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17 Where you die, I will die—
    there will I be buried.
May the Lord do thus and so to me,
    and more as well,
if even death parts me from you!’

18 When Naomi saw that she was determined to go with her, she said no more to her.

19 So the two of them went on until they came to Bethlehem. When they came to Bethlehem, the whole town was stirred because of them; and the women said, ‘Is this Naomi?’

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17 Where you die I will die, and there I will be buried. May the Lord deal with me, be it ever so severely,(A) if even death separates you and me.”(B) 18 When Naomi realized that Ruth was determined to go with her, she stopped urging her.(C)

19 So the two women went on until they came to Bethlehem.(D) When they arrived in Bethlehem, the whole town was stirred(E) because of them, and the women exclaimed, “Can this be Naomi?”

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