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postquam autem reversa est ad socrum suam audivit ab eafilia mi quaeram tibi requiem et providebo ut bene sit tibi

3:2
Booz iste cuius puellis in agro iuncta es propinquus estnoster et hac nocte aream hordei ventilat

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lava igitur et unguere et induere cultioribus vestimentis acdescende in aream non te videat homo donec esum potumquefinierit

3:4
quando autem ierit ad dormiendum nota locum in quo dormiatveniesque et discoperies pallium quo operitur a parte pedum etproicies te et ibi iacebis ipse autem dicet tibi quid ageredebeas

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quae respondit quicquid praeceperis faciam

3:6
descenditque in aream et fecit omnia quae sibi imperaveratsocrus

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cumque comedisset Booz et bibisset et factus esset hilariorissetque ad dormiendum iuxta acervum manipulorum venitabscondite et discoperto a pedibus eius pallio se proiecit

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et ecce nocte iam media expavit homo et conturbatus estviditque mulierem iacentem ad pedes suos

3:9
et ait illi quae es illaque respondit ego sum Ruth ancillatua expande pallium tuum super famulam tuam quia propinquus es

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et ille benedicta inquit es Domino filia et prioremmisericordiam posteriore superasti quia non es secuta iuvenespauperes sive divites

3:11
noli ergo metuere sed quicquid dixeris mihi faciam tibiscit enim omnis populus qui habitat intra portas urbis meaemulierem te esse virtutis

3:12
nec abnuo me propinquum sed est alius me propinquior

3:13
quiesce hac nocte et facto mane si te volueritpropinquitatis iure retinere bene res acta est sin autem illenoluerit ego te absque ulla dubitatione suscipiam vivit Dominusdormi usque mane

3:14
dormivit itaque ad pedes eius usque ad noctis abscessumsurrexitque antequam homines se cognoscerent mutuo et dixitBooz cave ne quis noverit quod huc veneris

3:15
et rursum expande inquit palliolum tuum quo operiris ettene utraque manu qua extendente et tenente mensus est sexmodios hordei et posuit super eam quae portans ingressa estcivitatem

3:16
et venit ad socrum suam quae dixit ei quid egisti filianarravitque ei omnia quae sibi fecisset homo

3:17
et ait ecce sex modios hordei dedit mihi et ait nolo vacuamte reverti ad socrum tuam

3:18
dixitque Noemi expecta filia donec videamus quem res exitumhabeat neque enim cessabit homo nisi conpleverit quod locutusest

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003:001
Then Naomi her mother in law said unto her, My daughter, shall I not seek rest for thee, that it may be well with thee?

003:002
And now is not Boaz of our kindred, with whose maidens thou wast? Behold, he winnoweth barley to night in the threshingfloor.

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Wash thyself therefore, and anoint thee, and put thy raiment upon thee, and get thee down to the floor: but make not thyself known unto 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.

003:005
And she said unto her, All that thou sayest unto me I will do.

003:006
And she went down unto the floor, and did according to all that her mother in law bade her.

003:007
And when Boaz had eaten and drunk, 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 her down.

003:008
And it came to pass at midnight, that the man was afraid, and turned himself: and, behold, a woman lay at his feet.

003:009
And he said, Who art thou? And she answered, I am Ruth thine handmaid: spread therefore thy skirt over thine handmaid; for thou art a near kinsman.

003:010
And he said, Blessed be thou of the LORD, my daughter: for thou hast showed more kindness in the latter end than at the beginning, inasmuch as thou followedst not young men, whether poor or rich.

003:011
And now, my daughter, fear not; I will do to thee all that thou requirest: for all the city of my people doth know that thou art a virtuous woman.

003:012
And now it is true that I am thy near kinsman: howbeit there is a kinsman nearer than I.

003:013
Tarry this night, and it shall be in the morning, that if he will perform unto thee the part of a kinsman, well; let him do the kinsman's part: but if he will not do the part of a kinsman to thee, then will I do the part of a kinsman to thee, as the LORD liveth: lie down until the morning.

003:014
And she lay at his feet until the morning: and she rose up before one could know another. And he said, Let it not be known that a woman came into the floor.

003:015
Also he said, Bring the vail that thou hast upon thee, and hold it. And when she held it, he measured six measures of barley, and laid it on her: and she went into the city.

003:016
And when she came to her mother in law, she said, Who art thou, my daughter? And she told her all that the man had done to her.

003:017
And she said, These six measures of barley gave he me; for he said to me, Go not empty unto thy mother in law.

003:018
Then said she, Sit still, my daughter, until thou know how the matter will fall: for the man will not be in rest, until he have finished the thing this day.

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