﻿Ruth.
Chapter 3.
Naomi her mother-in-law said to her, “My daughter, should I not seek rest for you, so that it may be well with you? 
Now is not Boaz our relative, with whose young women you have been? He is winnowing barley at the threshing floor tonight. 
Wash, anoint yourself, put on your clothes, and go down to the threshing floor. Do not make yourself known to the man until he has finished eating and drinking. 
When he lies down, note the place where he lies. Then go, uncover his feet, and lie down. He will tell you what to do.” 
She said to her, “I will do everything you tell me.” 
She went down to the threshing floor and did all her mother-in-law had commanded her. 
Boaz ate and drank, and his heart was merry. He went to lie down at the end of the grain heap. She came quietly, uncovered his feet, and lay down. 
At midnight the man was startled and turned over. A woman was lying at his feet. 
He said, “Who are you?” She said, “I am Ruth, your servant. Spread your wing over your servant, for you are a redeemer.” 
He said, “May you be blessed by the LORD, my daughter. You have shown greater kindness in this last act than in the first, by not going after young men, whether poor or rich. 
Now, my daughter, do not be afraid. I will do for you all you say, for everyone at the gate of my people knows that you are a woman of worth. 
Now it is indeed true that I am a redeemer, but there is a redeemer nearer than I. 
Stay the night. In the morning, if he will redeem you, good; let him redeem you. But if he is unwilling to redeem you, I will redeem you, as the LORD lives. Lie down until morning.” 
She lay at his feet until morning and arose before one person could recognize another. He said, “Do not let it be known that the woman came to the threshing floor.” 
He said, “Bring the shawl you are wearing and hold it.” She held it, and he measured six measures of barley and placed it on her. Then he went into the city. 
She came to her mother-in-law, who said, “How did it go, my daughter?” She told her all the man had done for her. 
She said, “He gave me these six measures of barley, for he said to me, ‘Do not go back to your mother-in-law empty-handed.’” 
Naomi said, “Wait, my daughter, until you know how the matter turns out, for the man will not rest until he settles the matter today.” 
