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:
23 October 2022 - ”Come to Me, and I Will Give You Rest” - Matthew 11:25-12:14
16th October 2022 - ”WHEN FOOLS REIGN” - Ecclesiastes 9:13-10:20
9th October 2022 - ”FINDING HOPE IN LIFE” - Ecclesiastes 9:1-12
2nd October 2022 - ”God Helps the Helpless” - 1 Samuel 7:2-13
25th September 2022 - ”Be Wise: Life is Complicated” - Ecclesiastes 8:1-17
18th September 2022 - ”WHY LIFE DOESN’T MAKE SENSE” - Ecclesiastes 7:13-29
11th Sept 2022 - ”THE WAY OF THE WISE” - Ecclesiastes 7:1-12
4th September 2022 - ”Weakness Equals Strength” - Judges 7
28th August 2022 - ”Money Matters” - Ecclesiastes 5-6
21st August 2022 - ”Who Opens Blind Eyes?” - 1 Corinthians 15:1-11
14th August 2022 - ”WHO OPENS BLIND EYES?” - John 9
7th August 2022 - ”WHO FEEDS THE HUNGRY?” - John 6:1-21
31st July 2022 - ”God’s Blessing Promised” - Haggai 2:10-23
24th July 2022 - ”God’s Building Plan” - Haggai 1:1-2:9
17th July 2022 - ”WHEN THE FOUNDATIONS ARE CRUMBLING” - Psalm 11
10th July 2022 - ”WHO SPEAKS WITH WORDS OF POWER?” - John 4:46 - 5:18
3rd July 2022 - ”WHO TURNS WATER INTO WINE?” - John 2:1-11
PM 26th June 2022 - ”THE FATHER’S HEART” - Luke 15:11-32
AM 26th June 2022 - ”THE HEART OF WORSHIP” - Ecclesiastes 5:1-7
19th June 2022 - ”BETTER TOGETHER” - Ecclesiastes 4:1-17
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