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14 So she lay down at his feet until dawn approached, then got up while it was still difficult for anyone to be recognized. Then he told her, “It shouldn’t be known that a woman has come to the threshing floor.” 15 So he said, “Take your cloak and hold it out.” She did so, and he measured out six units[a] of barley and placed them in a sack[b] on her. Then she left for town.

Naomi’s Response to Ruth

16 When Ruth[c] returned to her mother-in-law, Naomi[d] asked her, “How did it go, my daughter?”

Then she related everything that the man had done for her.

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Footnotes

  1. Ruth 3:15 The Heb. lacks units
  2. Ruth 3:15 The Heb. lacks in a sack
  3. Ruth 3:16 Lit. she
  4. Ruth 3:16 Lit. she