Ruth 3:6

She went down to the threshing floor and did what her mother-in-law had told her to do.

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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

5“I'll do everything you told me,” said Ruth.

7After Boaz had finished eating and drinking, and was feeling contented, he went and lay down beside the grain pile. Ruth quietly approached him, uncovered his feet, and lay down.

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Cross References

Exodus 20:12Honor your father and mother, so that you may live a long time in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.

Proverbs 1:8My son, pay attention to your father's instruction, and don't reject your mother's teaching.

John 15:14You're my friends if you do what I tell 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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