⁶ And these words that I am commanding you today^[a] shall be on^[b] your heart.^{[c] 7} And you shall recite them to your children, and you shall talk about them at the time of your living in your house and at the time of your going on the road and at the time of your lying down and at the time of your rising up.

¹⁴ And they lifted up their voices and cried again. And Orpah kissed her mother-in-law goodbye, but Ruth clung to her. ¹⁵ And she said, “Look, your sister-in-law has returned to her people and to her gods. Return after your sister-in-law too.”

¹⁶ But Ruth said, “Do not urge^[a] me to leave you or to return from following you!^[b] For where you go, I will go, and where you lodge, I will lodge. Your people will be my people and your God will be my God. ¹⁷ Where you die I will die, and there I will be buried. So may Yahweh do to me, and even more, unless^[c] death separates you and me!”^{[d] 18} When Naomi saw that she was determined to go with her, she said no more.^[e]