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And Boaz said unto her at mealtime, Come here and eat of the bread and dip thy morsel in the vinegar. And she sat beside the reapers, and he gave her of the pottage, and she ate and was satisfied, and
some was left over.
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And when she had risen up to glean, Boaz commanded his young men, saying, Let her glean even among the sheaves and do not reproach her
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and let fall also
some of the handfuls on purpose for her and leave
them that she may glean
them and do not reprehend her.
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So she gleaned in the field until evening and beat out what she had gleaned, and it was about an ephah of barley.
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And she took
it up and went into the city, and her mother-in-law saw what she had gleaned. She also brought forth that which had been left over after she had been satisfied and gave it to her.
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And her mother-in-law said unto her, Where hast thou gleaned today? Where hast thou worked? Blessed be he that acknowledged thee. And she declared unto her mother-in-law all that had happened to her with him and said, The man’s name with whom I worked today
is Boaz.
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And Naomi said unto her daughter-in-law, Let him be blessed of the LORD, who has not left off his mercy unto the living nor unto the dead. And Naomi said unto her, The man
is near of kin unto us, and of whom one has the right to redeem us.
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And Ruth, the Moabitess, said, He also said unto me, Thou shalt cleave to my servants until they have finished all my harvest.
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And Naomi replied unto Ruth her daughter-in-law,
It is good, my daughter, that thou go out with his maidens that they not meet thee in any other field.
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So she kept close by the maidens of Boaz to glean unto the end of barley harvest and of wheat harvest and dwelt with her mother-in-law.