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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...

Naomi formulates a risky and fragile scheme. She instructs Ruth to do three things: bathe, put on perfumed oil, and put on her “dress” (śimlâ). The NIV translates śimlâ as “best clothes.” However, as Bush and others have rightly observed, the śimlâ was simply a generic piece of clothing worn by both men and women (although there were apparently differences between the two, Deut. 22:5).8 A number of commentators understand Naomi’s instructions to be a bride’s preparations for marriage, so that
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