Ruth 3:3

Bible in Basic English 1965

So take a bath, and, after rubbing your body with sweet oil, put on your best robe, and go down to the grain-floor; but do not let him see you till he has come to the end of his meal.

Cross References

2 Samuel 12:20

Then David got up from the earth, and after washing and rubbing himself with oil and changing his clothing, he went into the house of the Lord and gave worship: then he went back to his house, and at his order they put food before him and he had a meal.

2 Samuel 14:2

And Joab sent to Tekoa and got from there a wise woman, and said to her, Now make yourself seem like one given up to grief, and put on the clothing of sorrow, not using any sweet oil for your body, but looking like one who for a long time has been weeping for the dead:

Esther 5:1

Now on the third day, Esther put on her queen's robes, and took her place in the inner room of the king's house, facing the king's house: and the king was seated on his high seat in the king's house, facing the doorway of the house.

Psalm 104:15

And wine to make glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face shining, and bread giving strength to his heart.

Ecclesiastes 9:8

Let your clothing be white at all times, and let not your head be without oil.

Ezekiel 16:9

Then I had you washed with water, washing away all your blood and rubbing you with oil.

Matthew 6:17

But when you go without food, put oil on your head and make your face clean;

Ruth 3:2

And now, is there not Boaz, our relation, with whose young women you were? See, tonight he is separating the grain from the waste in his grain-floor.

Ruth 3:4

But see to it, when he goes to rest, that you take note of the place where he is sleeping, and go in there, and, uncovering his feet, take your place by him; and he will say what you are to do.