Ruth 3:2–9

²“And now, is not Boaz ^aour ¹kinsman, with whose young women you were? Behold, he is winnowing barley at the threshing floor tonight.

³“So you shall wash yourself and anoint yourself and put on your best clothes, and you shall go down to the threshing floor; but do not make yourself known to the man until he has finished eating and drinking.

⁴“Let it be that when he lies down, you shall know 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.”

⁵She said to her, “^aAll that you say I will do.”

⁶So she went down to the threshing floor and did according to all that her mother-in-law had commanded her.

⁷And Boaz ate and drank and ^ahis heart was merry, and he went to lie down at the end of the heap of grain; and she came secretly and uncovered his feet and lay down.

⁸Then it happened in the middle of the night that the man was startled and ¹bent forward; and behold, a woman was lying at his feet.

⁹And he said, “Who are you?” And she answered, “I am Ruth your maidservant. So spread your ^awing over your maidservant, for you are a kinsman redeemer.”