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Joshua 14

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¹ Then they wept aloud again; and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law [goodbye], but Ruth clung to her.

² Then Naomi said, "Look, your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and to her gods; turn back and follow your sister-in-law."

³ But Ruth said, "Do not urge me to leave you or to turn back from following you; for where you go, I will go, and where you lodge, I will lodge. Your people will be my people, and your God, my God.

⁴ Where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. May the LORD do the same to me [as He has done to you], and more also, if anything but death separates me from you."

⁵ When Naomi saw that Ruth was determined to go with her, she said nothing more.

⁶ So the two of them went on until they came to Bethlehem. And when they arrived in Bethlehem, the whole city was[3] stirred because of them, and the women asked, "Is this Naomi?"

⁷ She said to them, "Do not call me Naomi (sweetness); call me Mara (bitter), for the Almighty has caused me great grief and bitterness.

⁸ I left full [with a husband and two sons], but the LORD has brought me back empty. Why call me Naomi, since the LORD has testified against me and the Almighty has afflicted me?"

⁹ So Naomi returned from the country of Moab, and with her Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter-in-law. And they arrived in Bethlehem at the beginning of the barley harvest.

¹⁰ Now Naomi had a relative of her husband, a man of great wealth and influence, from the family of Elimelech, whose name was Boaz.

¹¹ And Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, "Please let me go to the field and[1] glean among the ears of grain after one [of the reapers] in whose sight I may find favor." Naomi said to her, "Go, my daughter."

¹² So Ruth went and picked up the leftover grain in a field after the reapers; and she happened to stop at the plot of land belonging to Boaz, who was of the family of Elimelech.

¹³ It was then that Boaz came back from Bethlehem and said to the reapers, "The LORD be with you!" And they answered him, "The LORD bless you!"

¹⁴ Then Boaz said to his servant who was in charge of the reapers, "Whose young woman is this?"

¹⁵ The servant in charge of the reapers answered, "She is the young Moabite woman who came back with Naomi from the country of Moab.

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1	Then they wept aloud again; and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law [goodbye], but Ruth clung to her.
2	Then Naomi said, "Look, your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and to her gods; turn back and follow your sister-in-law."
3	But Ruth said, "Do not urge me to leave you or to turn back from following you; for where you go, I will go, and where you lodge, I will lodge. Your people will be my people, and your God, my God.
4	Where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. May the LORD do the same to me [as He has done to you], and more also, if anything but death separates me from you."
5	When Naomi saw that Ruth was determined to go with her, she said nothing more.
6	So the two of them went on until they came to Bethlehem. And when they arrived in Bethlehem, the whole city was[3] stirred because of them, and the women asked, "Is this Naomi?"
7	She said to them, "Do not call me Naomi (sweetness); call me Mara (bitter), for the Almighty has caused me great grief and bitterness.
8	I left full [with a husband and two sons], but the LORD has brought me back empty. Why call me Naomi, since the LORD has testified against me and the Almighty has afflicted me?"
9	So Naomi returned from the country of Moab, and with her Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter-in-law. And they arrived in Bethlehem at the beginning of the barley harvest.
10	Now Naomi had a relative of her husband, a man of great wealth and influence, from the family of Elimelech, whose name was Boaz.
11	And Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, "Please let me go to the field and[1] glean among the ears of grain after one [of the reapers] in whose sight I may find favor." Naomi said to her, "Go, my daughter."
12	So Ruth went and picked up the leftover grain in a field after the reapers; and she happened to stop at the plot of land belonging to Boaz, who was of the family of Elimelech.
13	It was then that Boaz came back from Bethlehem and said to the reapers, "The LORD be with you!" And they answered him, "The LORD bless you!"
14	Then Boaz said to his servant who was in charge of the reapers, "Whose young woman is this?"
15	The servant in charge of the reapers answered, "She is the young Moabite woman who came back with Naomi from the country of Moab.

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