14 So she lay at his feet until morning, and she arose before one could recognize another. Then he said, (A)“Do not let it be known that the woman came to the threshing floor.” 15 Also he said, “Bring the [a]shawl that is on you and hold it.” And when she held it, he measured six ephahs of barley, and laid it on her. Then [b]she went into the city.

16 When she came to her mother-in-law, she said, [c]Is that you, my daughter?”

Then she told her all that the man had done for her. 17 And she said, “These six ephahs of barley he gave me; for he said to me, ‘Do not go empty-handed to your mother-in-law.’ ”

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Footnotes

  1. Ruth 3:15 cloak
  2. Ruth 3:15 Many Heb. mss., Syr., Vg. she; MT, LXX, Tg. he
  3. Ruth 3:16 Or How are you,

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