The Book of
Ruth 3
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In this chapter
Where we are
- 1EmptyFamine, death and a loyal daughter
- 2A field of favorRuth gleans in Boaz's field
- 3Under his wingA night at the threshing floorChapter 3
- 4RedeemedA son, and David's line
Ruth’s Redemption Assured
One day Ruth’s mother-in-law Naomi said to her, “My daughter, should I not seek a resting place for you, that it may be well with you? Now is not Boaz, with whose servant girls you have been working, a relative of ours?
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In fact, tonight he is winnowing barley on the threshing floor.
Naomi
Therefore wash yourself, put on perfume, and wear your best clothes.
Naomi
Go down to the threshing floor, but do not let the man know you are there until he has finished eating and drinking. When he lies down, note the place where he lies. Then go in and uncover his feet, and lie down, and he will explain to you what you should do.”
Ruth
“I will do everything you say,” Ruth answered.
Reflect
Waiting, then a step
Naomi waited through the whole harvest. Then she acted, trusting the kind of man Boaz was, and Ruth answered, “I will do everything you say.” Is there a step of faith you have been putting off? Write down what you know of God’s character that makes it safe to take.
So she went down to the threshing floor and did everything her mother-in-law had instructed her to do.
After Boaz had finished eating and drinking and was in good spirits, he went to lie down at the end of the heap of grain. Then Ruth went in secretly, uncovered his feet, and lay down.
At midnight, Boaz was startled, turned over, and there lying at his feet was a woman!
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Boaz
“Who are you?” he asked.
Ruth
“I am your servant Ruth,” she replied. “Spread the corner of your garment over me, for you are a kinsman-redeemer.”
Then Boaz said, “May the LORD bless you, my daughter. You have shown more kindness now than before, because you have not run after the younger men, whether rich or poor.
And now do not be afraid, my daughter. I will do for you whatever you request, since all my fellow townspeople know that you are a woman of noble character.
Ruth 3:11
Yes, it is true that I am a kinsman-redeemer, but there is a redeemer nearer than I. Stay here tonight, and in the morning, if he wants to redeem you, good. Let him redeem you. But if he does not want to redeem you, as surely as the LORD lives, I will. Now lie here until morning.”
Question
Quick question
Boaz calmed Ruth’s fear with a promise, and with what everyone in Bethlehem already knew about her.
What did Boaz say all his fellow townspeople knew about Ruth?
When Ruth returned to her mother-in-law, Naomi asked her, “How did it go, my daughter?” Then Ruth told her all that Boaz had done for her.
Ruth
And she said, “He gave me these six measures of barley, for he said, ‘Do not go back to your mother-in-law empty-handed.’”
Naomi
“Wait, my daughter,” said Naomi, “until you find out how things go, for he will not rest unless he has resolved the matter today.”
Do not go back to your mother-in-law empty-handed.
Ruth 3:17
Pray
Not empty-handed
Ruth came home with six measures of barley and a promise. Thank God that He does not send His people away empty. Then pray: Lord, when I have done what You ask, teach me to wait well and trust You to finish it. Make me a person of integrity, as Boaz and Ruth were, careful of my own good name and of others’. Amen.
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And now do not be afraid, my daughter. I will do for you whatever you request, since all my fellow townspeople know that you are a woman of noble character.
Ruth 3:11
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