Here is what i wrote in my book unusual bible interpretations.
Threshing floor ruth 3.
The threshing floor ruth 3 1 11 many believers are quite content just to be saved and know that when they die heaven is their home.
Ruth and boaz at the threshing floor.
To them salvation is no more than a passport to heaven and a fire escape from hell.
Many people have different views as to what ruth and boaz did on the threshing floor during the night that the two were together.
6 7 ruth lays down at boaz s feet.
3 wash put on perfume and get dressed in your best clothes.
2 now boaz with whose women you have worked is a relative of ours.
Tonight he will be winnowing barley on the threshing floor.
Bible ruth chapter 3 verse 3 library free downloads ebibles.
Ruth 3 6 and she went down unto the floor and did according to all that her mother in law bade her from the city of bethlehem from her mother in law s house there to the threshing floor of boaz which was at some distance from it and lower.
God s word translation ruth went to the threshing floor and did exactly as her mother in law had directed her.
Ruth 3 new living translation nlt ruth at the threshing floor 3 one day naomi said to ruth my daughter it s time that i found a permanent home for you so that you will be provided for.
So she went down to the threshing floor and did according to all that her mother in law instructed her.
Their christianity is just a salvation that takes them to heaven when they die.
2 boaz is a close relative of ours and he s been very kind by letting you gather grain with his young women.
Ruth 3 3 therefore wash yourself put on perfume and wear your best clothes.
And did according to all that her mother in law bade her.
A faithful version and she went down to the threshing floor and did according to all that her mother in law had told her.
Ruth and boaz at the threshing floor.
The fact that her petition takes place at the threshing floor among the grain and the chaff is a beautiful symbol of man s need for redemption and god s identity as redeemer job 19 25.
And she came softly uncovered his feet.
I think this was a male celebration with no women present.
When ruth comes to the threshing floor she is in need and has responded to boaz s previous kindness and generosity ruth 2 8 13.
And after boaz had eaten and drunk and his heart was cheerful he went to lie down at the end of the heap of grain.
This explains why boaz will later insist that no one know that a woman came to the threshing floor ruth 3 14.
She went down to the threshing floor and did according to all that her mother in law told her.
Go down to the threshing floor but do not let the man know you are there until he has finished eating and drinking.
Both before she went and after.
