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Ruth was a destitute foreigner who came to believe in Israel’s God and was welcomed into his redeemed people. By grace she was privileged to become an ancestor of Jesus Christ, the Savior of all peoples. The commentary focuses on the themes of God’s covenant; God’s loyalty, reflected in the lives of his faithful people; the theology of missions and evangelism; and the promise of eternal life.

gleaner, who as such humbly kept her distance. Yet he unmistakably promoted her to the level of his own female workers (“one of your [Boaz’s] maidservants,” 2:13) by granting her unheard-of privileges for a gleaner. First, he invited her to partake of their noon meal (2:14).189 Next, he allowed her to glean among the piles of ears even before his young women had bound and gathered them up (2:15). Finally, as the greatest exceptional gesture, he ordered his workers to pull out some of their cut ears
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