Ruth
A Moabite widow’s loyalty to Naomi leads her to Boaz, her kinsman-redeemer, and into the line of David.
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- Written by
- Unknown; traditionally Samuel
- Date
- c. 1000s BC
Themes
- Loyal love
- The kinsman-redeemer
- God’s quiet providence
Outline
Key verses
But Ruth replied: “Do not urge me to leave you or to turn from following you. For wherever you go, I will go, and wherever you live, I will live; your people will be my people, and your God will be my God.
Then the women said to Naomi, “Blessed be the Lord, who has not left you this day without a kinsman-redeemer. May his name become famous in Israel.