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Then Naomi her mother-in-law said to her, My daughter, shall I not seek rest for thee, that it may be well with thee?
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And now [is] not Boaz of our kindred, with whose maidens thou wast? Behold, he winnoweth barley to-night in the threshing-floor.
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Wash thyself therefore, and anoint thee, and put thy raiment upon thee, and go down to the floor: [but] make not thyself known to the man, until he shall have done eating and drinking.
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And it shall be when he lieth down, that thou shalt mark the place where he shall lie, and thou shalt go in, and uncover his feet, and lay thee down; and he will tell thee what thou shalt do.
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And she said to her, All that thou sayest to me I will do.
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And she went down to the floor, and did according to all that her mother-in-law bade her.
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And when Boaz had eaten and drank, and his heart was merry, he went to lie down at the end of the heap of corn: and she came softly, and uncovered his feet, and laid herself down.
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And it came to pass at midnight, that the man was afraid, and turned himself: and behold, a woman lay at his feet.
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And he said, Who [art] thou? And she answered, I [am] Ruth thy handmaid: spread therefore thy skirt over thy handmaid; for thou [art] a near kinsman.