When ruth comes to the threshing floor she is in need and has responded to boaz s previous kindness and generosity ruth 2 8 13.
Threshing floor ruth 3.
A faithful version and she went down to the threshing floor and did according to all that her mother in law had told her.
2 now boaz with whose women you have worked is a relative of ours.
Ruth 3 6 and she went down unto the floor and did according to all that her mother in law bade her from the city of bethlehem from her mother in law s house there to the threshing floor of boaz which was at some distance from it and lower.
And did according to all that her mother in law bade her.
2 boaz is a close relative of ours and he s been very kind by letting you gather grain with his young women.
Many people have different views as to what ruth and boaz did on the threshing floor during the night that the two were together.
Here is what i wrote in my book unusual bible interpretations.
She went down to the threshing floor and did according to all that her mother in law told her.
To them salvation is no more than a passport to heaven and a fire escape from hell.
Ruth 3 new living translation nlt ruth at the threshing floor 3 one day naomi said to ruth my daughter it s time that i found a permanent home for you so that you will be provided for.
She has learned that he is a good man and she trusts him.
Their christianity is just a salvation that takes them to heaven when they die.
The fact that her petition takes place at the threshing floor among the grain and the chaff is a beautiful symbol of man s need for redemption and god s identity as redeemer job 19 25.
This explains why boaz will later insist that no one know that a woman came to the threshing floor ruth 3 14.
Both before she went and after.
Ruth 3 3 therefore wash yourself put on perfume and wear your best clothes.
Tonight he will be winnowing barley on the threshing floor.
Go down to the threshing floor but do not let the man know you are there until he has finished eating and drinking.
And she came softly uncovered his feet.
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God s word translation ruth went to the threshing floor and did exactly as her mother in law had directed her.
3 one day ruth s mother in law naomi said to her my daughter i must find a home for you where you will be well provided for.
Ruth and boaz at the threshing floor.
3 wash put on perfume and get dressed in your best clothes.
I think this was a male celebration with no women present.
If women were present it would be assumed that something immoral took place.
6 7 ruth lays down at boaz s feet.
The threshing floor ruth 3 1 11 many believers are quite content just to be saved and know that when they die heaven is their home.