Ruth 3:2–14

²“Now is not Boaz ^aour ¹kinsman, 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“It shall be when he lies down, that you shall ¹notice 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.

⁷When Boaz had eaten and drunk and ^ahis 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.

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

⁹He said, “Who are you?” And she answered, “I am Ruth your maid. So spread your covering over your maid, for you are a ¹close relative.”

¹⁰Then he said, “^aMay 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.

¹¹“Now, my daughter, do not fear. I will do for you whatever you ¹ask, for all my people in the ²city know that you are ^aa woman of excellence.

¹²“Now it is true I am a ¹close relative; however, there is a relative closer than I.

¹³“Remain this night, and when morning comes, ^aif he will ¹redeem you, good; let him redeem you. But if he does not wish to redeem you, then I will redeem you, ^bas the Lord lives. Lie down until morning.”

¹⁴So she lay at his feet until morning and rose before one could recognize another; and he said, “^aLet it not be known that the woman came to the threshing floor.”