Ruth 1:22

God's Word

When Naomi came back from the country of Moab, Ruth, her Moabite daughter-in-law, came along with her. They happened to enter Bethlehem just when the barley harvest began.

Cross References

2 Samuel 21:9

The king handed them over to the Gibeonites, who executed them on the mountain in the Lord’s presence. All seven died together. They were killed at the beginning of the harvest, when people started harvesting barley.

Leviticus 23:10

“Tell the Israelites: When you come to the land I am going to give you and you harvest grain, bring the priest a bundle of the first grain you harvest.

Leviticus 23:11

He will present it to the Lord so that you will be accepted. He will present it on the day after Passover.

Ruth 2:23

So Ruth stayed with the young women who were working for Boaz. She gathered grain until both the barley harvest and the wheat harvest ended. And she continued to live with her mother-in-law.

Ruth 2:6

The young man answered, “She’s a young Moabite woman who came back with Naomi from the country of Moab.