{"id":195,"date":"2023-06-05T01:34:49","date_gmt":"2023-06-05T01:34:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/txcolliers.net\/biblestudy\/?p=195"},"modified":"2023-06-05T01:34:50","modified_gmt":"2023-06-05T01:34:50","slug":"ruth-3-a-bold-proposal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/txcolliers.net\/biblestudy\/?p=195","title":{"rendered":"Ruth 3: A Bold Proposal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\"><strong>Naomi's Plan For Ruth<\/strong>\nRuth 3:1-6\nOne day Naomi said to Ruth, \u201cMy daughter, it\u2019s time that I found a permanent home for you, so that you will be provided for. Boaz is a close relative of ours, and he\u2019s been very kind by letting you gather grain with his young women. Tonight he will be winnowing barley at the threshing floor. Now do as I tell you\u2014take a bath and put on perfume and dress in your nicest clothes. Then go to the threshing floor, but don\u2019t let Boaz see you until he has finished eating and drinking. Be sure to notice where he lies down; then go and uncover his feet and lie down there. He will tell you what to do.\u201d\n\u201cI will do everything you say,\u201d Ruth replied. So she went down to the threshing floor that night and followed the instructions of her mother-in-law.<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>What was Naomi&#8217;s motivation for the instructions she provided Ruth?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Why was the idea that Boaz was a &#8220;close relative&#8221; (i.e. kinsman-redeemer) important?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\"><strong>Encounter At The Threshing Floor<\/strong>\nRuth 3:7-15\nAfter Boaz had finished eating and drinking and was in good spirits, he lay down at the far end of the pile of grain and went to sleep. Then Ruth came quietly, uncovered his feet, and lay down. Around midnight Boaz suddenly woke up and turned over. He was surprised to find a woman lying at his feet! \u201cWho are you?\u201d he asked.\n\u201cI am your servant Ruth,\u201d she replied. \u201cSpread the corner of your covering over me, for you are my family redeemer.\u201d\n\u201cThe LORD bless you, my daughter!\u201d Boaz exclaimed. \u201cYou are showing even more family loyalty now than you did before, for you have not gone after a younger man, whether rich or poor. Now don\u2019t worry about a thing, my daughter. I will do what is necessary, for everyone in town knows you are a virtuous woman. But while it\u2019s true that I am one of your family redeemers, there is another man who is more closely related to you than I am. Stay here tonight, and in the morning I will talk to him. If he is willing to redeem you, very well. Let him marry you. But if he is not willing, then as surely as the LORD lives, I will redeem you myself! Now lie down here until morning.\u201d\nSo Ruth lay at Boaz\u2019s feet until the morning, but she got up before it was light enough for people to recognize each other. For Boaz had said, \u201cNo one must know that a woman was here at the threshing floor.\u201d Then Boaz said to her, \u201cBring your cloak and spread it out.\u201d He measured six scoops of barley into the cloak and placed it on her back. Then he returned to the town.<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>There are a number of different ways commentators have interpreted &#8220;uncover his feet&#8221; in this passage. The one I prefer is that Ruth is putting herself in the position of a personal servant, lying at her master&#8217;s feet. It is a position of humility and submission. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;Spread the corner of your covering over me&#8221; &#8212; what do you think this phrase means?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How does Boaz react to this request?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Why would Boaz suggest that Ruth say there until morning, yet send her away before it was light?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\"><strong>Ruth Goes Home Again to Naomi<\/strong>\nRuth 3:16-18\nWhen Ruth went back to her mother-in-law, Naomi asked, \u201cWhat happened, my daughter?\u201d\nRuth told Naomi everything Boaz had done for her, and she added, \u201cHe gave me these six scoops of barley and said, \u2018Don\u2019t go back to your mother-in-law empty-handed.\u2019\u201d\nThen Naomi said to her, \u201cJust be patient, my daughter, until we hear what happens. The man won\u2019t rest until he has settled things today.\u201d<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Describe what you think each person was feeling at this point. Naomi? Ruth? Boaz?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Why would Ruth be anxious?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Naomi&#8217;s Plan For Ruth Ruth 3:1-6 One day Naomi said to Ruth, \u201cMy daughter, it\u2019s time that I found a permanent home for you, so that you will be provided for. Boaz is a close relative of ours, and he\u2019s been very kind by letting you gather grain with his young women. 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