³⁷ The older daughter had a son, and she named him Moab^[a];^(A) he is the father of the Moabites^(B) of today.

¹¹ Then they set out from Oboth and camped in Iye Abarim, in the wilderness that faces Moab^(A) toward the sunrise.

Balak Summons Balaam

22 Then the Israelites traveled to the plains of Moab^(A) and camped along the Jordan^(B) across from Jericho.^(C)

⁵ East of the Jordan in the territory of Moab,^(A) Moses began to expound this law, saying:

³⁰ That day Moab^(A) was made subject to Israel, and the land had peace^(B) for eighty years.

Naomi Loses Her Husband and Sons

1 In the days when the judges ruled,^[a](A) there was a famine in the land.^(B) So a man from Bethlehem in Judah,^(C) together with his wife and two sons, went to live for a while^(D) in the country of Moab.^(E)

Naomi and Ruth Return to Bethlehem

⁶ When Naomi heard in Moab^(A) that the Lord had come to the aid of his people^(B) by providing food^(C) for them, she and her daughters-in-law^(D) prepared to return home from there.