Ruth 3:6

And she went down to the threshing floor, and she did everything that her mother-in-law had commanded her.

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In The King James Version

And she went down unto the floor, and did according to all that her mother in law bade her.

In Context

5She answered, “I will do everything as you have instructed.”

7And when Boaz had finished eating and drinking, and he was merry, and he had gone to sleep by the pile of sheaves, she approached secretly, and, lifting the covering near his feet, she laid herself down.

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Cross References

Exodus 20:12Honor your father and your mother, so that you may have a long life upon the land, which the Lord your God will give to you.

Proverbs 1:8Listen, my son, to the discipline of your father, and forsake not the law of your mother,

John 15:14You are my friends, if you do what I instruct you.

Matthew Henry on Ruth 3:2-6

Ruth's Visit to Boaz. ( b. c. 1312.) 1 Then Naomi her mother in law said unto her, My daughter, shall I not seek rest for thee, that it may be well with thee? 2 And now is not Boaz of our kindred, with whose maidens thou wast? Behold, he winnoweth barley to night in the threshingfloor. 3 Wash thyself therefore, and anoint thee, and put thy raiment upon thee, and get thee down to the floor: but make not thyself known unto the man, until he shall have done eating and drinking. 4 And it shall be, when he lieth down,… Read the whole commentary →

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