The
Book Of Ruth |
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J. Deering, AncientPath.net
The Book of Ruth - Introduction - Contents |
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1. General Introduction | 7. App-1 Ruth VS Israel |
2. The Story: (Keil and Delitzsch) | 8. App-2 The "Field of Boaz" |
3. The Story: (C. I. Scofield) | 9. App-3 Israel and The Feast Of Weeks |
4. The Characters | 10. App-4 Salmon the Rescuer_? |
5. The Full Outline with Text | 11. App-5 Innuendo |
6. The Full Outline and Charts | 12. Book Text in Paragraph Form W/outline |
1. Ruth's Relationships 1:1-5 |
2. Ruth's Resolve 1:6-10 |
3. Ruth's Return 1:11-18 |
4. Ruth's Reception 1:19-22 |
5. Ruth's Reaping Ruth 2:1-23 |
7. Ruth's Reward Ruth 4:1-22 |
I.
Ruth's Relationships 1:1-5
A. Statesmen: Judges Ruled 1:1, B. Sojourn to Moab:
1:1-2 Now it came about in the days when the judges
governed, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehem
in Judah went to sojourn in the land of Moab with his wife and his two sons.
2 And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife, Naomi; and
the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Bethlehem
in Judah. Now they entered the land of Moab and remained there. C.
Sorrow in Moab: 1:3-5 Then Elimelech, Naomi's husband, died; and she was left with her two
sons. D. Sisters-in-law: 1:4a
And they took for themselves Moabite women as wives; the name of the one was
Orpah and the name of the other Ruth. E. Stay in Moab:
1:4b And they lived there about ten years. 5 Then both Mahlon and Chilion
also died; and the woman was bereft of her two children and her husband.
II. Ruth's Resolve 1:6-10
A. The Plan and B. The Provision 1:6 Then she arose with her daughters-in-law
that she might return from the land of Moab, for she had heard in the land of
Moab that the LORD had visited His people in giving them food. C. The Passage:
1:7 So she departed from the place where she was, and her two daughters-in-law
with her; and they went on the way to return to the land of Judah. D. The
Plea: 1:8 And Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, "Go, return each
of you to her mother's house. May the LORD deal kindly with you as you have
dealt with the dead and with me. E. The Prayer: 1:9 "May the LORD
grant that you may find rest, each in the house of her husband." Then she
kissed them, and they lifted up their voices and wept. F. The Preference:
1:10 And they said to her, "No, but we will surely return with you
to your people."
III. Ruth's Return 1:11-18
A. Daughters-in-law Directed: 1:11 But Naomi said, "Return, my daughters.
Why should you go with me? Have I yet sons in my womb, that they may be your
husbands? B. Discouragement: 1:12 "Return, my daughters! Go, for
I am too old to have a husband. If I said I have hope, if I should even have
a husband tonight and also bear sons, C. Despair: 1:13 would you therefore
wait until they were grown? Would you therefore refrain from marrying? No, my
daughters; for it is harder for me than for you, for the hand of the LORD has
gone forth against me." D: Departure: 1;14a And they lifted up their
voices and wept again; and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, E. Devotion: 1:14b
but Ruth clung to her. F. Desire: 1:15 Then she said, "Behold, your
sister-in-law has gone back to her people and her gods; return after your sister-in-law."
G: Dedication: 1:16-17 But Ruth said, "Do not urge me to leave you
or turn back from following you; for where you go, I will go, and where you
lodge, I will lodge. Your people shall be my people, and your God, my God. 17
"Where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. Thus may the LORD
do to me, and worse, if anything but death parts you and me." H. Determination:
1:18 When she saw that she was determined to go with her, she said no more
to her.
IV. Ruth's Reception 1:19-22
A. Sojourn: 1:19a So they both went until they came to Bethlehem. B.
Surprise: 1:19b And it came about when they had come to Bethlehem, that
all the city was stirred because of them, and the women said, "Is this
Naomi?" C. Sorrow: 1:20a And she said to them, "Do not call
me Naomi; call me Mara, D. Situation: 1:20b for the Almighty has dealt
very bitterly with me. E. Sorry: 1:21-22 "I went out full, but the
LORD has brought me back empty. Why do you call me Naomi, since the LORD has
witnessed against me and the Almighty has afflicted me?" 22 So Naomi returned,
and with her Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter-in-law, who returned from the
land of Moab. And they came to Bethlehem at the beginning of barley harvest.
V. Ruth's Reaping Ruth 2:1-23
A. Guidance to Boaz's Field: 2:1-3 Now Naomi had a kinsman of her husband,
a man of great wealth, of the family of Elimelech, whose name was Boaz. 2 And
Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, "Please let me go to the field and glean
among the ears of grain after one in whose sight I may find favor." And
she said to her, "Go, my daughter." 3 So she departed and went and
gleaned in the field after the reapers; and she happened to come to the portion
of the field belonging to Boaz, who was of the family of Elimelech. B. Gleaners
in Boaz's Field 2:4-7 Now behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem and said to the
reapers, "May the LORD be with you." And they said to him, "May
the LORD bless you." 5 Then Boaz said to his servant who was in charge
of the reapers, "Whose young woman is this?" 6 And the servant in
charge of the reapers answered and said, "She is the young Moabite woman
who returned with Naomi from the land of Moab. 7 "And she said, 'Please
let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves.' Thus she came
and has remained from the morning until now; she has been sitting in the house
for a little while." C. Grace from Boaz: 2:8-14 Then Boaz said to
Ruth, "Listen carefully, my daughter. Do not go to glean in another field;
furthermore, do not go on from this one, but stay here with my maids. 9 "Let
your eyes be on the field which they reap, and go after them. Indeed, I have
commanded the servants not to touch you. When you are thirsty, go to the water
jars and drink from what the servants draw." 10 Then she fell on her face,
bowing to the ground and said to him, "Why have I found favor in your sight
that you should take notice of me, since I am a foreigner?" 11 And Boaz
answered and said to her, "All that you have done for your mother-in-law
after the death of your husband has been fully reported to me, and how you left
your father and your mother and the land of your birth, and came to a people
that you did not previously know. 12 "May the LORD reward your work, and
your wages be full from the LORD, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have
come to seek refuge." 13 Then she said, "I have found favor in your
sight, my lord, for you have comforted me and indeed have spoken kindly to your
maidservant, though I am not like one of your maidservants." 14 And at
mealtime Boaz said to her, "Come here, that you may eat of the bread and
dip your piece of bread in the vinegar." So she sat beside the reapers;
and he served her roasted grain, and she ate and was satisfied and had some
left. D. Gleaning from Boaz's field: 2:15-18 When she rose to glean,
Boaz commanded his servants, saying, "Let her glean even among the sheaves,
and do not insult her. 16 "And also you shall purposely pull out for her
some grain from the bundles and leave it that she may glean, and do not rebuke
her." 17 So she gleaned in the field until evening. Then she beat out what
she had gleaned, and it was about an ephah of barley. 18 And she took it up
and went into the city, and her mother-in-law saw what she had gleaned. She
also took it out and gave Naomi what she had left after she was satisfied. E.
Glad for Blessing: 2:19-23 Her mother-in-law then said to her, "Where
did you glean today and where did you work? May he who took notice of you be
blessed." So she told her mother-in-law with whom she had worked and said,
"The name of the man with whom I worked today is Boaz." 20 And Naomi
said to her daughter-in-law, "May he be blessed of the LORD who has not
withdrawn his kindness to the living and to the dead." Again Naomi said
to her, "The man is our relative, he is one of our closest relatives."
21 Then Ruth the Moabitess said, "Furthermore, he said to me, 'You should
stay close to my servants until they have finished all my harvest.'" 22
And Naomi said to Ruth her daughter-in-law, "It is good, my daughter, that
you go out with his maids, lest others fall upon you in another field."
23 So she stayed close by the maids of Boaz in order to glean until the end
of the barley harvest and the wheat harvest. And she lived with her mother-in-law.
VI. Ruth's Rest Ruth 3:1-18
A. Plan: 3:1-4 Then Naomi her mother-in-law said to her, "My daughter,
shall I not seek security for you, that it may be well with you? 2 "And
now is not Boaz our kinsman, with whose maids you were? Behold, he winnows barley
at the threshing floor tonight. 3 "Wash yourself therefore, and anoint
yourself and put on your best clothes, and go down to the threshing floor; but
do not make yourself known to the man until he has finished eating and drinking.
4 "And it shall be when he lies down, that you shall notice the place where
he lies, and you shall go and uncover his feet and lie down; then he will tell
you what you shall do."
B. Promise: 3:5 And she said to her, "All that you say I will do."
C. Promptness: 3:6 So she went down to the threshing floor and did according
to all that her mother-in-law had commanded her. D. Presence: 3:7 When
Boaz had eaten and drunk and his heart was merry, he went to lie down at the
end of the heap of grain; and she came secretly, and uncovered his feet and
lay down. E. Predicament: 3:8-9 And it happened in the middle of the
night that the man was startled and bent forward; and behold, a woman was lying
at his feet. 9 And he said, "Who are you?" And she answered, "I
am Ruth your maid. So spread your covering over your maid, for you are a close
relative." F. Praise: 3:10 Then he said, "May you be blessed
of the LORD, my daughter. You have shown your last kindness to be better than
the first by not going after young men, whether poor or rich. G. Protection:
3:11 "And now, my daughter, do not fear. I will do for you whatever
you ask, for all my people in the city know that you are a woman of excellence.
H. Problem: 3:12-14 "And now it is true I am a close relative; however,
there is a relative closer than I. 13 "Remain this night, and when morning
comes, if he will redeem you, good; let him redeem you. But if he does not wish
to redeem you, then I will redeem you, as the LORD lives. Lie down until morning."
14 So she lay at his feet until morning and rose before one could recognize
another; and he said, "Let it not be known that the woman came to the threshing
floor." I. Provision: 3:15 Again he said, "Give me the cloak
that is on you and hold it." So she held it, and he measured six measures
of barley and laid it on her. Then she went into the city. J. Progress: 3:16-18
And when she came to her mother-in-law, she said, "How did it go, my daughter?"
And she told her all that the man had done for her. 17 And she said, "These
six measures of barley he gave to me, for he said, 'Do not go to your mother-in-law
empty-handed.'" 18 Then she said, "Wait, my daughter, until you know
how the matter turns out; for the man will not rest until he has settled it
today."
VII. Ruth's Reward Ruth 4:1-22
A. Gate Conference: 4:1-12 Now Boaz went up to the gate and sat down
there, and behold, the close relative of whom Boaz spoke was passing by, so
he said, "Turn aside, friend, sit down here." And he turned aside
and sat down. 2 And he took ten men of the elders of the city and said, "Sit
down here." So they sat down. 3 Then he said to the closest relative, "Naomi,
who has come back from the land of Moab, has to sell the piece of land which
belonged to our brother Elimelech. 4 "So I thought to inform you, saying,
'Buy it before those who are sitting here, and before the elders of my people.
If you will redeem it, redeem it; but if not, tell me that I may know; for there
is no one but you to redeem it, and I am after you.'" And he said, "I
will redeem it." 5 Then Boaz said, "On the day you buy the field from
the hand of Naomi, you must also acquire Ruth the Moabitess, the widow of the
deceased, in order to raise up the name of the deceased on his inheritance."
6 And the closest relative said, "I cannot redeem it for myself, lest I
jeopardize my own inheritance. Redeem it for yourself; you may have my right
of redemption, for I cannot redeem it." 7 Now this was the custom in former
times in Israel concerning the redemption and the exchange of land to confirm
any matter: a man removed his sandal and gave it to another; and this was the
manner of attestation in Israel. 8 So the closest relative said to Boaz, "Buy
it for yourself." And he removed his sandal. 9 Then Boaz said to the elders
and all the people, "You are witnesses today that I have bought from the
hand of Naomi all that belonged to Elimelech and all that belonged to Chilion
and Mahlon. 10 "Moreover, I have acquired Ruth the Moabitess, the widow
of Mahlon, to be my wife in order to raise up the name of the deceased on his
inheritance, so that the name of the deceased may not be cut off from his brothers
or from the court of his birth place; you are witnesses today." 11 And
all the people who were in the court, and the elders, said, "We are witnesses.
May the LORD make the woman who is coming into your home like Rachel and Leah,
both of whom built the house of Israel; and may you achieve wealth in Ephrathah
and become famous in Bethlehem. 12 "Moreover, may your house be like the
house of Perez whom Tamar bore to Judah, through the offspring which the LORD
shall give you by this young woman." B. Gentile's Conception: 4:13
So Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife, and he went in to her. And the LORD
enabled her to conceive, and she gave birth to a son. C. Great Celebration:
4:14-17 Then the women said to Naomi, "Blessed is the LORD who has
not left you without a redeemer today, and may his name become famous in Israel.
15 "May he also be to you a restorer of life and a sustainer of your old
age; for your daughter-in-law, who loves you and is better to you than seven
sons, has given birth to him." 16 Then Naomi took the child and laid him
in her lap, and became his nurse. 17 And the neighbor women gave him a name,
saying, "A son has been born to Naomi!" So they named him Obed. He
is the father of Jesse, the father of David. D. Genealogy Confirmed: 4:18-22
Now these are the generations of Perez: to Perez was born Hezron, 19 and to
Hezron was born Ram, and to Ram, Amminadab, 20 and to Amminadab was born Nahshon,
and to Nahshon, Salmon, 21 and to Salmon was born Boaz, and to Boaz, Obed, 22
and to Obed was born Jesse, and to Jesse, David.
The Book of Ruth - Introduction - Contents |
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1. General Introduction | 7. App-1 Ruth VS Israel |
2. The Story: (Keil and Delitzsch) | 8. App-2 The "Field of Boaz" |
3. The Story: (C. I. Scofield) | 9. App-3 Israel and The Feast Of Weeks |
4. The Characters | 10. App-4 Salmon the Rescuer_? |
5. The Full Outline with Text | 11. App-5 Innuendo |
6. The Full Outline and Charts | 12. Book Text in Paragraph Form W/outline |
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