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Ruth 1:17-19
Contemporary English Version
Ruth 1:17-19
Contemporary English Version
17 I will die where you die
and be buried beside you.
May the Lord punish me
if we are ever separated,
even by death!”[a]
18 When Naomi saw that Ruth had made up her mind to go with her, she stopped urging her to go back.
19 They reached Bethlehem, and the whole town was excited to see them. The women who lived there asked, “Can this really be Naomi?”
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- 1.17 even by death: Or “by anything but death.”
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