15 Again he said, “Give me the shawl that is on you and hold it.” So she held it, and he measured six measures of barley and laid it on her. Then [a]she went into the city. 16 When she came to her mother-in-law, she said, “[b]How did it go, my daughter?” And she told her all that the man had done for her. 17 She also said, “These six measures of barley he gave to me, for he said, ‘Do not go to your mother-in-law empty-handed.’”

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Footnotes

  1. Ruth 3:15 Many mss; MT he
  2. Ruth 3:16 Lit Who are you?

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