Ruth 1:22

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

The barley harvest was just beginning when Naomi and Ruth, her Moabite daughter-in-law, arrived in Bethlehem.

Cross References

2 Samuel 21:9

turned them over to the Gibeonites, who hanged all seven of them on the mountain near the place where the LORD was worshipped. This happened right at the beginning of the barley harvest.

Leviticus 23:10

to say to the community of Israel: After you enter the land I am giving you, the first bundle of wheat from each crop must be given to me. So bring it to a priest

Leviticus 23:11

on the day after the Sabbath. He will lift it up in dedication to me, and I will accept you.

Ruth 2:23

And so, Ruth stayed close to the women, while picking up grain in his field. Ruth worked in the fields until the barley and wheat were harvested. And all this time she lived with Naomi.

Ruth 2:6

The man answered, “She is the one who came back from Moab with Naomi.