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106 RISTORY OF THE OLD TESTAMENT,
grieved the more for your distress ; atld thc hand of the Lo~d
is gone oat against mu." Tllen Orphn kissoti hcr mothcr-inlaw
and returned. Rnth, Iiomeve~., won!d not depart. Noe~ni
epoke again : " Behold, thy kinswonia~~ is retunled t,o her
people ; go thou with her.'' '
4. Thcrcupon Ruth replied : '' Be not against me, for whi tliersoavcr
thou shdik go, I will go: and where thou shalt d~\~c!l
I also will dwell. Thy people shall be IYI~ people, and t.11y
God iny G.od. The land tllnt sIlall receive thce dying, ln tl1~
szme will J die, 'and there will I be bnrictl." Then Koeini,
seeing tlvat Ruth was steadfast, would not urgc her any morr!
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-io rctunl to lier frie~~ds. Sn
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. ' l . .. -' the.jr jo~zrneycd on togvthcr,
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'I.. . , . . ., sad camo to Bctlilellem,
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..l,.lk,l 1 , . . where tlio report was quickly
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< - . , , , : ? spread, and the women said.
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.-. ., . . , -. " This is that Pioemi. "
5. It was tile beginning of
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the bxley bnrves-i, and Knth
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asked h'oemi : ' l If tllun wilt,
... #: r v. I will go into the ficld n.nd
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glean t11o ears of corn tht
escape the lzxilds of the rt?:y>-
ers.') And Koerni said - "Go,
my daughter. " h'o~iq, it so happened th:tt the field in \vl-~ich
Ruth went to glean belonged to a kins;r~nn of Elimt:locll,
named Booz, who was very rich. And behold, Booz came out,
to see tllc ronpers, and snitl : Tho Lord bo mith you. " They
a~ls~vcred : " The Lord blcs~ th~c."
6. And, having obsen~ccl Rnth gleaning in the barley ficltl,
he asked the overseer : " 'Wllose maid is this ? " The ovcrseer
replied ; "This is Rutll, who came mith Noemi from the
land of Moab; and she desires leave to glem the ears of corn
that remnin, following the fitep~ of the reapers, She hat11
bcen in thc ficld from morning till now, and ha& not gono
home for s moment."