Ruth 2:17-20

So Ruth gleaned in the field until evening. Then she threshed the barley she had gathered, and it amounted to about an ephah. (about 30 pounds or 13 Kilograms) She carried it back to town and her mother-in-law saw how much she had gathered. Ruth also brought out and gave her what she had left over after she had eaten enough. Her mother-in-law asked her, "Where did you glean today? Where did you work? Blessed be the man who took notice of you!" Then Ruth told her mother-in-law about the one at whose place she had been working. "The name of the man I worked with today is Boaz," she said. "The LORD bless him!" Naomi said to her daughter-in-law. "He has not stopped showing his kindness to the living and dead." She added, "That man is our close relative; he is one of our guardian-redeemers."

 

She threshed the barley she had gathered

Judges 6:11  The angel of the LORD came and sat down under the oak at Ophrah that belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, where his son Gideon was threshing wheat in a winepress to keep it from the Midianites.

 

and it amounted to about an ephah 

Leviticus 19:36  " 'Use honest scales and honest weights, an honest ephah and an honest hin. I am the LORD  your God, who brought you out of Egypt.' " (an ephah is about 3/5 of a bushel or 22 liters dry; a hin is about 1 gallon or 3.8 liters liquid) 

 

The LORD bless him! 

Ruth 3:10  "The LORD bless you, my daughter," he replied. "This kindness is greater than that which you showed earlier: You have not run after younger men, whether rich or poor." 

1 Samuel 15:13  When Samuel reached him, Saul said, "The LORD bless you! I have carried out the LORD's instructions."

1 Samuel 23:21  Saul replied, "The LORD bless you for your concern for me."

2 Samuel 2:5  ..."The LORD bless you for showing this kindness to Saul your master by burying him."

That man is a close relative 

Leviticus 25:25  " 'If one of your fellow Israelites becomes poor and sells some of their property, their nearest relative is to come and redeem what they have sold.' "

Jeremiah 32:7  "Hanamel son of Shallum your uncle is going to come to you and say, 'Buy my field at Anathoth, because as nearest relative it is your right and duty to buy it.' "

he is one of our guardian-redeemers 

Ruth 3:9  "Who are you?" he asked. "I am your servant Ruth," she said. "Spread the corner of your garment over me, since you are a guardian-redeemer of our family."

Ruth 3:12  "Although it is true that I am a guardian-redeemer of our family, there is another who is more closely related than I."

Ruth 4:1  Meanwhile Boaz went up to the town gate and sat down there just as the guardian-redeemer he had mentioned came along. Boaz said, "Come over here, my friend and sit down." So he went over and sat down.

 

(parentheses are mine)

 

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