⁸ But if that person has no close relative to whom restitution can be made for the wrong, the restitution belongs to the Lord and must be given to the priest, along with the ram^(A) with which atonement is made for the wrongdoer.^(B)

² Now Boaz, with whose women you have worked, is a relative^(A) of ours. Tonight he will be winnowing barley on the threshing floor.^(B)

⁹ “Who are you?” he asked.

“I am your servant Ruth,” she said. “Spread the corner of your garment^(A) over me, since you are a guardian-redeemer^[a](B) of our family.”

¹² Although it is true that I am a guardian-redeemer of our family,^(A) there is another who is more closely related than^(B) I.