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The concept of judgment is at odds with today’s culture, which considers it a sin to suggest there is such a thing as sin. Perhaps that is partly because we have seen all too clearly the fallibility of those who judge. What many of us long for is not judgment but righteousness and deliverance from oppression. That is why the books of Judges and Ruth are so relevant today: Judges, because it...

With this in mind, it seems apparent that the last words of verse 7 record the foreman’s confused and embarrassed explanation of a situation to Boaz.17 As he is speaking, Ruth is at some distance from them, with her back turned to Boaz, and she is on her way out of the field because of an incident of what today we would call sexual harassment,18 which she experienced when she sought a drink of water. Thus, the translation of the last words of verse 7 might be something like: “This fellow … ah, she’s
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