Ruth 1:22

Good News Translation

This, then, was how Naomi came back from Moab with Ruth, her Moabite daughter-in-law. When they arrived in Bethlehem, the barley harvest was just beginning.

Cross References

2 Samuel 21:9

David handed them over to the people of Gibeon, who hanged them on the mountain before the Lord—and all seven of them died together. It was late in the spring, at the beginning of the barley harvest, when they were put to death.

Leviticus 23:11

He shall present it as a special offering to the Lord, so that you may be accepted. The priest shall present it the day after the Sabbath.

Ruth 2:23

So Ruth worked with them and gathered grain until all the barley and wheat had been harvested. And she continued to live with her mother-in-law.

Ruth 2:6

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