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This set of detailed commentaries provides valuable exegetical, historical, cultural, and linguistic information on the original text. Over the years this series has been instrumental in shedding light on the Scriptures so that translators all over the world could complete the important task of putting God's Word into the many languages spoken in the world today. Over the years church leaders...

husband or sons. In addition there may be a cultural reason in some languages to mention the husband before the sons. Naomi and Ruth Return to Bethlehem These paragraphs (1:6–15) begin the second section of the Book of Ruth and describe the return of Naomi and Ruth to Bethlehem. The section concludes with a summary paragraph, verse 22. Verses 6–15 deal with Naomi and her relationship to Orpah and Ruth, while verses 15–18 are concerned with Ruth. Verses 19–21
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