Ruth 3:2–9

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.”