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Naomi devises a plan for Ruth to seek marriage with Boaz, instructing her to wash, anoint herself, and go to the threshing floor where Boaz will winnow barley by night. Ruth follows her mother-in-law's counsel, uncovering Boaz's feet and lying down until he awakens at midnight and discovers her presence. When Ruth requests that Boaz spread his garment over her as a kinsman-redeemer, he praises her virtue and pledges to fulfill the role if a nearer kinsman declines, sending her home before dawn with six measures of barley.

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Characters in This Chapter

Ruth
Ruth

Faithful Moabite woman who becomes great-grandmother of King David

Naomi
Naomi

Israelite widow who returns from Moab to Bethlehem with Ruth

Boaz
Boaz

Wealthy kinsman who redeems Ruth and becomes ancestor of David

Places in This Chapter

Bethlehem
Bethlehem

Naomi's hometown where she returns with Ruth and where the story unfolds

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Moab
Moab

Land east of the Dead Sea where Naomi's family had fled during famine and where Ruth was from

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Position in Book

Ruth's ChoiceChapters 1
Ruth's WorkChapters 2
Ruth's ProposalChapters 3

At Naomi's instruction, Ruth approaches Boaz at the threshing floor to request his role as kinsman-redeemer.

Ruth's RedemptionChapters 4

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