Ruth 3:15-17

International Standard Version

¹⁵ So he said, “Take your cloak and hold it out.” She did so, and he measured out six units^[a] of barley and placed them in a sack^[b] on her. Then she left for town.

Naomi’s Response to Ruth

¹⁶ When Ruth^[c] returned to her mother-in-law, Naomi^[d] asked her, “How did it go, my daughter?”

Then she related everything that the man had done for her. ¹⁷ Ruth^[e] also said, “He gave me these six units^[f] of barley and told me, ‘Don’t go back to your mother-in-law empty-handed.’”^[g]