So Naomireturned,and with her Ruththe Moabitess,her daughter-in-law,who returnedfrom the landof Moab.And they cameto Bethlehemat the beginningof barleyharvest.
Then he gavethem into the handsof the Gibeonites,and they hangedthem in the mountainbeforethe LORD,so that the sevenof them felltogether;and they were putto deathin the firstdaysof harvestat the beginningof barleyharvest.
"Speakto the sonsof Israeland sayto them, 'Whenyou enterthe landwhichI am going to giveto you and reapits harvest,then you shall bringin the sheafof the firstfruitsof your harvestto the priest.
He shall wavethe sheafbeforethe LORDfor you to be accepted;on the dayafterthe sabbaththe priestshall waveit.
So she stayedcloseby the maidsof Boazin order to gleanuntilthe endof the barleyharvestand the wheatharvest.And she livedwith her mother-in-law.
The servantin chargeof the reapersreplied,"She is the youngMoabitewomanwho returnedwith Naomifrom the landof Moab.
