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|And Naomi said unto her daughter in law, Blessed be he of the LORD, who hath not left off his kindness to the living and to the dead. And Naomi said unto her, The man is near of kin unto us, one of our next kinsmen.  

|And Naomi said unto her daughter in law, Blessed be he of the LORD, who hath not left off his kindness to the living and to the dead. And Naomi said unto her, The man is near of kin unto us, one of our next kinsmen.  

|Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, "May he be blessed by the LORD, Who did not leave off his kindness to the living and the dead." Naomi further said to her, "This man is our next-of-kin! ''In fact, he can act as'' our kinsman-redeemer!"

|Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, "May he be blessed by the LORD, Who did not leave off his kindness to the living and the dead." Naomi further said to her, "This man is our next-of-kin! ''In fact, he can act as'' our kinsman-redeemer!"

|Naomi, for the first time, speaks of the levirate obligation never to let land pass out of the family. The family member who, according to this law, bought land from a family member in such a "fire sale" was called a kinsman-redeemer ({{Hebrew Name|כאל|ga'al}})

|Naomi, for the first time, speaks of the levirate obligation never to let land pass out of the family. The family member who, according to this law, bought land from a family member in such a "fire sale" was called a kinsman-redeemer ({{Hebrew Name|כאל|ga'al}}). Typically the kinsman-redeemer also would marry any widow who lived on the land.

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|And Ruth the Moabitess said, He said unto me also, Thou shalt keep fast by my young men, until they have ended all my harvest.  

|And Ruth the Moabitess said, He said unto me also, Thou shalt keep fast by my young men, until they have ended all my harvest.  

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|Ruth the Mabitess said, "He also told me, 'stay and follow behind my young men until they have finished all my harvest.'"

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|And Naomi said unto Ruth her daughter in law, It is good, my daughter, that thou go out with his maidens, that they meet thee not in any other field.  

|And Naomi said unto Ruth her daughter in law, It is good, my daughter, that thou go out with his maidens, that they meet thee not in any other field.  

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|Then Naomi said to Ruth her daughter-in-law, "It is good, my daughter, for you to go out with his maidens, so no one will happen on you in another field."

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|So she kept fast by the maidens of Boaz to glean unto the end of barley harvest and of wheat harvest; and dwelt with her mother in law.  

|So she kept fast by the maidens of Boaz to glean unto the end of barley harvest and of wheat harvest; and dwelt with her mother in law.  

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|So she followed closely behind the maidens of Boaz, to glean until the end of the barley harvest, and the wheat harvest, and she lived with her mother-in-law.

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|In other words, she stayed through the springtime until all grain harvests were gathered in. The month of the wheat harvest is Sivan.

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