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14 So Ruth stayed near his feet until morning but got up while it was still too dark to recognize anyone. Boaz thought, “People in town must not know that the woman came here to the threshing floor.” 15 So Boaz said to Ruth, “Bring me your ·shawl [cloak] and hold it open.”

So Ruth held her ·shawl [cloak] open, and Boaz poured six portions of barley into it. Boaz then put it on ·her head [or her back; L her] and went[a] back to the city.

16 When Ruth went back to her mother-in-law, Naomi asked, “How did ·you do [things go], my daughter?”

Ruth told Naomi everything that ·Boaz [L the man] did for her.

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  1. Ruth 3:15 went Some Greek copies read “she went.”

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