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June 1 - Faithfulness in Uncertain Places · Bible Chat Devotional

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  Welcome to Bible Chat, where we have devotional conversations
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  rooted in scripture and relevant for today, June 1st.
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  Peace over plenty. Have you ever walked into a room
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  that looked perfect on the outside?
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  Nice home, great food, everyone dressed well.
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  But underneath all of that there was tension, drama, and
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  conflict. Like you could feel it the
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  moment you walked through the door.
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  Yes, most of us have been there. And here's what's interesting.
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  The Bible has something to say about exactly that.
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  Proverbs chapter 17 verse one says better is a dry morsel with
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  quiet than a house full of feasting with strife.
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  In other words, a simple life with peace beats a fancy life
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  full of fighting every single time.
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  And honestly, that hits different when you think about
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  how much energy we spend chasing the things that are supposed to
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  make us happy. The clout, the followers, the
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  status, the stuff, only to find that those things don't actually
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  bring the peace we're looking for.
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  Then there's Ruth. Her story begins in loss.
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  She had just lost her husband. Her future felt uncertain, and
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  the easy option was to go back home to her own people, her own
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  comfort zone. But Ruth, chapter one, verse 16
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  records some of the most powerful words of loyalty ever
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  spoken. Do not urge me to leave you or
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  to return from following you. For where you go I will go.
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  And where you lodge, I will lodge.
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  Your people shall be my people and your God, my God.
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  She chose faithfulness over convenience.
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  She chose love over the easy road.
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  And that decision, that one act of loyalty and trust set the
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  stage for something incredible. Fast forward to Ruth chapter 2
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  and we meet Boaz. He notices Ruth working hard in
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  the fields and he steps in. He says to her, do not go to
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  glean in another field or leave this one, but keep close to my
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  young women. He provides for her, He protects
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  her, he sees her. And this wasn't just a random
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  encounter. This was God working behind the
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  scenes, honoring faithfulness and bringing blessing through
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  someone with a heart of kindness and integrity.
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  So here's what these passages together are saying to us today.
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  Life will constantly offer you quick wins, shortcuts,
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  opportunities that look good on the surface but are filled with
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  strife, compromise, or chaos underneath.
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  And the world will tell you to grab them.
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  Because everyone else is doing it.
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  Because you deserve it right now.
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  Because waiting is for people who aren't bold enough.
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  But God's economy works differently, he says.
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  Peace is better than plenty. He says faithfulness, even in
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  hard seasons, lead somewhere beautiful.
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  Ruth didn't know that Boaz was around the corner.
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  She just kept showing up, kept being loyal, kept trusting God.
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  And God met her there. That's a word for someone today.
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  Maybe you're in a dry season. Maybe things feel hard and
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  uncertain. Maybe the easy path is calling
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  your name. But don't give up on peace.
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  Don't trade your integrity for drama.
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  Don't sacrifice your relationships for shortcuts.
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  The God who saw Ruth in that field sees you too.
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  True blessing comes when we choose peace over drama,
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  faithfulness over shortcuts, and kindness over selfishness.
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  That's not a weakness. That's wisdom.
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  Let's pray. Heavenly Father, thank you for
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  showing us that peace and faithfulness matter more than
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  quick wins or flashy opportunities.
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  When life gets loud and the easy Rd. looks tempting, remind us of
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  Ruth's story. Help us to choose your path even
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  when it's hard, to be kind like Boaz and to stay faithful like
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  Ruth. Fill our lives with your peace,
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  the kind that doesn't depend on our circumstances, and teach us
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  to share it with the people around us in Jesus name, Amen.
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  When the battle feels personal, relentless, and too heavy to
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  name, your prayers do not have to fall silent.
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  Under Siege is a prayer script series for believers walking
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  through fear, betrayal, spiritual pressure and unseen
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  conflict. With a warm, faith centered
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  focus. These books give voice to the
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  cry for help, the fight for a steady mind, the weariness that
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  longs to run, the chaos of hostile environments, the pain
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  of broken trust, and the confidence to leave judgement in
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  God's hands. This series helps you pray with
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  discernment, endurance, and covenant trust.
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  When the pressure is real and the path feels narrow, stand
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  firm. Pray clearly.
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  Remember that God hears his people in the middle of the
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  battle. Order now on Amazon or visit
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  prayerscripts.org. Now I invite you to spend time
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  with God in today's three-year Bible reading plan, Proverbs.
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  Chapter 17 verses one to two world English Bible.
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  Better is a dry morsel with quietness than a house full of
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  feasting with strife. A servant who deals wisely will
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  rule over a son who causes shame, and shall have a part in
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  the inheritance among the brothers.
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  Ruth. Chapters One to Two World
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  English Bible In the days when the judges judged there was a
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  famine in the land, a certain man of Bethlehem, Judah went to
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  live in the country of Moab with his wife and his two sons.
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  The name of the man was a Limeletch and the name of his
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  wife Naomi. The names of his two sons were
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  Malan and Chilean Ephrathites of Bethlehem, Judah.
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  They came into the country of Moab and lived there a
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  limeletch. Naomi's husband died and she was
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  left with her two sons. They took for themselves wives
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  of the women of Moab. The name of the one was Orpa,
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  and the name of the other was Ruth.
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  They lived there about 10 years. Malan and Chilian both died, and
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  the woman was bereaved of her two children and of her husband.
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  Then she arose with her daughters in law, that she might
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  return from the country of Moab, for she had heard in the country
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  of Moab how Yahweh had visited His people in giving them bread.
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  She went out of the place where she was, and her two daughters
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  in law with her. They went on the way to return
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  to the land of Judah. Naomi said to her two daughters
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  in law, Go return each of you to her mother's house.
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  May Yahweh deal kindly with you as you have dealt with the dead
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  and with me. May Yahweh grant you that you
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  may find rest each of you in the House of her husband.
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  Then she kissed them and they lifted up their voices and wept.
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  They said to her, no, but we will return with you to your
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  people. Naomi said go back my daughters,
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  Why do you want to go with me? Do I still have sons in my womb
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  that they may be your husband's? Go back my daughters, go your
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  way, for I am too old to have a husband.
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  If I should say I have hope, if I should even have a husband
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  tonight and should also bear sons, would you then wait until
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  they were grown? Would you then refrain from
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  having husbands? No, my daughters, for it grieves
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  me seriously, for your sakes, for Yahweh's hand has gone out
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  against me. They lifted up their voices and
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  wept again. Then Orpa kissed her
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  mother-in-law, but Ruth stayed with her.
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  She said, behold, your sister-in-law has gone back to
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  her people and to her God. Follow your sister-in-law, Ruth
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  said. Don't urge me to leave you and
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  to return from following you. For where you go I will go, and
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  where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people
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  and your God, my God. Where you die I will die, and
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  there I will be buried. May Yahweh do so to me and more
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  also if anything but death parts you and me.
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  When Naomi saw that she was determined to go with her, she
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  stopped urging her. So they both went until they
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  came to Bethlehem. When they had come to Bethlehem
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  all the city was excited about them and they asked, is this
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  Naomi? She said to them, don't call me
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  Naomi, call me Mara, for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly
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  with me. I went out full and Yahweh has
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  brought me home again empty. Why do you call me Naomi?
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  Since Yahweh has testified against me and the Almighty has
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  afflicted me? So Naomi returned and Ruth the
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  Moabite us, her daughter-in-law with her, who returned out of
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  the country of Moab. They came to Bethlehem in the
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  beginning of barley harvest. Naomi had a relative of her
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  husband's, a mighty man of wealth of the family of a
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  limeletch, and his name was Bose.
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  Ruth the Moabite said to Naomi, Let me now go to the field and
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  glean among the ears of grain after him in whose sight I find
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  favor. She said to her, Go my daughter.
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  She went and came and gleaned in the field after the reapers, and
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  she happened to come to the portion of the field belonging
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  to Bose, who was of the family of a limeletch.
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  Behold, Bose came from Bethlehem and said to the reapers, May
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  Yahweh be with you. They answered him, May Yahweh
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  bless you. Then Bose said to his servant
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  who was set over the reapers, Whose young lady is this?
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  The servant who was set over the reapers answered, It is the
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  Moabite lady who came back with Naomi out of the country of
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  Moab. She said, Please let me glean
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  and gather after the reapers among the sheaves.
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  So she came and has continued even from the morning until now,
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  except that she rested a little in the house.
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  Then Bo said to Ruth, Listen, my daughter, don't go to glean in
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  another field, and don't go from here, but stay here close to my
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  maidens. Let your eyes be on the field
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  that they reap, and go after them.
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  Haven't I commanded the young men not to touch you?
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  When you are thirsty? Go to the vessels and drink from
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  that which the young men have drawn.
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  Then she fell on her face and bowed herself to the ground and
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  said to him, Why have I found favor in your sight, that you
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  should take knowledge of me since I am a foreigner?
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  Bose answered her. I have been told all about what
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  you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of
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  your husband and how you have left your father, your mother
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  and the land of your birth and have come to a people that you
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  didn't know before. May Yahweh repay your work and a
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  full reward be given to you from Yahweh, the God of Israel, under
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  whose wings you have come to take refuge.
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  Then she said, Let me find favor in your sight, my Lord, because
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  you have comforted me and because you have spoken kindly
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  to your servant, though I am not as one of your servants.
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  At meal time Bose said to her, Come here and eat some bread and
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  dip your morsel in the vinegar. She sat beside the reapers and
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  they passed her parched grain. She ate, was satisfied and left
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  some of it. When she had risen up to glean,
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  Bose commanded his young men, saying, Let her glean even among
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  the sheaves, and don't reproach her.
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  Also pull out some for her from the bundles and leave it.
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  Let her glean and don't rebuke her.
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  So she gleaned in the field until evening, and she beat out
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  that which she had gleaned, and it was about an EFA of barley.
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  She took it up and went into the city.
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  Then her mother-in-law saw what she had gleaned, and she brought
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  out and gave to her that which she had left.
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  After she had enough, her mother-in-law said to her, Where
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  have you gleaned today? Where have you worked?
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  Blessed be he who noticed you, She told her mother-in-law with
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  whom she had worked. The man's name with whom I work
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  today is Bose, Naomi said to her daughter-in-law.
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  May he be blessed by Yahweh, who has not abandoned his kindness
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  to the living and to the dead, Naomi said to her.
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  The man is a close relative to US.
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  One of our near kinsmen. Ruth the Moabite has said yes,
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  he said to me, You shall stay close to my young men until they
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  have finished all my harvest. Naomi said to Ruth, her
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  daughter-in-law. It is good, my daughter, that
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  you go out with his maidens, and that they not meet you in any
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  other field. So she stayed close to the
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  maidens of bows to glean to the end of barley harvest and of
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  wheat harvest, and she lived with her mother-in-law.
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