This lesson is taken from Ruth chapter 3
One day Naomi said to Ruth, “My daughter, it’s time that I
find a permanent home for you, that way you will be provided for. Boaz is a close relative of ours, and he has
been very kind to us by letting you pick-up grain with his workers. Tonight Boaz will be sorting the barley
getting rid of the useless parts at the threshing floor.” Now a threshing floor is the place where
people go to beat out the grain from it’s husk.
Naomi also said to Ruth, “Now do as I tell you, go take a
bath and put on some perfume and dress in your nicest clothes. Then go to the threshing floor, but don’t
let Boaz see you until he has finished his meal. Be sure to notice where he lies down at, then go and uncover his
feet and lie down there at his feet. He
will tell you what to do.” “I will do
everything you have said,” Ruth told Naomi.
Ruth went down to the threshing floor that night and followed what her
mother-in-law told her to do.
After Boaz had finished his meal and was in good spirits, he
lay down beside the heap of grain and he went to sleep. Then Ruth came quietly over to him and she
uncovered his feet, and lay down at his feet.
Around midnight, Boaz suddenly woke up and turned over. He was surprised to find a woman lying at
his feet! “Who are you?” Boaz
demanded. Ruth than said to him, “I am
your servant Ruth. Spread the corner of
your blanket over me, for you are my family redeemer.”
Then Boaz said, “May the Lord bless you, my daughter! You are showing more family loyalty now than
ever before, for you are not running after a rich, or poor, younger man. Now don’t worry about a thing, my daughter. I will do whatever is necessary, for
everyone in town knows you are an honorable woman. But there is one problem.
While it is true that I am one of your family redeemers, there is
another man who is more closely related to you than I am. Stay here tonight, and in the morning I will
talk to him. If he is willing to redeem
you, then let him marry you. But if he
is not willing, then as surely as the Lord lives, I will marry you! Now lie back down until morning.”
So Ruth lay at Boaz’s feet until morning, then she got up
before it was light enough for people to know who each other were. For Boaz had told her that no one must know
that a woman was there at the threshing floor.
After Ruth got up Boaz told her to bring her coat and spread it out. Then Boaz measured out six scoops of barley
into the coat and helped her put it on her back like a sack, so she could carry
it. Then Boaz returned to town.
When Ruth went back to her mother-in-law, Naomi asked her,
“What happened, my daughter?” Ruth told
Naomi everything Boaz had done for her, and then she added, “He gave me these
six scoops of barley and told me not to go back to my mother-in-law empty
handed.”
Then Naomi told Ruth to be patient, until they heard what
happened. That Boaz wouldn’t rest until
he had followed through with this, he will get it settled today.
Questions:
Write the correct letter after the question
1. Whose feet did
Ruth lie down at on the Threshing Floor?
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a. By not running
after a rich, or poor, younger man
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2. What did Ruth tell Boaz that he was to her family?
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b. That she was a
honorable woman
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3. How was Ruth
showing family loyalty to Boaz?
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c. Boaz
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4. What did
everyone in town know about Ruth?
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d. 6 scoops
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5. How much barley
did Boaz give Ruth?
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e. The family
redeemer
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Answer Sheet
Lesson answers
Write the correct letter after the question
1. Whose feet did
Ruth lie down at on the Threshing Floor?
C
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a. By not running
after a rich, or poor, younger man
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2. What did Ruth tell Boaz that he was to her family? E
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b. That she was a
honorable woman
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3. How was Ruth
showing family loyalty to Boaz? A
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c. Boaz
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4. What did
everyone in town know about Ruth? B
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d. 6 scoops
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5. How much barley
did Boaz give Ruth? D
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e. The family
redeemer
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