Go down to the threshing floor but do not let the man know you are there until he has finished eating and drinking.
Threshing floor ruth 3.
Tonight he will be winnowing barley on the threshing floor.
When ruth comes to the threshing floor she is in need and has responded to boaz s previous kindness and generosity ruth 2 8 13.
The fact that her petition takes place at the threshing floor among the grain and the chaff is a beautiful symbol of man s need for redemption and god s identity as redeemer job 19 25.
God s word translation ruth went to the threshing floor and did exactly as her mother in law had directed her.
She has learned that he is a good man and she trusts him.
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Many people have different views as to what ruth and boaz did on the threshing floor during the night that the two were together.
6 7 ruth lays down at boaz s feet.
And she came softly uncovered his feet.
A faithful version and she went down to the threshing floor and did according to all that her mother in law had told her.
She went down to the threshing floor and did according to all that her mother in law told her.
Ruth 3 new living translation nlt ruth at the threshing floor 3 one day naomi said to ruth my daughter it s time that i found a permanent home for you so that you will be provided for.
Ruth and boaz at the threshing floor.
To them salvation is no more than a passport to heaven and a fire escape from hell.
2 boaz is a close relative of ours and he s been very kind by letting you gather grain with his young women.
3 wash put on perfume and get dressed in your best clothes.
2 now boaz with whose women you have worked is a relative of ours.
Both before she went and after.
Ruth and boaz at the threshing floor.
I think this was a male celebration with no women present.
Here is what i wrote in my book unusual bible interpretations.
And did according to all that her mother in law bade her.
This explains why boaz will later insist that no one know that a woman came to the threshing floor ruth 3 14.
So she went down to the threshing floor and did according to all that her mother in law instructed her.
3 one day ruth s mother in law naomi said to her my daughter i must find a home for you where you will be well provided for.
And after boaz had eaten and drunk and his heart was cheerful he went to lie down at the end of the heap of grain.
If women were present it would be assumed that something immoral took place.
Their christianity is just a salvation that takes them to heaven when they die.
