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Ruth 3:1-3
New Catholic Bible
Ruth 3:1-3
New Catholic Bible
Chapter 3[a]
Naomi Instructs Ruth. 1 Then Naomi, her mother-in-law, said to her, “My daughter, should I not seek a home for you so that you may find security? 2 Is not Boaz, with whose servant girls you were, our relative? Tonight he will be winnowing barley on the threshing floor. 3 Bathe and perfume yourself and put on your best clothes. Go down to the floor, but do not let him know you are there until he has finished eating and drinking.
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- Ruth 3:1 Naomi, having lost her sons (Ru 1:5) and being too advanced in years to remarry, wants to apply the law of the levirate (Deut 25:5-6) in favor of her daughter-in-law. Boaz, asked to marry Ruth, admires her for her fidelity and is ready to carry out the duties of a kinsman redeemer toward her (Lev 25:25). There is, however, another who is a closer kinsman. This detail makes the story a more lively one.
