Ruth 3:2-7

2 Now Boaz, with whose women you have worked, is a relative of ours. Tonight he will be winnowing barley on the threshing floor.

3 Wash, put on perfume, and get dressed in your best clothes. Then go down to the threshing floor, but don’t let him know you are there until he has finished eating and drinking.

4 When he lies down, note the place where he is lying. Then go and uncover his feet and lie down. He will tell you what to do.”

5 “I will do whatever you say,” Ruth answered.

6 So she went down to the threshing floor and did everything her mother-in-law told her to do.

7 When Boaz had finished eating and drinking and was in good spirits, he went over to lie down at the far end of the grain pile. Ruth approached quietly, uncovered his feet and lay down.

Ruth 3:2-7 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO RUTH 3

In this chapter we have a proposal of Naomi to Ruth, with advice and directions to get Boaz for her husband, Ru 2:1-4. Ruth's obedience to the instructions she gave her, Ru 2:5-7, the notice Boaz took of her, and the conversation that passed between them, Ru 2:8-13 the dismission of her in the morning to her mother-in-law with a gift, to whom she returned, and acquainted her with what had passed, Ru 2:14-18.

Cross References

• 1. Deuteronomy 25:5-10; S Ruth 2:1
• 2. S Leviticus 2:14; S Numbers 18:27; S Judges 6:11
• 3. 2 Samuel 12:20; 2 Kings 5:10; Psalms 26:6; Psalms 51:2; Isaiah 1:16; Jeremiah 4:14; Ezekiel 16:9
• 4. 2 Samuel 14:2; Isaiah 61:3
• 5. S Genesis 41:14
• 6. S Exodus 32:6; S Ecclesiastes 2:3; S Jeremiah 15:17
• 7. Ephesians 6:1; Colossians 3:20
• 8. S Numbers 18:27
• 9. Jdg 19:6,9,22; 1 Samuel 25:36; 2 Samuel 13:28; 1 Kings 21:7; Esther 1:10
• 10. 2 Chronicles 31:6; Song of Songs 7:2; Jeremiah 50:26; Haggai 2:16