floor
3 One day Ruth’s mother-in-law Naomi said to her, “My daughter, I must find a home[a] for you, where you will be well provided for. 2 Now Boaz, with whose women you have worked, is a relative of ours. Tonight he will be winnowing barley on the threshing floor. 3 Wash, put on perfume, and get dressed in your best clothes. Then go down to the threshing floor, but don’t let him know you are there until he has finished eating and drinking. 4 When he lies down, note the place where he is lying. Then go and uncover his feet and lie down. He will tell you what to do.”
5 “I will do whatever you say,” Ruth answered. 6 So she went down to the threshing floor and did everything her mother-in-law told her to do.
7 When Boaz had finished eating and drinking and was in good spirits, he went over to lie down at the far end of the grain pile. Ruth approached quietly, uncovered his feet and lay down. 8 In the middle of the night something startled the man; he turned—and there was a woman lying at his feet!
9 “Who are you?” he asked.
“I am your servant Ruth,” she said. “Spread the corner of your garment over me, since you are a guardian-redeemer[b] of our family.”
10 “The Lord bless you, my daughter,” he replied. “This kindness is greater than that which you showed earlier: You have not run after the younger men, whether rich or poor. 11 And now, my daughter, don’t be afraid. I will do for you all you ask. All the people of my town know that you are a woman of noble character. 12 Although it is true that I am a guardian-redeemer of our family, there is another who is more closely related than I. 13 Stay here for the night, and in the morning if he wants to do his duty as your guardian-redeemer, good; let him redeem you. But if he is not willing, as surely as the Lord lives I will do it. Lie here until morning.”
14 So she lay at his feet until morning, but got up before anyone could be recognized; and he said, “No one must know that a woman came to the threshing floor.”
15 He also said, “Bring me the shawl you are wearing and hold it out.” When she did so, he poured into it six measures of barley and placed the bundle on her. Then he[c] went back to town.
16 When Ruth came to her mother-in-law, Naomi asked, “How did it go, my daughter?”
Then she told her everything Boaz had done for her 17 and added, “He gave me these six measures of barley, saying, ‘Don’t go back to your mother-in-law empty-handed.’”
18 Then Naomi said, “Wait, my daughter, until you find out what happens. For the man will not rest until the matter is settled today.”
Footnotes:
14th January 2024 - ”Rejected by the World, Chosen by God” - 1 Peter 1:1-2
7th January 2024 - ”Precious Words For Anxious Hearts” - Matthew 6:25-34
31st December 2023 - ”Keep Calm and Preach The Gospel” - 2 Corinthians 4:1-7
17th December 2023 - ”Long Expected Jesus” - Matthew 2:13-23
10th December 2023 - ”Bow Before The True King” - Matthew 2:1-12
3rd December 2023 - ”WHAT CHILD IS THIS?”
26th November 2023 - ”A Perfectly Planned Pregnancy” - Matthew 1:18-25
19th November 2023 - ”Who do you think Jesus is?” - Matthew 1:1-17
12th November 2023 - ”Invitation to meet God” - Exodus 19
5th November 2023 - ”Mission Sunday” - Mark 15:33-39
29th October 2023 - ”WHY DOES THE LORD SAVE?” - Exodus 18 (ESV)
22nd October 2023 - ”Is the Lord with us?” - Exodus 17
15th October 2023 - ”Work Out Your Salvation” - Philippians 2:12-18
8th October 2023 - ” God - The patient Provider”- Exodus 15:22-16:36
1st Oct 2023 - ”Waiting For New Birth” - John 3:1-18
17th Sept 2023 - ”See the Salvation of the Lord” - Exodus 13:17 - 14:31
10th Sept 2023 - ”NEVER FORGET HOW YOU GOT HERE” - Exodus 13:1-16
3rd Sept 2023 - ”Jesus Christ, One With Us” - Matthew 3:13-17
27th August 2023 - ”GOD KEEPS HIS WORD” - Exodus 12:29-51
20th August 2023 - ”Jesus Comes To Restore” - John 3:16-18
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