Ruth 3:6

And she went down to the threshing floor, and did according to all that her mother-in-law enjoined her.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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

5And Ruth said to her, All that thou shalt say, I will do.

7And Boaz ate and drank, and his heart was glad, and he came to lie down by the side of the heap of corn; and she came secretly, and lifted up the covering of his feet.

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Cross References

Exodus 20:12Honor thy father and thy mother, that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest live long on the good land, which the Lord thy God gives to thee.

Proverbs 1:8Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, 1 And reject not the rules of thy mother. 1

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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