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So wash and anoint yourself [with olive oil], then put on your [[a]best] clothes, and go down to the threshing floor; [b]but stay out of the man’s sight until he has finished eating and drinking. When he lies down, notice the place where he is lying, and [c]go and uncover his feet and lie down. Then he will tell you what to do.” Ruth answered her, “I will do everything that you say.”

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Footnotes

  1. Ruth 3:3 One rabbi said that these were special garments for the Sabbath.
  2. Ruth 3:3 Lit do not reveal yourself to the man.
  3. Ruth 3:4 By her action Ruth was expressing her desire and willingness to marry Boaz.

Wash,(A) put on perfume,(B) and get dressed in your best clothes.(C) Then go down to the threshing floor, but don’t let him know you are there until he has finished eating and drinking.(D) When he lies down, note the place where he is lying. Then go and uncover his feet and lie down. He will tell you what to do.”

“I will do whatever you say,”(E) Ruth answered.

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