“She said, ‘Please, let me glean and gather what falls from the sheaves behind the reapers.’ So she went and has kept at it from morning until now, except for a little rest in the shelter.”-Ruth 2:7 Take a look at these three English words: LIVE RESUME TEAR Now what do you think these words […]

“Then Bo‘az asked his servant supervising the reapers, ‘Whose girl is this?’  The servant supervising the reapers answered, “She’s a girl from Mo’av who returned with Na‘omi from the plain of Mo’av.”-Ruth 2:5-6 Words have power… And some words have more power than others… Consider the question Boaz asked the man supervising his workers when […]

“So she set out, arrived at the field and gleaned behind the reapers.  She happened to be in the part of the field that belonged to Bo‘az from Elimelekh’s clan, when Boaz arrived from Beit-Lechem. He said to the reapers, ‘YEHOVAH be with you’; and they answered him, ‘YEHOVAH bless you.‘”-Ruth 2:3-4 Although Ruth had no idea […]

“Rut the woman from Mo’av said to Naomi, ‘Let me go into the field and glean ears of grain behind anyone who will allow me to.’ She answered her, ‘Go, my daughter.’”-Ruth 2:2 There was a time in my life many years ago when I almost ended up homeless and out on the streets in […]

Today we begin Ruth Chapter 2. For the Complete Jewish Bible, click HERE. For the King James Version, click HERE. “Naomi had a relative on her husband’s side, a prominent and wealthy member of Elimelekh’s clan, whose name was Boaz.”-Ruth 2:1 Verse 1 establishes that Naomi is NOT directly related to Boaz by blood. Instead Boaz’s […]