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Ruth
The Romance of Redemption
Megiloth Scrolls
Song of
Solomon
Passover
Ruth
Pentecost
th
9 of Ab (Anniversary of
Lamentations
Jerusalem’s destruction)
Ecclesiastes
Feast of Tabernacles
Esther
Purim
Judges 17 – 21
Says four times that
“there was no king in
Israel”
Levites from Concubine
Bethlehem
from
Bethlehem
A spiritual desert
Depicts the need for a
king
Ruth
Begins with the words,
“When the judges
governed”
Naomi and her family
were from Bethlehem
An oasis amidst the
spiritual desert
Presents the lineage of
the king
Date of Writing
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The story takes place in the days
when the judges governed (Ruth
1:1).
Ruth 4:7 speaks of a custom “in
former times in Israel.”
David is mentioned at the end of
the book
“No Ammonite or Moabite shall enter the
assembly of the Lord; none of their descendants,
even to the tenth generation, shall ever enter the
assembly of the Lord, 4 because they did not meet
you with food and water on the way when you
came out of Egypt, and because they hired
against you Balaam the son of Beor from Pethor
of Mesopotamia, to curse you.” (Deuteronomy
23:3-4).
Bethlehem
Moab
Naomi’s Bitterness (1:1-22)
Ruth discovers a potential Kinsman Redeemer (2:1-23)
Boaz agrees to be a Kinsman Redeemer (3:1-18)
Boaz acquires right to be a Kinsman Redeemer (4:1-12)
Naomi’s Blessing (4:13-21)
Ruth
A Gentile girl who
married an Israelite.
“Built the house of
Israel”
Her descendant was
David, the King of
Israel.
Rural setting.
Esther
An Israelite girl who
married a Gentile.
Saved the people of
Israel
She was married to
the King of Persia.
A Royal Palace.
1:3
Three Funerals
Death of Elimelech
Death of Mahlon and
Chilion
1:6
1:5
Three Decisions
Naomi decides to return
Orpah elects to stay in Moab
Ruth determines to follow
Naomi
Ruth 1:19
So they both went until they came to
Bethlehem. And it came about when they had
come to Bethlehem, that all the city was stirred
because of them, and the women said, "Is this
“Sweet”
Naomi?"
20 And she said to them, "Do not call me Naomi;
call me Mara, for the Almighty has dealt very
bitterly with me. 21 I went out full, but the LORD
has brought me back empty. Why do you call me
Naomi, since the LORD has witnessed against
me and the Almighty has afflicted me?"
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Chapter One
Begins with a Famine
Chapter Two
In Moab
Begins in the Season of
Harvest
In Bethlehem
The Shadow of Death
The Specter of New Life
Genesis 12:1
Now the Lord said to Abram...
Go forth
from your country
And from your relatives
And from your father’s house,
To the land which I will show
you.
Ruth 2:11
All that you have done has
been reported to me...
How you left
your father and mother
and the land of your birth,
And came to a people that
you did not previously know
Chapter Two
In the Fields
At the beginning
of the Harvest
Ruth’s Service
Chapter Three
On the Threshing
Floor
At the end of the
Harvest
Ruth’s Request
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
In the Fields
The Threshing
Floor
Boaz Loves
Boaz Sees
Chapter 4
In the Gate
Boaz Marries
Land ownership and the law
 Levirate Marriage
 Kinsman Redeemer
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Chapter 1
The women see
Naomi’s bitterness
Chapter 4
The women see
Naomi’s
blessedness
Then the women said to Naomi,
“Blessed is the Lord who has
not left you without a redeemer
today, and may his name
become famous in Israel. (Ruth
4:14).