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After he eats, he will lie down to rest. Watch him so that you will know where he lies down. Go there and lift the cover off his feet.[a] Then lie down there with Boaz. He will tell you what you should do about marriage.”

Then Ruth answered, “I will do what you say.”

So Ruth went down to the threshing floor and did everything that her mother-in-law told her to do.

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  1. Ruth 3:4 lift the cover off his feet Literally, “uncover his legs.” This showed that Ruth was asking Boaz to be her protector.

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