Ruth 4 begins with Boaz going to the city gate, where legal and community matters were settled. When the nearer family redeemer passes by, Boaz invites him to sit with ten elders and explains the situation involving Naomi’s land and Ruth.
Read MoreRuth 3 begins with Naomi seeking long-term security for Ruth. The barley harvest has provided immediate food, but Naomi recognizes that Ruth still needs a stable future. Knowing that Boaz is a family redeemer, Naomi develops a plan for Ruth to approach him privately at the threshing floor.
Read MoreRuth 2 begins with Naomi and Ruth facing the practical reality of survival. Ruth asks permission to glean—to gather grain left behind by harvesters for people who were poor or socially vulnerable. She goes to work and “happens” to enter a field belonging to Boaz, a relative of Naomi’s late husband.
Read MoreRuth 1 begins during the troubled period of the judges. A famine causes Elimelech and Naomi to leave Bethlehem with their two sons and settle in Moab. While there, Elimelech dies. The sons marry Moabite women, Ruth and Orpah, but approximately ten years later both sons also die.
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