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Go wash yourself and get dressed. Put on a nice dress, and go down to the threshing floor. But don’t let Boaz see you until he has finished eating his dinner. After he eats, he will lie down to rest. Watch him so that you will know where he lies down. Go there and lift the cover off his feet.[a] Then lie down there with Boaz. He will tell you what you should do about marriage.”

Then Ruth answered, “I will do what you say.”

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Footnotes

  1. Ruth 3:4 lift the cover off his feet Literally, “uncover his legs.” This showed that Ruth was asking Boaz to be her protector.

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