13 Stay here tonight, and in the morning, if he wants to redeem you, that’s good.(A) Let him redeem you. But if he doesn’t want to redeem you, as the Lord lives,(B) I will. Now lie down until morning.”

14 So she lay down at his feet until morning but got up while it was still dark.[a] Then Boaz said, “Don’t let it be known that a[b] woman came to the threshing floor.” 15 And he told Ruth, “Bring the shawl you’re wearing and hold it out.” When she held it out, he shoveled six measures of barley into her shawl, and she[c] went into the town.

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  1. Ruth 3:14 Lit up before a man could recognize his companion
  2. Ruth 3:14 LXX; MT reads the
  3. Ruth 3:15 Some Hb mss, Aram, Syr, Vg; other Hb mss read he

13 Stay here for the night, and in the morning if he wants to do his duty as your guardian-redeemer,(A) good; let him redeem you. But if he is not willing, as surely as the Lord lives(B) I will do it.(C) Lie here until morning.”

14 So she lay at his feet until morning, but got up before anyone could be recognized; and he said, “No one must know that a woman came to the threshing floor.(D)(E)

15 He also said, “Bring me the shawl(F) you are wearing and hold it out.” When she did so, he poured into it six measures of barley and placed the bundle on her. Then he[a] went back to town.

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  1. Ruth 3:15 Most Hebrew manuscripts; many Hebrew manuscripts, Vulgate and Syriac she