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Ruth 1

By: Jim Crews

 

Ruth 1: 1 - 5

In the days of the Judges there was a famine in the land. Elimelech, Naomi, and their two sons went to Moab for relief. They were from Bethlehem. In Moab, Elimelech died, and Naomi was left with her two sons. The sons married Moabite women, one was named Orpah and one was named Ruth. They lived in Moab for 10 years when the two sons died, leaving Naomi alone. 

 

Ruth 1: 6 - 14

Ruth had heard that God had blessed Israel and the famine had ended. She headed out toward Israel with her two daughters-in-law. Naomi gave them their release to go back to Moab and remarry. They said they were going with Naomi. She told them once again that they should go back to Moab and remarry. Orpah did, but Ruth went with Naomi. 

 

Ruth 1: 15 - 18

Naomi tried once again to get Ruth to go back to Moab and start another family. Ruth once again refused. When Naomi saw that Ruth was not going to give in on this matter, she said no more about it. 



 

Ruth 1: 19 - 21

When they got to Bethlehem, the whole town was stirred by their coming. They were wondering if this were Naomi, who had left over a decade ago. She told them they should call her Mara, not Naomi, because she believed that God had dealt bitterly with her. 

 

Ruth 1: 22

Naomi and Ruth arrived in Bethlehem at the beginning of the barley harvest. 

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Ruth 2

By: Jim Crews

 

Ruth 2: 1 - 7

Boaz was a relative of Naomi’s husband Elimelech. Ruth asked if she could go glean from his fields and maybe find favor in someone’s sight. Naomi agreed. Boaz was returning from Bethlehem when he saw Ruth in the field and inquired as to her identity. He was told that she was the young Moabite woman who had come with Naomi. They told Boaz that she had asked permission to glean from the harvest, and had been there since early morning. 

 

Ruth 2: 8-13

Boaz told Ruth to glean in his field and she would be kept safe from harm. He also gave her permission to drink from the water of his workers. Ruth thanked him for being so kind to a foreigner. Boaz told her he knew how she had been caring for Naomi, and hoped the Lord would repay her for her kindness. She thanked Boaz for his kindness. 

 

Ruth 2: 14 - 16

Boaz invited Ruth to take a meal with him. She did, and ate until she was full. Boaz told his men to let her glean among the sheaves and not hassle her. He also told them to pull some of the good grain from the bundles and leave it for her. 

 

Ruth 2: 17-23

Ruth gleaned the field until evening. She then thrashed the graim and found she had an ephah of barley. She took it to Naomi, along with the leftovers from her meal with Boaz. Naomi asked where she had gleaned, and then blessed the man who had taken such good care of them that day. Naomi told her that Boaz was a relative. Ruth told how kind he had been to her. She gleaned Boaz’s fields until the end of the harvest, and continued to live with Naomi. 

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Ruth 3

By: Jim Crews

 

Ruth 3: 1 - 5

Naomi told Ruth to go to wash and clean up good, then go to the threshing floor that night. She knew that Boaz would be there. Naomi advised Ruth to not allow her presence to be known until after Boaz had eaten and drank. Then she was to see where he lay down at and go lie at his feet. He would tell her what to do. 

 

Ruth 3: 6 - 13

She did this. After Boaz had eaten and was intoxicated a little bit, he went to lie down. She went and lay at his feet. At midnight Boaz woke up and was startled that she was lying at his feet. He asked who it was, and she told him she was Ruth. Boaz agreed to redeem her. 

 

Ruth 3: 14 - 18

She lay at his feet until morning, but left early. He told the people there to not let it be known that Ruth had been there. He gave Ruth six measures of barley to take back to Naomi. Naomi told Ruth that the matter had not been settled yet, but to wait until the end of the day.  

 

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Ruth 4

By: Jim Crews

 

Ruth 4: 1 - 6

Boaz waited at the gate for the redeemer he had told Ruth about. When that person came by, Boaz asked him to take a seat and visit. He did. Boaz also brought ten elders of the city. He told the redeemer that Naomi was selling the land belonging to Elimelech. Boaz was telling the redeemer because he thought he may want to buy it. The redeemer agreed to do this, but Boaz told him he must take Ruth for his wife along with the deal. The redeemer could not, because it would interfere with his own inheritance. This left Boaz to buy the land and redeem it and Ruth. 

 

Ruth 4: 7 - 12

Boaz went through the traditional method of showing that he would redeem the land and buy it from Naomi. The ten elders were witnesses to the transaction. The land would belong to Boaz and Ruth would be his wife. The elders agreed to this and spoke a blessing for Boaz and Ruth. 

 

Ruth 4: 13 - 17

Boaz and Ruth were married. She bore him a son. The women praised Naomi for becoming a grandmother. They named him Obed, who was the father of Jesse, who was the father of David. 

 

Ruth 4: 18 - 22

Here we have the genealogy from Perez to David. This shows why the book of Ruth was recorded for us. It shows us the great-grandparents of David. It also shows us a family in the line that the Messiah would come from. 

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