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Ruth

Ruth is a short story of grief, loyalty and quiet provision during the troubled years of the judges. A widowed outsider chooses to stay with Naomi, works with courage and finds welcome through Boaz. Her ordinary faithfulness becomes part of the family line that leads to King David and, later, to Jesus.

Ruth 2

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  • Ruth 2:10
    Then she fell on her face and bowed herself to the ground, and said to him, “Why have I found favour in your sight, that you should take knowledge of me, since I am a foreigner?”
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  • Ruth 2:15-16
    When she had risen up to glean, Boaz commanded his young men, saying, “Let her glean even amongst the sheaves, and don’t reproach her. Also pull out some for her from the bundles, and leave it. Let her glean, and don’t rebuke her.”
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