she says to Ruth, “Your sister-in-law is returning to her people and to her gods.” If Naomi is mixed up, Ruth seems quite clear, in an extraordinary direction. She will not be put off from going with Naomi. She is committed to Naomi, Naomi’s people, and Naomi’s God, “till death us do part”—except that she says even death will not part them. Death does not part the members of a family; you are buried with other members of your family in the family tomb, so death does mean going to join your ancestors