These words, which I am ordering you today, are to be on your heart; and you are to teach them carefully to your children. You are to talk about them when you sit at home, when you are traveling on the road, when you lie down and when you get up. (Deuteronomy 6:6-7)
BIBLES
King James Version (1769 Pure Cambridge Edition) and JPS Tanakh (1917).
Both texts are in the public domain. Some original names have been restored
Ruth 3
Tanakh 18 verses
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And her mother-in- said unto her: ‘My daughter, shall I not seek rest for thee, that it may be well with thee?
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And now is there not our kinsman, with whose maidens thou wast? Behold, he winnoweth barley to-night in the threshing-floor.
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Wash thyself therefore, and anoint thee, and put thy raiment upon thee, and get thee down to the threshing-floor; but make not thyself known unto the man, until he shall have done eating and drinking.
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And it shall be, when he lieth down, that thou shalt mark the place where he shall lie, and thou shalt go in, and uncover his feet, and lay thee down; and he will tell thee what thou shalt do.’
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And she said unto her: ‘All that thou sayest unto me I will do.’
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And she went down unto the threshing-floor, and did according to all that her mother-in- bade her.
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- 7 And when had eaten and drunk, and his was merry, he went to lie down at the end of the heap of corn; and she came softly, and uncovered his feet, and laid her down.
- 8 And it came to pass at midnight, that the man was startled, and turned himself; and, behold, a woman lay at his feet.
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And he said: ‘Who art thou?’ And she answered: ‘I am thine handmaid; spread therefore thy skirt over thy handmaid; for thou art a near kinsman.’
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And he said: ‘Blessed be thou of , my daughter; thou hast shown more kindness in the end than at the beginning, inasmuch as thou didst not follow the young men, whether poor or rich.
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And now, my daughter, not; I will do to thee all that thou sayest; for all the men in the gate of my people do that thou art a virtuous woman.
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And now it is true that I am a near kinsman; howbeit there is a kinsman nearer than I.
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Tarry this night, and it shall be in the morning, that if he will perform unto thee the part of a kinsman, well; let him do the kinsman’s part; but if he be not willing to do the part of a kinsman to thee, then will I do the part of a kinsman to thee, as liveth; lie down until the morning.’
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- 14 And she lay at his feet until the morning; and she rose up before one could discern another. For he said: ‘Let it not be known that the woman came to the threshing-floor.’
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And he said: ‘Bring the mantle that is upon thee, and hold it’; and she held it; and he measured six measures of barley, and laid it on her; and he went into the city.
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- 16 And when she came to her mother-in-, she said: ‘Who art thou, my daughter?’ And she told her all that the man had done to her.
- 17 And she said: ‘These six measures of barley gave he me; for he said to me: Go not empty unto thy mother-in-.’
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Then said she: ‘Sit still, my daughter, until thou how the matter will fall; for the man will not rest, until he have finished the thing this day.’
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